Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three infants during illegal third-trimester procedures, was sentenced to life in prison a day after jurors found him guilty.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah teen accused of punching a soccer referee who later died was charged Wednesday with homicide by assault, a count issued when an attack unintentionally causes death.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has blocked the execution of Willie Jerome Manning, which had been scheduled for Tuesday evening.

It's been more than four years since O.J. Simpson was handcuffed in a Las Vegas courtroom and hauled off to prison for nine to 33 years. More >>

After 20 years, prisoner Fred Steese got a judge to listen to his appeal, granting him his freedom, however slight.

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling blocking enforcement of a Florida law that banned companies from bidding on state and local government contracts if they also do business in Cuba and Syria.

Trial has been postponed in Nevada for a Saudi Arabia air force sergeant accused of abducting and raping a 13-year-old boy at a Las Vegas Strip hotel on New Year's Eve.

Two Spring Hill men pleaded guilty in federal court for their involvement in a racially-motivated conspiracy to interfere with the housing rights of African-American residents of the Spring Lake subdivision of Spring Hill, the Justice Department announced.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A panel appointed by the state Supreme Court to oversee judicial campaigns says a Jefferson Parish judge candidate's campaign violated the Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct.

The bar complaint against John Swallow is unique among the allegations against Utah's attorney general in that it was filed by someone not under the cloud of a criminal investigation. In other words, by an honest person.

Founding Partners of Price Benowitz, LLP were selected and named Super Lawyers for 2013. (PRWeb April 29, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/4/prweb10675382.htm

As Governor Rick Scott considers a bill which would speed up death penalty executions by creating tighter timeframes for appeals and post-conviction motions, he’s signing death warrants at a pace rarely seen in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

A mother’s love for her remaining child kept Jordan Able Boijseauneau from facing the death penalty.

May is Elder Law Month, according to the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). During Elder Law Month, NAELA members sponsor activities designed to educate the public.

A Cleveland man accused of kidnapping three women before raping and imprisoning them for over a decade has appeared in court. Related Stories Woman miraculously survives after being shot in the mouth with harpoon gun by her husband Escaped Colombian gangster undergoes sex change and dresses as a woman to evade capture Nun faces jail for damaging Tennessee nuclear plant Boston bomber, Tamerlan ...

By Kathy Finn and Braden Reddall NEW ORLEANS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - BP Plc's attempt to get a U.S. federal court to pin at least a sizeable amount of the blame for the Deepwater Hori...

A sign posted by authorities stands outside the residence of registered sex predator John Goodman in Starke. The Bradford County Sheriff's Office is installing signs at the homes of 18 sexual predators.

AUSTIN, Texas - Prosecutors told a federal jury on Wednesday that a man they say is the brother of leaders of Mexico's most blood-soaked criminal organization used the proceeds from their brothers' ill-gotten gains to bankroll his horse-racing stable.

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Two weeks after being sentenced to life in prison for the 2009 shooting death of John Versypt in Iowa City, Justin Marshall has filed a notice of plans to appeal his first-degree murder conviction.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Wayne Sconce's past life as a mortician has come back to haunt him decades after he gained notoriety for stealing body parts from corpses and plotting to kill a funeral business rival.

The San Diego bankruptcy lawyers at the Golden State Law Group, URL http://www.goldenstatelawgorup.com , respond to a CUNA student loan survey. (PRWeb April 25, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/san-diego/bankruptcy-lawyers/prweb10669930.htm

SACRAMENTO -- Underlying California's attempts to meet a federal court order for reducing its prison population is an unsettling question: Will the public be in greater danger as a result?

BOSTON - Justices of Massachusetts' highest court heard arguments Thursday on whether special magistrates who are trying to unburden trial courts of a flood of drug cases tainted by a state laboratory scandal may release convicts on bail before they're granted new trials.

A divided federal appeals court released a ruling Thursday that lets Michigan public schools stop collecting union dues under a law approved last year.

An Iowa City man who was sentenced last month to life in prison for being present during the 2009 murder of landlord John Versypt has filed an appeal to the verdict.

Batavia High School lost to Frewsburg, out of Chautauqua County, 51-50, this afternoon in the final of Regional Mock Trials Tournament. Both teams were 1-1 in the finals, presided over by Eugene F. Pigott Jr., associate judge of the New York State Court of Appeals. Frewsburg will compete in the state championship rounds in Albany. It's the first time in the 31-year history of the tournament that ...

DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court will not take up a Fremont County case that could have determined whether unborn fetuses are recognized as persons under Colorado law.

A U.S. Army general facing sexual assault charges is due back in court for a hearing on pre-trial motions.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Curb Records is suing Tim McGraw. Again.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has charged a Dallas-based debt management firm with defrauding its customers. The state's enforcement action sought an asset freeze and temporary restraining order against Shane V. Garner and Credit Alliance Group (CAG) dba Credit Services Today.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- The Nevada Supreme Court says a confession by a former bodyguard to Michael Jackson is inadmissible evidence in his robbery case because he asked for a lawyer before his statements were made.

By Bill Vidonic, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Nearly $6 million will be sent to municipalities and school districts beginning this week as attorneys bring to a close the saga of a now-defunct ...

Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys painted two very different pictures of former Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos.

A congressional coalition urged the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday to heed a D.C. woman's request to reduce the cost of telephone calls by inmates throughout the United States.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state Supreme Court will be honoring the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut for its public education and outreach efforts.        

For the second year in a row, students from Damonte Ranch High School will take part in Thursday’s Nevada Supreme Court’s Law Day Live event by serving as attorneys and judges during mock Supreme Court arguments involving three real-life cases.

Indiana state prison officials are using customized playing cards for a deadly serious purpose — to help unlock the mysteries of unsolved murders and persons gone missing

Lindsay Lohan is again close to being thrown in jail for not doing what a judge ordered.

HELENA – In a 4-3 decision, the Montana Supreme Court Tuesday overturned a lower-court ruling that had granted a new trial for convicted murderer Barry Beach, likely sending him back to the Montana State Prison.

A Michigan man who pleaded no contest to having sex with two dogs felt the bite of a wary judge on Monday. Hicks seemed to be worried the man from Muskegon was a risk to repeat the offense.

By: CBS4 News, newsroom@cbs4qc.com A group of conservative lawmakers wants to cut the salaries of 4 Iowa Supreme Court Justices who ruled in favor of legalizing gay marriage in the state. The lawmakers