Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said he hoped the initiative will help to foster public trust in the ...

Imagine spending years in prison for a crime you didn’t commit. Fairfax County is taking a big step to prevent that from ...

Fairfax Co. creates Conviction Integrity Unit to prove it’s committed to reexamining “cases to see if a mistake has been made, and to free an innocent person.” ...

Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced Monday a partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP) ...

Virginia State Police have issued a critically missing adult alert for Stephen Andrew Nicholas on behalf of the Fairfax County Police Department.

For example: a 65-mile highway speed limit is a tool that police officers can use to ticket drivers who are driving too fast in fog or on a wet road--urging them to be safer. But let's say the same ...

Wrongful convictions undermine public trust in the justice system and have devastating impacts on defendants, their families, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Today, the new Chief of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Police Department was sworn in. A special swearing-in ceremony was held Monday afternoon, Feb.10, for Clarence T.

A former city police officer was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple sex crimes involving children.

VBCPS report benefits from new cell phone ban ...

Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano has announced the creation of the county’s first-ever Conviction Integrity Unit, a new initiative aimed at reviewing potential wrongful felony ...