The Seattle Times Crime section covers law enforcement by police, prosecutors and courts in Seattle, the Eastside, King County, the Northwest and nationwide. Topics include arrests and prosecution of suspects in cases of murder, manslaughter, rape and assault. Other topics are the federal courts; the FBI; Homeland Security; and Justice Department oversight of the Seattle Police Department.
The number of adults with felony charges sentenced to Washington prison and jails is at a modern low. Justice reform advocates aren't celebrating.
We're seeing increased efforts to pit one marginalized group against another to advance conservative goals, a familiar divide-and-conquer strategy, writes Naomi Ishisaka.
A Seattle Times/Suffolk University poll conducted last month shows 52% think Seattle will move closer toward reducing homelessness over the next four years.
This judge was removed from the bench until a jury found him not guilty. Still, attorneys say there’s little accountability for judges who may show...
Fewer than 40% of Seattlites believe the police department is doing a good or excellent job preventing crime and protecting citizens, according to a new...
Forsell was arrested with a loaded handgun outside Rep. Jayapal's home in 2022 after yelling at the representative to "go back to India."
Marcel Long, 21, was sentenced Friday to 171.5 months in prison as part of his guilty plea deal that the victim's family says is too...
A Seattle man has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for the 2022 "horrific" and "gruesome" murder of Mavis Kindness Nelson, who was a...