Criminals going through State? Read what you want to into that! (8)
I believe the answer is:
construe
'read what you want to into that' is the definition.
'construe' can be an answer for 'read' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the rest of the definition.
'criminals going through state?' is the wordplay.
'criminals' becomes 'cons' (short for convicts).
'going through state?' becomes 'true' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cons'+'true'='CONSTRUE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for construe that I've seen before include "Translate" , "Analyse syntax using counters" , "Interpret in a particular way" , "Assign meaning, interpret" , "Counters (anag) - interpret" .)