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.

As supervising attorney over both the Judge’s Action Center and the Office of Advocate for Noncustodial Parents at Memphis-Shelby County Juvenil...

One of three Portage County residents accused of cashing a dead relative's Social Security checks might not be competent to stand trial.

A judge has granted class-action certification to a lawsuit alleging the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has systematically overcharged Hoosiers for drivers' licenses since 2007.

At least 36 parolees in Colorado have been convicted or accused of murder while on supervised release from prison since 2002, a review by The Denver Post found.

A new program aims to ease violence in some of the most dangerous units inside the Washington State Penitentiary, reducing the number of prisoners in solitary confinement and making them less likely to reoffend.

Wilmington police set up undercover drug buys

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- After two years of trials and tribulations, Brian Berger is no longer a New Hanover County Commissioner. That was the result of a 3-2 vote that some said was overdue, but it may have raised more questions than answers moving forward. After months of discussion New Hanover County Commissioners successfully used a common law which has not been used since 1935 to remove ...

Outgoing state Supreme Court Justice Paul Anderson says he's relieved the Legislature and not the courts made the call on same-sex marriage in Minnesota.

The Lung Buster Time Trial Series presented by Hunter Subaru starts tonight on Bearwallow Mountain Road in Hendersonville. Here, cyclists ride Old Marshall Highway from Woodfin to Marshall in last year's time trial series / Bill Sanders/wsanders@citizen-times.com

JACKSON — Mississippi has become the third state to sue BP PLC over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Attorney General Jim Hood announced the state had filed lawsuits in federal and state court.

James Fry, the last defendant related to the Tom Petters Ponzi scheme, went on trial Monday, May 20, on fraud charges that could put him in prison for decades.

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.

It's a question that has haunted law enforcement for nearly 10 years. Who would approach a young couple while they were camping and execute them as they slept back in 2003?

With the details hinging on what North Carolina legislators and the courts do, Asheville City Council gave staff the go-ahead May 17 to start drafting the 2013-2014 budget. The proposal assumes that the city and Buncombe County may consolidate parks and recreation operations by early next year — a move that could save the city $5 million per year. It also assumes that the city water system will ...

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.

Bernie Madoff's fraudulent investment operation not only ruined thousands of investors' financial futures, it remains fascinating to the public. And now his misdeeds are featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment.

Last fall, Gawker posted a video of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan having sex with a woman named Heather Clem. The tape, which was a glorious 30 minutes long, stayed up on the website after a judge ruled that the site hadn't breached its first amendment rights. [ more › ]

The Wausau man whose wife told police he already was married when the couple wed has been ordered to stand trial on bigamy charges.

  A Champaign bus company contends that Ford County is the proper venue for the 104 small-claims cases it has filed since November — the majority against University of Illinois students — for violations of the company's "terms and conditions." But an attorney representing one of the defendants says the venue is not only improper but appears to be a strategic move by the company — Suburban ...

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A western Pennsylvania man on trial in the killings of his mother, sister and elderly aunt testified Thursday that the deaths left him so emotionally distraught that when questioned about them he forgot he had a girlfriend - a woman prosecutors contend his family didn't approve of.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A state environmental agency is seeking a court injunction against Duke Energy over groundwater that may have been contaminated by coal ash from a Charlotte-area power plant.

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.

Looking tired and weak, Douglas Martin took the microphone and gave his name and age to the court Thursday morning.

An Ohio prosecutor said Thursday he may seek the death penalty against Ariel Castro as investigators charged that he impregnated one of his captives at least five times and then starved her and punched her in the belly until she miscarried.

A Cambria County judge took a half-hour Tuesday to find a Johnstown man guilty of four of the five charges he faced in relation to the shooting of his girlfriend in the fall.

With help from his fellow trial attorneys, Georgia injury lawyer Howard Spiva is on a mission to expand the Heads in Helmet program in every city in America. (PRWeb April 24, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/4/prweb10665372.htm

The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that the current method of funding the statewide school voucher program is unconstitutional. Act 2, part of Gov. Bobby Jindal's 2012 package of education reforms, diverts money from each student's per-pupil allocation to cover...

An overzealous Jennifer Lawrence fan has been jailed after showing up outside the actress' home in Kentucky and sending her brother a threatening message.

An Uzbek man facing terrorism-related charges in Idaho will remain jailed pending his trial after waiving his right to a detention hearing.

Robert Yates was convicted of killing two women in 1997 and 1998 and got the death penalty.

JUDGE BLOCKS OFFER: A Clarinda prison inmate's bid to send his victims more of the money he earns from a private-industry prison job has been blocked by a Polk County judge.

A pair of bills aimed at curtailing protests by environmental activists that disrupt logging projects in state-owned forests was comfortably approved today by the Oregon House. House Bill 2595 would create a new “interference” crime which would apply to protesters who chain themselves to or sit in trees, who block …

A federal judge barred Arkansas from implementing one of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws Friday, calling it "more than likely unconstitutional."The law, which the Legislature enacted over Gov. Mike Beebe's veto in March, makes abortions illegal after only 12 weeks of pregnancy. It's scheduled to take effect in August.At a hearing Friday in Little Rock, U.S. District Judge Susan ...

A New York man who rented his room in a two-bedroom apartment on Airbnb must pay a $2,400 fine for violating the city’s administrative code, a judge has ruled.        

After trying, so far unsuccessfully, to stop his execution in the courts, attorneys for Nathan Dunlap have formally asked Gov. John Hickenlooper to spare the condemned killer's life.

Could be up to 16 years in prison for an Endicott man, who's pled guilty to three separate felony charges involving burglary, assault, and vehicular manslaughter. In August of 2012, 29 year old Kevin Buie unlawfully entered his former girlfriend's apartment and attacked her. In September of the same year, Buie struck two pedestrians with his car, killing 35 year old Jonathan Pratt and seriously ...

The Iowa Supreme Court is expected to decide whether insurers can require dentists who accept their plans to offer discounts on services that aren't covered.

GOSHEN — The Brooklyn rabbi who's awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges has filed a federal lawsuit, saying his current court-assigned lawyer, former lawyer, the judge in his case, the judge who arraigned him after his arrest, the Orange...

NEW YORK  — The Dow Jones industrial average punched through another milestone Tuesday: its first close above 15,000.

The Justice Department is investigating the Internal Revenue Service for targeting tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday, widening a probe that...