A new criminal defense lawyer for the widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev says his client will continue to cooperate with investigators but says he plans to keep quiet about the details of her case...

Two years ago, a 10-year-old boy was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing his friend's stepfather.  Paul Henry Gingerich, now 12, is from Enchanted Hills, Indiana. He will not be released from prison until he is 37, and is one of the youngest ever to be tried as an adult. In April of 2010, he and two of his friends planned to murder one of his friend's stepfather because the friend did ...

Authorities were forced to evacuate much of Riverview Court on Monday after a woman living on the street received a suspicious package from a convicted rapist and murderer serving time in Alaska, police said.

Newport — A Claremont man was sentenced to 3 1/2 years to seven years in New Hampshire State Prison yesterday after pleading guilty in Sullivan County Superior Court to stabbing a man with a box cutter in the Walmart parking lot in January.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin avoided prison time Tuesday for her campaign corruption conviction but was ordered to send written apologies to every judge in the state because she abused her office.

The former prominent child psychologist set being tried again on charges he molested several former male patients under the guise of medical exams abruptly changed his plea to no contest to all counts on Thursday afternoon, just hours after a high court denied a renewed defense bid to find him mentally incompetent.

ROGER ALFORD Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The latest lawsuit filed in Kentucky ’s dispute over legislative redistricting calls for a three-judge panel to redraw political boundaries...

Hulk Hogan has won a major battle in the war over his sex tape. A judge has ordered Gawker to remove their heavily-edited minute-long clip of the half-hour tape, as well as the (brilliant) article framing it, and hundreds of reader comments. Gawker’s response to the legal order? F— you. Let’s rewind. Last year, Hulk filed a [...] Gawker Refuses Court’s Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Post Take-Down Order is ...

Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks is set to appear in court for arraignment on federal fraud charges. Brooks is scheduled to appear before federal Magistrate Judge Alan Baverman Wednesday. A 30-count federal indictment handed down last week charges him with mail fraud, wire fraud and filing false...

GALLIPOLIS — A Gallia County woman charged with receiving stolen property and tampering with evidence in two separate felony cases was recently sentenced to serve time in the Ohio Reformatory for ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for bank robbery, interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle and interstate transportation of stolen property.

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.

HELENA — A 49-year-old Browning man has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 51-year-old woman last year. The Independent Record reports Donald Carl Salois was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon during a hearing in Helena.

Calling his conduct outrageous and inappropriate, a Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge today sentenced a Toledo man to three years in prison for making threats and verbal taunts to a rape victim and court officials after a previous sentencing hearing.

The mother of four children who died in a mobile home fire in Hartsville has been charged with four counts of unlawful neglect of a child and four counts of homicide by child abuse.

Abandoned prisons, biblical battles on Interstate 481 and infrared orange groves are among the pictures that line the hallways of The Tech Garden on Harrison Street in downtown Syracuse.

ASHEVILLE — The former director of a nonprofit drug rehab program and winner of a prestigious statewide leadership award was sentenced to a year in federal prison for filing a false tax return.

Man gets life in 2004 slaying of Rosenberg couple Houston Chronicle Copyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:22 pm, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Fort Bend County prosecutors did not seek the death penalty in the case, which resulted in an automatic life sentence for him. Because the crimes were ...

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.  A federal judge is allowing a former manager at a Navy bombing range in North Carolina to take a Bahamas cruise, overruling prosecutors who warned he may never return to face charges of stealing more than $6 million worth of scrap metal.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An Australian man standing trial on a charge of robbing a Wyoming bank on New Year's Eve told jurors in an emotional opening statement Tuesday that he was justified because he gave much of the money to the homeless.

The Boy Scouts of America said Thursday it will release to attorneys 10 years of confidential files it uses to keep pedophile suspects from becoming troop leaders or volunteers. No timetable for release of so-called “perversion files” — files of troop leaders or volunteers accused of sexual abuse of Scouts — was given, but the BSA has 30 days to comply. Salinas also ordered that the names be ...

KISSIMMEE – David Murillo, the first and only person convicted of murder in Celebration, will die in prison.

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

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

It is unclear whether those statements before the Miranda rights warning would be admissible in a criminal trial and, if not, whether prosecutors even need them to win a conviction

The vote is 260-253 to accept Firefly Farms offer, but the issue headed to court.

Defense lawyers in the Chandra Levy murder case say they weren't made aware of evidence about a key witness that could help prove their client did not kill the former federal intern.

Norbert Frost of the Law Offices of Norbert U. Frost shares his findings as presented at the Mechanic’s Bank Third Wednesdays program. (PRWeb May 21, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Divorce-Lawyer/Family-Lawyer/prweb10752258.htm

Prison records show Thomas Fox is slated to be released from the Stillwater correctional facility in August.

IRONS — A lawsuit arising from an all-terrain vehicle crash in Lake County has been sent back to Lake Circuit Court for further proceedings after the Michigan Court of Appeals found the trial court had erred in allowing the suit to be dismissed.

WHEELING, W.Va. -- A federal judge will hear arguments later this month on a plan to move the mother of a missing West Virginia girl from Wheeling to the Clarksburg area, where she says publicity about the disappearance has made her a "social pari...

MELROSE -- Ronald P. Corbett Jr., the former acting Probation Department commissioner, jokes that walking into the firestorm created by the department's patronage scandal was a "walk in the park" compared to his new job -- curbing a new puppy.

Utah man gets prison for shooting neighbor over ‘telepathic’ rape by Jessica Miller The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 16, 2013 03:04PM MDT Farmington • A Centerville man who shot and wounded his neighbor, apparently believing the man had been “telepathically” raping his wife, was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison. In January, Michael Selleneit, 55, pleaded guilty — but mentally ill — to ...

n the aftermath of Monday's firing of the city attorneys, rumors abound that other department heads are next.

A Washington County judge granted an emergency injunction request to “confiscate and preserve” all materials provided to Washington’s 12 polling places from the county elections office, including a memorandum about Councilman Joe Manning’s write-in campaign.

WHEELING, W.Va. -- A federal judge will hear arguments later this month on a plan to move the mother of a missing West Virginia girl from Wheeling to the Clarksburg area, where she says publicity about the disappearance has made her a "social paria...

The state of Florida ranks 49th in the country on the spending of mental health services. That's why critics say many jails and prisons have mentally ill populations of at least 30 percent.      Experts say offender would be less likely to lead a life of crime if they received the medication and counseling they need. ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado judge has released five search warrants filed hours after the Aurora movie theater shooting that show where investigators immediately looked for leads.

Judge halts closing of Kansas City charter school Judge halts closing of Kansas City charter school State education officials voted last week to pull the charter of Gordon Parks Elementary School because of the students' poor performance.

The husband of Barbour County's prosecuting attorney is free on bond after being arrested for allegedly drugging her so he could look at her cellphone and email messages. William Francis "Frank" Poling Jr.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Nicaraguan authorities deported a U.S. man on Wednesday to face fraud and money laundering charges in his home country. Interior Minister Ana Morales said Lawrence Hartman was sent to Florida, where he was expected to appear in court Thursday.