By Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday blocked a new Arkansas law that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, one of the most restrictive abortion statutes in the nation. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted an injunction sought by abortion rights groups, saying the ban was "more than likely" unconstitutional and ordering that ...

An insurance salesman and purported financial adviser has been sentenced to serve up to 10 years in a New Jersey state prison for defrauding 20 clients out of nearly $1.5 million. read more

Lake Superior Court Judge Nicholas Schiralli cannot transfer into the Lake Juvenile Court, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Kevin Coughlin, a former state lawmaker who represented the Cuyahoga Falls area in Columbus for 14 years, said Monday he is running for clerk of Stow Municipal Court. The nonpartisan race will be contested on the Nov. 5 ballot. “Today I am answering a call to serve our communities by modernizing the operation of the court. We have a new courthouse, and our judges are doing a great job,” Coughlin ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee woman convicted of murdering her newborn twins was sentenced Friday to a minimum of 51 years in prison, despite her family pleading with the judge who said he found the 26-year-old untruthful and selfish.

A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb.

Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks is set to appear in court for arraignment on federal fraud charges.

BOISE, Idaho : A man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo last fall and brutally beating to death one of two Patas monkeys has been ordered to spend up to a year in a treatment program at a state prison.

A federal judge issued an injunction on Friday that blocks an Arkansas law to ban abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The temporary injunction was a response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The 12-week abortion ban was enacted by the state’s Republican-led Legislature. They enacted the law in March [...] Judge Issues Injunction Against Arkansas 12-Week ...

By Margaret Cronin Fisk & Allen Johnson Jr. - 2013-05-17T18:16:55Z The trial of a former BP Plc (BP/) engineer charged in the first criminal case arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was postponed to December from June, a judge said.

More than three dozen inmates in two Central Valley state prisons have died after contracting the disease. Court-appointed monitor calls state's response to the deaths 'anemic.' SACRAMENTO — The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stepped in to investigate outbreaks of valley fever in two California prisons where more than three dozen inmates have died after contracting the ...

Updated with video; Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards says that Tracey Smith has been found guilty during the retrial of a felony murder charge for the 2011 beating death of Jerome Walden.

After waiving her right to a preliminary examination Tuesday, Cheryl Ann Vincent will be arraigned in Sanilac County Circuit Court.

GADSDEN (AP) - An Alabama judge refused to set bond for Joyce Garard as she awaits trial in the death of her granddaughter, who prosecutors say was run to death.

In response to a federal court order, Gov. Jerry Brown pushed a novel approach through the Legislature two years ago to dramatically reduce California's prison population. People convicted of felonies that were considered non-violent, non-sexual and non-serious would serve their sentences in county jails rather than state prisons. Once released, they would be supervised by local probation ...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- A federal judge has agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP executive charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf...

The state Supreme Court has ruled in an ex-NFL player's case that Connecticut lawyers can't be sued for fraud for their conduct in court cases because of a centuries-old legal doctrine.

An assistant state attorney general has been appointed to the team prosecuting James Holmes in the Colorado theater shootings.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -- The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the convictions of a man serving life in prison with no chance of parole for murdering a teenager.,who was also an internet porn model.

Judge Holly Clemons on Thursday ruled that Champaign Mayor Don Gerard was "guilty of poor judgment and ill-advised behavior" and probably has "anger-control issues," but was not guilty of what musician Jim Bean had described as stalking. Clemons denied Bean's request for a no-contact order against Gerard. URBANA — A Champaign County judge ruled in favor of Champaign Mayor Don Gerard on Thursday ...

The issue of domestic violence is a growing problem in North Carolina. In 2012, 122 people died statewide as a result of domestic violence. It's the highest increase in these types of crimes since 2008. Mecklenburg

ELYRIA — Joseph Allen’s attorney said Tuesday that he intends to ask Visiting Judge Virgil Sinclair Jr. to grant his client a new trial in the controversial Head Start child molestation case. Attorney K. Ronald Bailey said he hopes to file the request later this week, and it will raise many of the same issues [...] The post Joseph Allen to seek new trial appeared first on Chronicle-Telegram ...

The trial for a 61-year-old Big Flats man charged with killing his mother began Monday morning in Adams County Circuit Court with the selection of the jury.

COLORADO SPRINGS - The father whose son was taken into DHS custody after the 13 year old was found living with rodents and feces appeared, in court Tuesday.

LAKE PLACID - A state judge has decided that most of a Watertown woman's claims against two Lake Placid police officers are viable.

Over the objections of a prosecutor, the last defendant awaiting trial in the 1999 beating death of a Louisiana State Penitentiary security guard has won his fourth trial delay.

O.J. Simpson speaks with his attorney, Patricia Palm, during a hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas. Simpson is seeking a new trial for his 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping, claiming he had bad legal representation.

WORCESTER - A standing-room-only crowd packed a Worcester Trial Court courtroom Thursday morning to bid adieu to a man widely regarded by his peers as one of the top prosecutors in Worcester County.

Altria Group, Inc. (MO) Annual Meeting of Shareholders Call May 16, 2013 9:00 AM ET Executives Marty Barrington – Chairman and CEO Brandt Surgner – Corporate Secretary Denise Keane – EVP and General Counsel ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two Occupy protesters filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against sheriff's officers in a central Indiana county who they say shoved one of them roughly into a wall and arrested them as they tried to enter the county courthouse.

Some trials go on and on.

STEUBENVILLE - Charges were filed Monday in juvenile court against a 17-year-old female who allegedly was driving the getaway vehicle following a shooting Thursday in Mingo Junction.

NEW HAVEN — Deirdre M. Daly will become acting U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut when U.S. Attorney David B. Fein leaves the office on May 13, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced.

(AP Photo/Steve Ueckert). NRA Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre speaks during the leadership forum at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting Friday, May 3, 2013 in Houston.

Many of the defendants pursued by Brian Bash and his team have few, if any, assets. And those that do have the wherewithal to fight litigation for years.

A county official in eastern Ohio says the high-profile case of a 16-year-old girl raped by two high school football players last summer has cost the juvenile court about $18,000 so far.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A stunning twist in the case of a man in prison for infecting a number of women with HIV. Today, it was revealed in court that Nushawn Williams is not HIV positive.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WWAY) -- The Wilmington based Blizzard 17 & under basketball squad captured first place at the Big Shots Myrtle Beach Tournament on Sunday with a 72-64 victory over the FYB Wildcats. WWAY Full Court Press co-host Brett Blizzard is the head coach of the squad. Hoggard's Trevor Singleton shared tournament co-mvp honors with Ashley's Ridell Camidge. WWAY Full Court Press co-host ...

Ohio County Circuit Judge David Sims sentenced Matthew Justice to one to five years in prison Monday for trying to grab a Wheeling police officer's gun from its holster.

There will be no new trial for a Havelock, Iowa man who shot and wounded his ex-wife, their two-year son and his ex-wife's boyfriend with a 12-guage shotgun as they sat in a minivan eight years ago.  The Iowa Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal by Richard Guidry.

The former All-American cornerback was pulled over driving recklessly while on his way to a court appearance.