Douglas Yeboah first met George Leader about eight years ago while working as a chaplain at the state prison in Chester.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The attorneys for a Cleveland man accused of keeping three women in captivity for about a decade say he will plead not guilty.        

The Minnesota Department of Corrections is dealing with an aging prison population and with that comes concern over rising health care costs.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Osama bin Laden's son-in-law has hired a new lawyer to defend him in the trial he faces in the United States, and the appointment stirred some controversy in the court.

WASHINGTON -- The FBI is investigating potential civil rights violations at the Internal Revenue Service after the agency acknowledged the agency had singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday.

State officials on Thursday agreed to drop a request to consolidate all lawsuits challenging California's use of voter-approved high-speed rail bonds, allowing a trial seeking to prevent the state from ...

Tennis Maynard walked into a Huntington courtroom Wednesday, dressed in a hospital gown with a drainage bag still hanging at his side, and pleaded not guilty to a charge that he shot and killed Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A judge who a state agency says had an affair with a woman who had a child-support case pending in his court faces a hearing.

People who plan on filing bankruptcy in near future can view a complete source of California bankruptcy information . The new Wikipedia style page launched by the bankruptcy attorneys Zhou & Chini in Orange County fulfills all their needs. (PRWeb May 21, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/bankruptcy-information/Orange-County-CA/prweb10751339.htm

U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced Wednesday that the sentencing of four Idaho individuals that conspired to distribute methamphetamine and who were involved in the Aryan Knights has ended.

A murder trial is set to begin for a western Iowa woman accused of drowning her 15-month-old son.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — The former minister of a small Michigan congregation has been sentenced to at least 56 years in prison for killing his fiancée’s 24-year-old daughter, allegedly to fulfil a fantasy to have sex with a dead body.

The No. 34 Florida State men's tennis team (18-9) came out strong at the Cary Tennis Park and left the courts with a 4-1 win over Georgia Tech (8-16) on Thursday, April 25. The Seminoles take on No. 9 Duke Friday at noon at the ACC Championships quarterfinals.

Springfield city Councilor Dave Ralston pleaded not guilty today morning to a drunken driving charge and was told he will have to hire his own attorney to defend himself. Ralston, cited by a Springfield police officer on Feb. 10, will appear in court again on June 21 when he will …

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate was executed Thursday evening for fatally shooting one of three people he and a partner abducted during a convenience store robbery nearly 11 years ago.

Baptist Press Stories for May. 21 2013 --------------------------------------- Death, devastation from Okla. tornado grip nation's attention http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=40354 Supreme Court takes up major prayer case http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=40356 3rd state: Vermont legalizes assisted suicide http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=40355 Minister in Jesus' name, Mohler tells ...

Sanofi (SAN) won a U.S. appeals court ruling yesterday that revives a patent-infringement claim over generic versions of the allergy drug Allegra. A trial judge erred in interpreting a patent on the drug that covers a process to make the active ingredient in the medicine, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said in an opinion posted on the court’s website.

FAYETTEVILLE, AR-- Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Anthony Yager, 49, of Springdale, pleaded guilty to downloading child pornography. 

A 55-year-old Tyler, Texas, building contractor has been sentenced for federal arson related charges in the Eastern District of Texas.

DES MOINES — Gay rights advocates say the Iowa Supreme Court’s Friday ruling on the side of a lesbian couple from Des Moines should “shut the door” on any further legal controversy over same-sex marriage in the state. “I appreciate this issue has been part of the political debate, and I expect it may continue [...]

Kathryn McDonough told New Hampshire State Police last October that she and her missing friend Elizabeth Marriott had plans to

The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that there is no employment protection for people who use marijuana. In a split decision issued on Thursday, the court said marijuana use is still barred by the ...

A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday - one of them to a life term - in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was overwhelmingly directed against minority Muslims but has not...

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio – A Logan County woman who ran a 15-year-old down with her pickup truck and killed him while she was driving drunk last year was sent to prison for eight years today.

Fifty-five Colorado Sheriffs filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against two gun bills passed by the Colorado legislature in March. The suit was filed Friday in Federal District Court in Denver. (PRWeb May 21, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/anti-gun/lawsuit/prweb10751565.htm

A Clayton resident, who was acquitted in March of aggravated arson in the burning of a once-popular Clayton convenience store, was sentenced Friday to six years in a New Jersey state prison for a cocaine possession charge, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.

A Revere man pleaded guilty Thursday to beating and inflicting life-threatening injuries on the 5-year-old son of his girlfriend, prosecutors said. A Suffolk Superior Court judge sentenced Joseph Testa, 30, to six to nine years in prison after he admitted to the charges of assault and battery on a child and reckless endangerment of a child, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office said.

The state’s top education official has been tapped to finally end the city and teachers union’s long-running dispute over a new ratings system for educators. Under state law, the two sides were required to come to an agreement — or else submit separate proposals for a rigorous evaluation system...

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday morning turned back Alabama's appeal of a lower court's ruling striking down a portion of the state's immigration law making it a state crime to conceal, harbor or transport undocumented aliens into the state.

SAN FRANCISCO — California cities and counties can ban pot shops, the state's highest court ruled Monday in a unanimous opinion likely to further diminish California's once-robust medical marijuana industry.

LITTLE ROCK, AR - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Randall C. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Little Rock Field Office announced that a 25-count indictment handed down by a federal grand jury on May 2, 2013, was unsealed today charging sixteen defendants in Arkansas, Texas, and Mexico with multiple drug ...

The father of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman charged with shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, posted a letter online, saying he's "disgusted with Florida's judicial system." According to the letter, dated May 16, signed "Robert Zimmerman" and posted on a website named RobertandGladys.com, the Zimmermans asked for more time to prepare for their son's trial and for more ...

The Michigan Court of Appeals approved a request for a grand jury to investigate whether the New England Compounding Center, a Massachusetts company, broke any state laws when it allegedly distributed tainted steroid injections to four Michigan clinics.

Governor Corbett’s lawsuit is an anti-trust suit, saying the NCAA violated its own rules in bringing sanctions against Penn State that have resulted in economic harm to Pennsylvania.

A Northern California man faces up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless driving causing the death of an Incline Village couple who was hit in a pedestrian crosswalk at Lake Tahoe in December 2011.

Robert Guerrero fared better against the New York State justice system than he did against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Today, in a court in Queens County, a judge dismissed gun-possession charges aga...

She admitted back in February to stealing more than $205,000 from a state daycare program.

The central figure in the state investment scandal, Marc Correra, is under criminal investigation for tax fraud in New Mexico, according to the latest divorce petition filed by his wife in a Texas court.

A New Jersey priest who resigned after admitting he worked unsupervised with kids despite a legal agreement that barred him from doing so is headed to court.

SILVER CITY — Allen Hurley was sentenced to the maximum under the law — 17 and a half years — for the murder of Rachel Torrisi Sierra in December 2008 by Judge J.C. Robinson on Tuesday in Silver City District Court.

Preparations for the trial of three peace activists who broke into an Oak Ridge weapons plant last summer get underway Monday with jury selection in Knoxville.