A court officer was wounded in an accidental shooting inside the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Long Island, authorities said.

( University of Chicago ) Prisoners who are psychopaths lack the basic neurophysiological "hardwiring" that enables them to care for others, according to a new study by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago and the University of New Mexico. "A marked lack of empathy is a hallmark characteristic of individuals with psychopathy," said the lead author of the study, Jean Decety, the Irving B ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa - The only suspect of three so far to be convicted of first-degree murder in the 2009 shooting death of John Versypt in Iowa City will not get a new trial.

(AP Photo/The Beaumont Enterprise, Dave Ryan). File - In this April 22, 2013 file photo, Bartholomew Granger, center, is flanked by attorneys James Makin, right, and Sonny Cribbs before the start of his trial in Galveston, Texas.

It will likely be months before a judge rules on whether a new trial should be granted to a man convicted of killing an Indiana University student who disappeared during a 2000 bike ride.

Jeffrey K. Skilling, the former chief executive of Enron, has reached a deal with the Justice Department to shorten his prison term by as much as a decade, according to a court filing.

The Madera County Grand Jury recently criticized the Madera County District Attorney's Office, stating the office has not prosecuted a majority of alleged crimes committed within the Madera County jail, Click to Continue »

A judge has sentenced a northern Indiana man to 90 years in prison on murder and other charges from the shooting death of his girlfriend. Read more at www.WISHTV.com

POTTSVILLE (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison in the slaying of a man beaten to death with a cast-iron window weight during a burglary of his eastern Pennsylvania home a year ago.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A western Pennsylvania veteran who has post-traumatic stress disorder must remain in jail until he stands trial on federal charges that he took a 13-year-old girl across state lines for sex, a federal magistrate ruled Monday.

Five members of the Hells Angels from Rock Hill have been sentenced on federal weapons and drug charges.

NORRISTOWN - The Montgomery County District Attorney announced Thursday that police seized $1,600,000 worth of marijuana during "Operation Weed Whacker." Two brothers, Dennis Frederick, 40, of Drexel Hill and Jeffery Fredrick, 32, of Philadelphia, were the initial subjects in the 8-month-long investigation that ended when police served 18 search warrants on May 7 and confiscated 400 pounds of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man who stripped naked at Portland International Airport to protest what he saw as an invasive security check went to court Tuesday to contest the federal government's proposal to fine him $1,000.

Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent, accused of being drunk when his car wrecked in December, killing a teammate, has not complied with terms of his release on bail and should stay in jail until his trial, the Dallas County district attorney’s office said.

A Leavenworth man whose 2009 conviction for criminal sodomy was overturned has pleaded no contest to an indecent liberties charge.

By Preston Peeden KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 9 (Reuters) - An elderly nun and two other peace activists will be sentenced in September on their convictions for damaging a Tennessee defense facility where enriched uranium for nuclear bombs is stored, a federal judge said on Thursday.

Monroe — Authorities say a Michigan State Police lieutenant has reached a plea deal after being accused of stealing property seized during drug operations and other crimes.

(Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday awarded $240 million to 32 mentally disabled workers at an Iowa turkey-processing plant to compensate for what government attorneys described as abuse by the Texas company that employed and housed them. A federal jury in Davenport found that Hill Country Farms, doing business as Henry's Turkey Service, of Goldthwaite, Texas, had created an unlawful hostile ...

Sentencing for ex-Box Elder County deputy postponed by Marissa Lang The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 8, 2013 11:55AM MDT Brigham City » Sentencing has been postponed for a former Box Elder County sheriff’s deputy accused of sexually assaulting women during a series of traffic stops. Scott Womack, 37, was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in 1st District Court, where he has pleaded no ...

(CNN) — An Arizona judge declared a mistrial in the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial Thursday after a...

A 20-year-old Huntsville man was sentenced to 10 years in prison today following his conviction in March on a charge of sexual abuse of a child under 12. Under Alabama law, the charge carries a minimum sentence of 10 years with no possibility of early release. John Phyllip Baker was sentenced by Madison County Circuit Judge Ruth Ann Hall in a courtroom crowded with his supporters. Baker's ...

The law automatically suspended retirement benefits once the person returned to a state job for the duration of the employment.

MAHONING COUNTY - Aggravated murder with a death penalty specification is the first part of a nine count indictment handed up against 41-year-old Willie Gene Wilks, Junior.

Military recruiters across the country have been caught in a string of sex-crime scandals over the past year, exposing another long-standing problem for the Defense Department as it grapples with a crisis of sexual assault in the ranks.

A former Baraboo woman continues to face a homicide charge after a Columbia County judge on Tuesday denied a request to dismiss it.

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A Houston appeals court on Tuesday upheld the 2011 conviction of a Central Texas woman who was found guilty of killing her husband in October 2008.

Attorneys representing a man charged with killing five members of a central Illinois family have dropped their request that video of him being interviewed by investigators be blocked as potent…

A former coast DJ, Bob Dever, 51, was sentenced Thursday morning to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of Exploitation of a Child. The case came to the attention of authorities in May of 2012 when the Biloxi Public Works Department discovered written messages in the boy's bathroom at the Hiller Park Softball complex.

BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts' highest court will consider cases in which prosecutors are challenging how lower courts are handling drug convictions jeopardized by alleged misconduct of a chemist at a state drug-testing lab.

Case could be first to allow polygraph exams as evidence in trial. 

A Greenville bakery owner was jailed Thursday following his arrest for state tax charges. South Carolina Department of Revenue investigators charged Ronnie Rodgers with four counts of failing to file an income tax return for tax years 2006 through 2009. The Department of Revenue investigation revealed Rodgers, who owned and operated a local bakery, earned income of $712,614 from 2006 through ...

[Updated 4:30 p.m. ET] CLEVELAND, Ohio—A judge set bail at $8 million at a brief hearing Thursday for Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of kidnapping and keeping three young women as captives for a decade. The lawyer prosecuting the case said he may seek the death penalty against Castro. Cleveland Municipal Judge Lauren C. [...]

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:27:01 GMT By BEN LEUBSDORF Monitor staff Critics said it would promote immorality and lead to increased crime and corruption. Supporters called it a personal choice and said it would bring in much-needed revenue for the state government. If the arguments sound familiar, they should. On Wednesda...

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday defended his combative approach to the federal court case over California's prison system by saying the state has undergone an "incredible transformation" since the courts took over the inmate health care

PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The former corrections officer facing a murder conviction for killing his girlfriend plead guilty to lesser charges in court Monday. Russell Holt is charged with voluntary manslaughter for shooting Jessica Wolfe last March. Wolfe's family is not happy with this decision and believes justice was not served. "He took everything away from us," Melanie Robinson, Jessica ...

Despite filing a stack of handwritten motions, including several demanding his trial be dismissed, Sidney Albert Potts will go to trial Tuesday on multiple charges of drug dealing.

Jurors will resume deliberations for a second day in an Ohio murder case hinging on whether a dying, paralyzed man identified his shooter by blinking his eyes.

Tanya Kay Anderson, 39, of Staunchfield, Minn., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to 46 months in federal prison for bank robbery.

By Erin Geiger Smith NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "To Kill A Mockingbird," Harper Lee, on Friday sued her literary agent, claiming he tricked her into assigning the copyright on her book to him. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Manhattan against Samuel Pinkus, the son-in-law of Lee's long-time agent, Eugene Winick, who had represented her for more than 40 ...

A karate instructor appeared in federal court in Mississippi and was ordered held on a charge that he produced the poison ricin and sent it in letters to President Obama and others.