(AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool). Defendant Jodi Arias looks to her family during closing arguments during her trial on Friday, May 3, 2013 at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix.

A FOX 8 investigation into court records at Orleans Parish Criminal Court revealed jurors there are eating far better than most, and court staff are eating for free -- all at the expense of taxpayers.

A former chief trial deputy under ex-Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi may testify against the embattled former prosecutor in a bribery probe as part of a deal with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Call 6 Investigator Rafael Sanchez has learned.

California is in the midst of an effort to bring its prison population down, as ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court. California Gov. Jerry Brown has submitted a new plan to further reduce the number of inmates. But he's still striking a defiant tone toward the courts — saying he's done enough to address overcrowding concerns.

Man's best friend is lawyering up.

Shereef Akeel, 48, works in his Troy, Mich. law office on May 6. Nearly a decade after he started fighting for plaintiffs who say they were abused by American personnel at abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Akeel is still at it, with what could be a pivotal hearing about the play out in northern Virginia.

An Indiana man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in defrauding hospitals in Wyoming and Indiana out of nearly $1.7 million.

Winslow Lazer Norton of Emeryville and Abraham Volstein Norton of Walnut Creek agreed to a sentence of six months in jail and six months on home detention. They also agreed to forfeit some $600,000 in revenues.

A man convicted of opening fire on police when they raided his southern New Jersey home has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution in the Willie Manning case.

A Newton County, Missouri judge ordered Johnny Davis, 33, of Nowata County to serve 15 years on each charge. The sentences are to be served concurrently.

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A former West Virginia sheriff will spend a year in federal prison for his role in the December 2010 beating of a robbery suspect.

The accused gunman who shot a Sioux City police officer during a traffic stop will stand trial Aug. 6.

After years of pretending to be a Navy SEAL and a member of law enforcement, a Rhode Island felon is facing multiple years in California and Rhode Island prisons after finally slipping up because of expired vehicle tags.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich- Kayla Bonkowski is going to jail for attempting to poison her roommate last November. On Friday, Isabella County Trial Judge Mark Duthie sentenced her to eight months in jail, four to be served under house arrest instead …

DALLAS, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The national trial and business law firm Rose•Walker, L.L.P. is expanding its practice with the opening of a new office in Durango, Colo. The office, which will serve ...

California Attorney General Kamala Harris met with a new statewide taskforce of district attorneys Friday to study ways to reduce gun violence and enforce existing law. Harris discussed the task force at a news conference after her first two-hour meeting with 11 district attorneys and Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. She said the Gun Violence Leadership panel had come together to address ...

A Canadian firm that is a subsidiary of the largest aquaculture operator in Maine pleaded guilty Friday in a Canadian courtroom to using illegal pesticides that killed hundreds of lobsters a little more than a mile from Maine’s border.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Jane Kelly will become a federal appeals court judge Friday with an unusual background that supporters say makes her a perfect fit for the job and a potential U.S. Supreme Court candidate.

Two local men pleaded guilty this week in federal court to robbing a series of banks of nearly $22,000 in Central New York and Massachusetts earlier this year, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

OAKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE L. Brooks Patterson has long been sort of the class clown of Republican politics. Once, to make fun of now-state Rep. Tom McMillin’s notorious obsession with gays, Patterson walked over and kissed him — on the mouth. He also loves Hitler jokes and references, and is even capable of putting himself down. Thirty-one years ago, the GOP pushed Brooks into making a hopeless ...

Donta Hood, 22, of Brockton,  arraigned Friday in this week's brazen daytime shooting in a crowded Brockton neighborhood,  may be the first person to get out of jail due to the Massachusetts drug lab scandal to then be charged with murder.

They’re locked up behind bars and you are already paying for their food, lodging and medical care. Now, some prisoners are trying to collect even more of your tax dollars by illegally claiming unemployment benefits.  But tonight Target 11 Investigator Rick Earle has discovered there’s a new effort by the state to crack down on this type of jailhouse fraud.  At the Armstrong County jail just ...

