Collyn Erion dominated nearly every opponent he played this season, forcing them into errors with maddening consistency on the court.

While lawmakers have pushed for a greater distributing of ex-prisoners in communities, corrections officials see benefits in clustering them in concentrated areas.

A Southern California woman accused of kidnapping her 4-month-old granddaughter was sentenced Friday to eight years in jail, authorities said. Ericka Gallego, a 60-year-old El Monte resident, wore a green jumpsuit for her appearance in Contra Costa County Superior Court. She did not speak during her sentencing, but did give the judge a written statement. She agreed to a plea bargain and was ...

Birmingham Ala. Mayor William Bell, left, Dr. Sharon Malone, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala. sponsor of the bill, listen as President Barack Obama speaks to the media before signing a bill designating the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating the lives of the four young girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing of 1963, in the Oval Office of the White ...

As Ariel Castro prepares to make his first court appearance Thursday, accusations of what he did to three young women trapped in his home for a decade get more and more abhorrent.

They clomp down the road in black boots, marching with chains locked around their ankles. The past few weeks, a small band of convicted inmates from Brevard County Jail has been working on a chain gang, accoridng to Local 6 News partner Florida Today. First-year Sheriff Wayne Ivey says he launched the project as a sort of living-and-breathing public service announcement, choosing black-and-white ...

Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to send a former Michigan Supreme Court justice to prison for bank fraud.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that federal trucking laws don't preempt a state claim against a New Hampshire towing company.

As an aspiring grade school athlete, Turner Fordham wanted to make her mark on the basketball court and softball field. Then, at age 12, she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a type of cancer that affects the white blood cells. The disease weakened her to the point she could no longer play contact sports.

An attorney for Jodi Arias has told the jury deciding her fate that his client should get a life sentence for killing her boyfriend five years ago.

Attorney Bob Dreps says law enforcement agencies are “overreacting” to an Illinois federal court ruling by purging the names of drivers from public records.

PHOENIX - On April 22, Brian Douglas Kanuho, 47, of Low Mountain, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 204 months imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release.

A federal judge in Memphis has sentenced a longtime Memphis educator to seven years in prison in a test-taking fraud scheme.

Judge M. James Lorenz wrote: “Title IX requires ‘equal treatment,’ which has been interpreted by the OCR [Office for Civil Rights] to require ‘equivalence in the availability, quality, and kinds of other athletic benefits and opportunities provided male and female athletes.”        

Anthony Chiasson, who authorities said made Level Global Investors, a Connecticut hedge fund that he cofounded, nearly $70 million in illegal profit through insider trading, leaves court in New York after he was sentenced Monday to 61/2 years in prison.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has overturned an Ingham County judge's order that would have required Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr and other officials to give sworn testimony in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Orr's appointment.

Man jailed after allegedly beating infant and toddler children, and then overdosing on drugs.

Guided Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that multi-center, clinical trial results for the LuViva® Advanced Cervical Scan are set to be published in an upcoming issue of Gynecologic Oncology, the official publication of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology.

New York law advice can now be received from a variety of different New York attorneys online at Webponder.com. Webponder.com is a website where visitors go to connect with not only legal professionals for online legal advice, but experts in a variety of fields such as online mechanics, an online doctor, and marketing experts, through live video consultations. (PRWeb May 11, 2013) Read the full ...

(AP Photo/Jae C.Hong,File). File-This Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, file photo shows O.J. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File). File-This Dec. 5, 2008 file photo shows O.J.

The temporary new center of Lori Space Day's world is none other than the new tiger cub at Space Farms Zoo and Museum.

Los Angeles, CA Law Offices of Juan J. Dominguez APLC have redesigned there website making it easier for clients find the help they need and the settlement they deserve. (PRWeb May 02, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10689874.htm

A Grand Forks Democratic state senator who is an attorney has been disciplined by North Dakota's Supreme Court for failing to adequately represent a client.

Rick Curl pleaded guilty in February Former coach Rick Curl was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison and five years' probation for child sexual abuse of one of his former swimmers in the 1980s.

By Tribune-Review Westmoreland COUNTY Mt. Pleasant BOROUGH Ex- union official gets probation The former secretary-treasurer of the Mt. Pleasant branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers ...

Jury selection has begun in the capital trial of Joseph Naso, who is charged with murdering four women decades ago in Northern California.

Former Common Pleas Court Judge Paul Pozonsky spent nearly 30 years behind the bench in Washington County, but Thursday found himself on the other side.

SANTA FE - The New Mexico Supreme Court decided Wednesday not to jail disbarred attorney Bradley R. Sims, who defrauded a client in a multimillion-dollar case in Las Cruces.

A U.S. judge has denied rapper M.I.A.'s request to keep her ongoing child custody dispute with her ex-fiance Benjamin Bronfman behind closed...

A Philadelphia jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell. The jury found him guilty of of killing 3 babies born alive, acquitted in 4th baby's death.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The tea party has won the first round in a lawsuit that questions the legality of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange that Gov. Steve Beshear set up last year by executive order.

The double-murder trial of Brett Parker resumed Friday morning after being cut short Thursday when the admitted bookie had to be transported to an area hospital after an emotional outburst in the courtroom.

IOWA CITY, Iowa - A landmark $240 million verdict awarded to 32 mentally disabled Iowa plant workers who were subjected to years of abuse by their handlers will be reduced to just $1.6 million because of a federal cap, attorneys in the case agree.

Plaintiff’s verdict comes in first U.S. Actos bladder cancer allegations trial over claims that use of diabetes drug can allegedly lead to bladder cancer. Resource4thePeople attorneys are currently filing Actos bladder cancer allegation lawsuits. (PRWeb May 01, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10683143.htm

The seizure of funds of the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, was triggered by an alleged failure of the company to comply with U.S. financial regulations, according to a federal court document. The U.S. District Court in Maryland on Tuesday ordered the seizure of Mt. Gox's funds , which were in an account with Dwolla, a payments company that transferred money from U.S. citizens to Mt. Gox for ...

An Iowa jury on Wednesday awarded a total of $240 million to 32 mentally disabled Iowa turkey processing plant workers for what government lawyers described as years of around-the-clock abuse and discrimination by the Texas company that oversaw their care, work and lodging. The federal jury in Davenport determined that Henry's Turkey Service, of Goldthwaite, Tex., violated the Americans with ...

A Manhattan federal court has granted a preliminary injunction barring a shipping company from transporting cigarettes that do not bear New York State and New York City tax stamps, according to Michael A. Cardozo, NYC corporation counsel; David M. Frankel, NYC finance commissioner; and Thomas A. Farley, NYC health commissioner.

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. Granger, 42, showed no remorse as he admitted opening fire on his daughter and running her over with his truck ...

The Indiana Supreme Court today ruled Indiana's limit on the amount of punitive damages that may be awarded in lawsuits is constitutional.

A South Sioux City, Nebraska man pleads guilty after police say he allowed his son, who recently escaped from prison. to stay at his home.

Three executions set over the next six weeks, will keep the death chamber at Florida State Prison in Starke unusually busy.