UNION (WVVA) - A woman convicted of embezzling funds from the town of Alderson will spend the next 1-10 years in prison. Jacalyn Ann "Jackie" Villars, former employee of the Town of Alderson, learned

The mother of Ariel Castro’s children repeatedly went to authorities with accusations he was beating, abusing and threatening her. But her complaints never reached the point where Castro was imprisoned or triggered additional police investigations.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ The Kansas House's top Democrat says he doubts supporters of changing the process for selecting state Supreme Court justices can muster enough support to get a measure passed.

WILLIAMSON — Two defendants entered guilty pleas in Mingo County Circuit Court before the Honorable Judge Michael Thornsbury on Wednesday to drug related crimes.

The trial began today for James Ealy, 48, who is accused of killing a Burger King employee more than six years ago. Prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered their opening statements this morning in the latest Illinois murder trial to be …

A preliminary injunction against resident William Dale Howard to abate a public nuisance was denied May 8 at the Kern County Superior Court Metropolitan Division in Bakersfield, according to court records.

MORRISTOWN — The scheduled sentencing Friday for the "well-dressed bank robber" was postponed, as Morris County Assistant Prosecutor John McNamara Jr. said it was not ready to be given.

2 NEWS Investigates is denied access to key decision makers, but is invited to a reintegration facility designed to give prisoners the life skills they need to succeed.

Damien Candland, 25, is serving a life without parole prison sentence for the murder of his aunt. His attempts to withdraw his guilty plea were unsuccessful, so he has taken his case to the Utah Supreme Court.

A man spent nearly 10 years in prison based on what is now believed to be a false charge of rape.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston now, but feds will have to figure out where he goes next while awaiting trial.

Thanks to taxpayers, inmates receive free health care. Each year Erie County taxpayers spend about $10 million for inmates' medical expenses. But proposed legislation could change that and force prisoners to pay up.

Two states have had their early abortion bans blocked in federal court this month , and although Arizona and Arkansas laws are among the first early abortion laws to receive a real federal judicial treatment, they won't be the last.

A lawsuit by Florida's teachers union over the merit-pay law was dismissed today, with a circuit judge ruling the sweeping 2011 law did not violate teachers constitutional rights.        

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — After disrupting his capital murder trial several times with profanity-filled outbursts, a Texas man erupted in one final chaotic fit when a jury sentenced him to death on Tuesday for killing a bystander while trying to shoot his daughter outside a courthouse.

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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A judge has ruled that an animal cruelty charge against a former longtime TV news anchorman in Vermont will proceed to trial next month.        

An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.

A judge has ruled that the results of a February election for an alderman's seat after the definition of the word "majority" was brought into question by the Macomb City Council.

The Daviess County, Kentucky Jail is getting thousands of dollars for their sexual assault program.

BISMARCK - North Dakota's attorney general has until May 29 to respond to a complaint filed against the state Wednesday alleging a recently passed anti-abortion law violates the state constitution.

The owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, who refused a longtime customer’s request to provide flowers for his same-sex wedding, has launched a counter suit against state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who sued her for violating Washington’s Consumer Protection Act. The counter suit, filed by an anti-gay-marriage group called Alliance Defending Freedom, argues that Ferguson’s suit is attempting ...

Ryan Widmer’s state court appeals have ended with the Ohio Supreme court denying jurisdiction. Widmer was convicted in 2011 for drowning his wife, Sarah, in the bathtub of their Warren County home. The high court announced its decision in Widmer’s second appeal on Wednesday, denying jurisdiction in a 5 to 2 vote. Justices Judith Lanzinger and William O’Neill dissented. Michelle Berry-Godsey’s ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected the argument that if an employer's sexually explicit behavior is extended to both women and men in the workplace, it's not sexual harassment under the Minnesota Human Rights Act.

Lawmakers Adjourned Before Updating Missouri Law

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Student at Gordon Parks Elementary will be able to finish out the school year. The Missouri...

A Pulaski County man who was convicted of killing his grandfather should receive a new trial because the jury instructions were flawed, the Arkansas Supreme Court said Thursday.

More than one of every 10 women at the Denver Women's Correctional Facility claim staff members sexually assaulted them, according to a national study. It was the highest rate in the nation, according to the report by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Altria Group, Inc. (MO) Annual Meeting of Shareholders Call May 16, 2013 9:00 AM ET Executives Marty Barrington – Chairman and CEO Brandt Surgner – Corporate Secretary Denise Keane – EVP and General Counsel ...

FARGO - Federal prosecutors in North Dakota say the refusal by defense attorneys to turn over notes in the case of death row inmate Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. is meant to prolong the appeal.

Torrey Brown Jr. was wearing a yellow onesie when they found him. It was the outfit his mother had dressed her son in two months earlier, the same day she smothered the 7-month-old and stuffed his body in a backpack that she carried out with a bag of garbage.

A Washtenaw County man has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for the death of his girlfriend's 14-month-old son.

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - An Army sergeant has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.

A Broward County lawyer was indicted Thursday on federal charges that he overbilled the Seminole Tribe of Florida by more than $1 million.

ldquo;I knew I was gay since I was a really little kid,” said Richard Burns. “So Hamilton was a really odd college choice.”   Burns, a lifelong social justice activist specifically with regard to gay rights, and the executive director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City since December 1986 spoke on Wednesday at a talk titled “A Queer Justice Journey from ...

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.

The lawyer defending a former Corning Hawks athlete against rape charges told a judge Monday there are several issues with the prosecution’s case against his client.

A Russian drunken driver who sparked a nationwide debate after killing seven, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been sentenced to prison.

A timeline of major legal developments involving O.J. Simpson: June 12, 1994: O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and friend Ronald Goldman are found dead in Los Angeles. Simpson is arrested after a widely televised freeway chase.

 A 70-year-old woman was sentenced Tuesday to one-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to pay more than $315,000 in restitution for defrauding insurers by faking deaths.

An iron door from the prison that once held Gen. John Hunt Morgan has gone missing, and a Lexington historic group is seeking the public's help to find it before it gets scrapped.