A 35-year-old man who told jurors in November that he’d been in trouble since he was 9 was sentenced to 76 years in prison Friday for felony convictions stemming from a 2006 crime spree that involved three carjackings at gunpoint and several assaults on federal officers.

A very helpful Wiki style web page has been launched by the famous bankruptcy attorneys in Los Angeles to let their clients learn the basics of this legal procedure, as well as get access to useful and authentic government links. Zhou & Chini have released similar pages in many other cities in Southern California in their pursuit of providing California bankruptcy laws to the public. (PRWeb May ...

Orlando lawyer, David Best discusses recent survey by NHTSA about car seat use.ORLANDO, FL (PRWEB) April 18, 2013 According to a recent survey completed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more parents are choosing to keep their children in appropriate car and booster seats. David Best founder of Orlando law firm, Best Law Firm Florida, P.A., says he is pleased to see the ...

A man with ties to Kingsport and who escaped from a Kentucky prison was spotted in the area Thursday, but was apparently able to continue evading capture.

A paraplegic lawyer who has filed thousands of disability access suits is now facing a sex harassment suit by former employees, who also accuse him of something that has defense attorneys buzzing. The women say Scott Johnson sent them into businesses with cameras and measuring tapes, after which he would cite the findings in warning letters and filings, a potential violation of laws requiring ...

He's currently serving time at a Michigan prison for crimes unrelated to the rapes.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The parent company of Standard & Poor's wants a federal judge to dismiss a U.S. government lawsuit that claims the ratings agency gave falsely high ratings to mortgage investments that helped trigger the financial crisis.        

After proving his innocence, George Souliotes, 72, who has spent 16 years in prison, was ordered freed or retried in the triple-murder arson case. Prosecutors have opted for a new trial. SAN FRANCISCO — A prison inmate whose triple-murder arson conviction was overturned after he demonstrated "actual innocence" will be retried rather than released, prosecutors said.        

Citing delays from numerous legal challenges, Wasatch Wind Intermountain, LLC is applying to the state Industrial Siting Council for an extension of the permit deadline for its proposed Pioneer Wind P

The public safety exception, which was applied recently in the Boston bombing case, was carved out in the 1980s by the former chief judge of New York State’s highest court.        

Doctor Barrett Whitefield was sentenced to a little more than seven years in prison Thursday morning. According to court documents, one of Whitefield's employees, Christina Barfield, said that Whitefield would write prescriptions for Hydrocodone without examining patients. 

A 32-year-old Batavia woman was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to her fourth DUI. Jeanette Baum was more than twice the legal intoxication threshold Nov. 27, 2012 when she crashed into a utility box in Batavia after dropping her child off at school.

The attorney for a Schaumburg man who claims a former Schaumburg undercover police officer lied to obtain a search warrant, has filed a petition to vacate the man's sentence. Sean Cerami, 49, pleaded guilty to drug charges on April 13, 2012 and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. His attorney Victor Ciardelli says his client pleaded guilty after a judge found the officer's testimony more ...

A historic jail avoided demolition and is now getting a new life. One of our viewers is crediting 21 Alive's story from January for helping save the 1876 building.

Andria Kerchner, who is accused in the shooting death of Deputy Barbara Pill, appeared in court in this Aug. 2012 file photo. / TIM SHORTT/FLORIDA TODAY

A former Boy Scout volunteer from southwestern Illinois has begun serving a six-year prison sentence for sexually molesting boys in his family.

The teen accused in the murder of missing Middle Georgia State College student Jmaal Keyes makes his first court appearance.

COMMON PLEAS COURT NEW SUITS 13-CV-0428 - Andre Terrell, Dayton, v. State of Ohio, c/o Mike DeWine, Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, complaint for declaratory judgment that Terrell is a wrongfully imprisoned individual. 13-CV-0429 - CitiBank, N.A., v. Lanna Kay Blair aka Lanna K. Cassel aka Kay Cassel aka Kay Jones aka Kay Blair aka Lanna K. Jones, 310 Larchmont Ave., et al., complaint in ...