The three men convicted in the murders of Mt. Pleasant couple Mike and Thelma King were sentenced to prison on Wednesday in the Caribbean island of St. Maarten.

A federal appeals panel on Monday brushed aside an attempt for a new trial and sentencing for a man facing the death penalty for his role in the slaying of an Arkansas family as part of a white-separatist plot to create a new nation in the Pacific Northwest.

A 29-year-old east-central Nebraska man has been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial on allegations that he molested his 8-year-old niece.

The judiciary can't fix this: The Supreme Court has a poor track record protecting journalists from the government.        

Lawyers for the federal government and several groups have joined the state of Wyoming in urging a federal judge not to allow a coalition of environmental groups to drop a lawsuit challenging recent federal action turning...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Forty Tales and Capo Bastone capped a sensational run-up to the 139th Kentucky Derby for trainer Todd Pletcher by finishing one-two in the 89th Derby Trial on a chilly, rainy opener to the 38-day Churchill Downs spring meet Saturday night.

WILMINGTON — A man whose father killed two people at a Delaware courthouse before taking his own life was sentenced to six months in federal prison Tuesday for violating his probation on fraud and kidnapping charges.

The judge in the Jodi Arias murder trial declared a mistrial in the penalty phase Thursday after the jury reported for a second time that it was deadlocked on whether to sentence her to life in prison or death for killing her boyfriend in 2008.

DENVER (AP) - Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' relatives and drew quick criticism from Republicans ahead of the 2014 election.

The politically-charged embezzlement case against a former Virginia Executive Mansion chef is back before a Richmond judge.  

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The man ruled unfit to stand trial for a brutal double murder in Westminster last fall has died at a state mental facility in Columbia.

An Arizona judge declared a mistrial in the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial Thursday after a deadlocked jury said it couldn't decide whether to sentence her to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend.

Nullification is the doctrine that holds the states, not the U.S. Supreme Court, have the authority to decide for themselves if a federal law is constitutional. Nullification was much heard leading up to the Civil War 150 years ago and a word that became synonymous with efforts by states across the Deep South, including Alabama, to resists federal court-ordered school integration in the 1950's ...

The murder trial for the man accused of killing a Ruidoso woman and abandoning her son on the streets of Juarez, Mexico in late 2007 is scheduled to begin today in District Court in Alamogordo.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — An Arkansas sheriff who was convicted in 1979 for possessing stolen hens is ineligible to serve in office, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday.

Erik W. Newton, a family lawyer of Heath-Newton LLP, was featured March 21 in the New York Times. Newton shared his expertise on prenuptial agreements in an opinion piece.San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 Family Lawyer, Erik W. Newton of Heath-Newton LLP, shared his legal expertise on prenuptial agreements in an opinion piece on March 21 in the New York Times. Heath-Newton LLP is a family ...

Amber Wilson, 28, is charged with attempted murder.

After the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007, states were supposed to get better about entering court findings of mental illness into a federal database for background checks, but that's not happening everywhere.

By SaharaReporters, New York The high profile trial of subsidy fraud suspect, Walter Wagbatsoma, who is accused of illegally obtaining N1.9 billion from the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) continued today with his lead attorney, Wole Olaonipekun, acting out a script aimed at delaying judicial proceedings. read more

An organization representing gas station and convenience store owners has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court alleging the State of Indiana's law regarding the sale of cold beer is "irrational and discriminatory."

MICHIGAN CITY — The youngest of the four suspects in local businessman and former teacher Gerald Peters' November 2012 murder appeared in La Porte County Superior Court 1 Thursday, and was granted a continuance of his jury trial.

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Mediocre employees deserve the same protection as others from sexual harassment, a federal appeals court said Friday as it reinstated a lawsuit brought by a New Jersey woman against a financial services ...

Governor Dalrymple appoints new Labor Commissioner

A judge has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to consult with wildlife officials to protect Canada lynx in portions of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.

The Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "Our top priority is to make certain a US Navy Veteran, a individual, or their family members who are dealing with a mesothelioma diagnosis have instant access to the nation's most skilled, and experienced mesothelioma lawyers, because these extremely skilled professionals consistently get the best financial compensation for their clients." A US Navy Veteran ...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the federal court in Wyoming has upheld a management plan for the Black Hills National Forest.

OTTUMWA — A new date and venue have been entered in State v. Seth Techel, three months and two counties away. Defense attorneys Steven Gardner and Robert Box appeared in person in Judge Daniel Wilson's chambers at the Wapello County Courthouse Monday

Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias' fate couldn't decide whether she should get life in prison or die for murdering her boyfriend, sending prosecutors back to the drawing board to rehash the shocking...

A federal judge in Texas ruled that Charles 'Tex' Watson, a follower of Charles Manson (pictured), waived his right to attorney-client privilege when he allowed his lawyer to sell the cassette tapes to an author nearly 40 years ago.

The Law Offices of Elizabeth R. Wellborn, P.A. today announced that Jacob Linhart joined the firm as litigation managing attorney. With nearly 30 years of legal experienc

Washington: Indian national Kaushik Jayantibhai Thakkar and Brazilian national Fabiano Augusto Amorim were each sentenced on Friday to serve 36 months in prison for their roles in smuggling

The New York law firm of Sepe & O’Mahony, PLLC recently launched a newly updated website to make it easier than ever to connect with an experienced business litigation, disability insurance, personal injury, criminal and white collar defense or insurance coverage attorney. (PRWeb May 14, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10717566.htm

A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire... - 9:55 pm

Chelsea — The woman police say was sexually assaulted as an Oxbow Union High School student by former teacher and coach Brian H. Musty said she is uncomfortable returning to the Upper Valley and trying to cope with her role in the ongoing case.

Some of Brett Parker's friends and family testified in court Wednesday that the bookie's versions of the shootings at his home in April, 2012 were inconsistent.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The state's highest court on Thursday dismissed Ralph Nader's lawsuit against Democrats he had accused of trying to keep him off ballots in Maine and other states during his failed presidential run in 2004.

A gang member convicted of working as an enforcer for a violent Memphis-based drug ring with ties to Mexican cartels is scheduled to be sentenced.

Byron Scherf and his lawyers don't dispute that he strangled a corrections officer to death with an amplifier cord in the prison chapel of the Washington state Reformatory at Monroe.

By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A military judge ruled on Monday that a U.S. soldier who shot and killed five fellow servicemen at a combat stress clinic in Iraq acted with premeditation, a decision that will almost surely get him life in prison. U.S. Army Sergeant John Russell, in a deal that spared him the death penalty, pleaded guilty last month to killing two medical staff ...