Charging documents filed in a violent northern Nevada crime spree accuse a 25-year-old man of killing an elderly couple in their home ahead of Mother's Day then slaying a newspaper deliveryman and another couple nearby days later.

A jury decided on a sentence Thursday in the murder trial of a Chicago man accused of shooting a local man to death more than two years ago.

By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of a doctor accused of killing babies and a patient during late-term abortions at his clinic, CNN and local media reported on Monday. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, who ran the now-closed Women's Medical Society Clinic, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder. He is accused of delivering ...

Baker & McKenzie LLP will merge with United Arab Emirates 40-lawyer law firm Habib Al Mulla on July 1, to create Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla. The firm will advise clients on local and international law in its Dubai offices and, with regulatory approval, in Abu Dhabi.

COMMON PLEAS COURT NEW SUITS 13-CV-0428 - Andre Terrell, Dayton, v. State of Ohio, c/o Mike DeWine, Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, complaint for declaratory judgment that Terrell is a wrongfully imprisoned individual. 13-CV-0429 - CitiBank, N.A., v. Lanna Kay Blair aka Lanna K. Cassel aka Kay Cassel aka Kay Jones aka Kay Blair aka Lanna K. Jones, 310 Larchmont Ave., et al., complaint in ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich- Kayla Bonkowski is going to jail for attempting to poison her roommate last November. On Friday, Isabella County Trial Judge Mark Duthie sentenced her to eight months in jail, four to be served under house arrest instead …

Prosecutors say he married the woman just before trial so she wouldn't testify against him.

PORTLAND -- A dishwasher who worked at the Oregon Episcopal School in Southwest Portland is in jail, suspected of trying to have sex with an underage girl he met on Craigslist. Lucas Gautreaux, 33, of Northeast Portland put an ad on Craigslist in the "casual encounters" section to have a person-to-person sexual encounter with a "young girl," according to federal court documents. A Portland ...

DENVER—A Northglenn man was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to sending methamphetamine from Colorado to Fairbanks, Alaska.

He gets nearly 22 years in attack, robbery of student.

A former Russellville doctor convicted of plotting a bombing that nearly killed the head of the Arkansas medical board has again been sentenced to life in prison.

Apache Junction youngsters had the chance to see the Arizona Supreme Court in action live in their own community Tuesday, when the state’s high court held court on campus at Apache Junction High Schoo

Edward Dolan, commissioner of the Department of Youth Services, has been named as the new commissioner of the Probation Service, court leaders said today. “We are pleased to appoint a respected criminal justice professional of Ed Dolan’s caliber to head the Massachusetts Probation Service,” Trial Court Chief Justice Robert A. Mulligan and Court Administrator Harry Spence said in a statement.

(AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool). Defendant Jodi Arias looks to her family during closing arguments during her trial on Friday, May 3, 2013 at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix.

A former Boy Scout volunteer from southwestern Illinois has begun serving a six-year prison sentence for sexually molesting boys in his family.

A federal court has sentenced two Minnesota women to lengthy prison sentences for soliciting donations in the name of charity, then funneling the funds to Somali militants.

A former Kaysville teacher and basketball coach has been ordered to stand trial on 11 felonies.

A former Central Michigan University student accused of putting bleach in her roommate's glass of iced tea following a dispute over dirty dishes will spend four months under house arrest and four months in jail.  

A federal court has sentenced two Minnesota women to lengthy prison sentences for soliciting donations in the name of charity, then funneling the funds to Somali militants.

Jurors in a murder trial of Alexander Woods got a crash course in the marijuana business when a 2004 mass murder case got under way on Tuesday in Colquitt County Superior Court.

Kent County Circuit Judge Mark Trusock sentenced 22-year-old Byron Juarez Thursday, calling the events that led to Dayma Roblero's death "every parent's worst nightmare."

The accused gunman who shot a Sioux City police officer during a traffic stop will stand trial Aug. 6.

Still big question on whether or not Ed Kramer will ever face trial read more

The former minister of a small Michigan congregation was sentenced Thursday to at least 56 years in prison for killing his fiancée's 24-year-old daughter, allegedly to fulfill a fantasy to have sex with a dead body.

A 27-year-old Richmond man was convicted in federal court Thursday in connection to an armed robbery at a Walgreens in Hampton in August.        

A Fredericksburg intelligence analyst with the U.S. Marshals Service admitted in court to owning child pornography at work.

Since he fled prison in Arkansas in'70, Lester Stiggers, a convicted murderer, has been a quirk of justice, living openly in one state while wanted in another.

DENVER x2013 Freshman years are rarely easy, and 2013 was certainly a trial for state Rep. Mike McLachlan.The Durango Democrat found himself in the crosshairs of a recall campaign by gun-rights supporters, and he spent two weeks in the hospital with intestinal bleeding.x201cWith the illness and a lot of the tough votes I...

Democrat John Edwards was acquitted in May 2012 on a charge of misusing campaign funds to cover up an affair. / Chuck Burton, AP WASHINGTON â?? John Edwards said last year after his criminal trial on campaign finance charges that he believed he could still do some good with his life.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A couple of weeks before her ex-husband agreed to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jamie McCourt reached a divorce settlement that gave her $131 million tax-free... Read more »

By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The jury in the murder trial of a Philadelphia doctor accused of killing babies and a patient during late-term abortions at a clinic serving low-income women ended its fourth day of deliberations on Friday without reaching verdicts. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, who ran the now-shuttered Women's Medical Society Clinic, could face the death penalty if convicted ...

The Arkansas Court of Appeals released opinions Wednesday. The court’s ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here. The full opinions and other court proceedings, including per curiam decisions, orders and submissions, can be found on the Internet at courts.state.ar.us.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state Supreme Court is upholding a revised plan to redraw the boundaries of Pennsylvania's legislative districts, ruling that a panel's new plan is constitutional.The court's unanimous ruling Wednesday came after it initially rejected a map drawn by a five-member com...

More than 30 Osceola law enforcement officers upset over plea bargain attended sentencing KISSIMMEE — A St. Cloud man who tried to kill two cops in 2011 with an AK-47 was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation and psychiatric treatment.        

MISSOULA - A Missoula man who killed two of his friends and seriously injured another one in a March 2012 DUI crash will spend four years in the Montana Department of Corrections.

BROCKTON -- A man charged with committing a murder here Tuesday afternoon would have been behind bars, but he was free because his drug dealing conviction had been tossed out after it was discovered that disgraced state chemist Annie Dookhan handled the evidence and testified at his trial, officials said today. Donta Hood, 22, appeared today in Brockton District Court, where he pleaded not ...

SIOUX CITY | A Moville, Iowa, man has been sentenced to five years in prison for kicking a child in the mouth.

The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a Washington County case involving a local man found guilty of 29 child sex crimes who now hopes to get a new trial. Marietta resident Daniel A.

California is in the midst of an effort to bring its prison population down, as ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court. California Gov. Jerry Brown has submitted a new plan to further reduce the number of inmates. But he's still striking a defiant tone toward the courts — saying he's done enough to address overcrowding concerns.

A day after Feasterville's Kenneth Philipp was shot and killed by a Northampton police officer a few miles from where police say he gunned down his ex-wife, Bucks County District Attorney David Heckle

A defense motion for a continuance in the capital murder trial of Gabriel Paul Hall has been denied by District Judge Travis Bryan III.