Two Costa Rican lawmakers want to fine small-time thieves instead of putting them behind bars as a way to reduce pressure on the country's overcrowded prisons. National…

The number of cases resolved by Costa Rican courts has declined precipitously over the past 13 years despite a doubling of judicial staff over the same time period, according to…

With 16 votes in favor and six against, Supreme Court justices on Monday afternoon re-elected Jorge Chavarría Guzmán as Costa Rica's chief public prosecutor for another four-year term.…

All 53 lawmakers present at a Monday session of the Legislative Assembly voted in favor of removing Supreme Court Justice Óscar González Camacho from the bench, just…

A Legislative Assembly hearing to discuss the possible removal of Supreme Court Justice Óscar González Camacho of the court's Civil Chamber, or Sala I, was postponed until Monday. Assembly…

Mexican and Colombian drug cartels have infiltrated Costa Rica's judicial system, bribing and possibly threatening judges, the country's top prosecutor said Friday, following the arrest of a…