The presiding judge of the Utah Court of Appeals has been appointed to the U.S. 10th Circuit.

Change of venue denied for Utah man accused of killing teen by Stephen Hunt The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 10, 2013 06:50AM MDT Eric Millerberg — accused in the 2011 death of his children’s 16-year-old babysitter — has been denied a change of venue for his upcoming murder trial. Millerberg’s attorneys wanted the trial moved to Summit or Salt Lake county, arguing that pre-trial publicity ...

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange's office announced Friday the arrest of the state's former Chief Agent for Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) on numerous felony charges.

An Albany man, charged with beating a man to death with a board, goes on trial for murder a second time.

The best chance for 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to avoid execution for the deadly Boston Marathon bombing may be to cooperate fully with investigators, or convince a jury he was “brainwashed” by his older brother.

Some trials go on and on.

Bernie Madoff's fraudulent investment operation not only ruined thousands of investors' financial futures, it remains fascinating to the public. And now his misdeeds are featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment.

Last fall, Gawker posted a video of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan having sex with a woman named Heather Clem. The tape, which was a glorious 30 minutes long, stayed up on the website after a judge ruled that the site hadn't breached its first amendment rights. [ more › ]

John Brinson, a small business owner in Pennsylvania, has won an appeal against the NLRB regarding a rule that would force private-sector employers to post union information in the workplace.

A southwestern Ohio drug task force is investigating steroid use and distribution among employees at a state prison.

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.

Circuit Judge James Daniel sentenced DeShawn Leon Green to life without parole Friday for the murder of Robert Lee Kearney.

A Johnstown man was jailed Thursday after police said he called 911 with a false report that a city bar was on fire. Police charged Mitchell Roy Hopkins, 35, of Jacoby Street, with false alarms to an agency of public safety, false reports, disorderly conduct and reckless endangerment.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson made a stop on Grays Harbor Tuesday, talking with prosecutors and police about legal issues impacting the county. Ferguson took office in January. “It’s been a busy four months, it’s been great. I’m really enjoying it. There’s no lack of interesting issues going on,” he said.

A Mississippi man charged with sending letters to President Barack Obama and a U.S. senator laced with ricin, a deadly poison, has been released from jail, one of his lawyers said.

The NFL will try the later date -- probably May 15 -- on a one-year trial before deciding whether to make it permanent, the website reported.

Southeastern Louisiana University conferred degrees on approximately 1,200 graduates May 18 at the university’s spring commencement exercises. Retired Chief Judge Burrell J. Carter of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals was the keynote speaker at the 10 a.m. ceremony...

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A Pike County Judge today overturned the two rape convictions and the burglary conviction against the man believed to have raped two women in the Hunter's Mountain Mobile Home Park.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has ruled in an ex-NFL player's case that Connecticut lawyers can't be sued for fraud for their conduct in court cases because of a centuries-old legal doctrine.        

WILMINGTON — Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden proposed legislation Monday aimed at keeping people considered a danger to themselves or others from getting their hands on guns.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A West Virginia man accused of gunning down Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum plans to ask a judge for bail June 17. Tennis Melvin Maynard also faces a tentative Oct. 21 trial.

Convicted killer Jodi Arias has pleaded with an Arizona jury to spare her the death penalty for the sake of her family and sentence her instead to life in prison for killing her ex-boyfriend.

Former Utah teacher ordered to stand trial for allegedly having sex with student by Jessica Miller The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 16, 2013 04:38PM MDT A former Kaysville charter school teacher and Weber State University adjunct faculty member accused of forcible sodomy of a teen was ordered this week to stand trial on the charges. Stephen Niedzwiecki, 33, is charged with eight counts of ...

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...

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A judge on Tuesday set a May 21 court date for a woman accused of buying the gun that police say Evan Ebel used to kill Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements.

Lawyers for former Utah death row inmate Doug Lovell are asking a judge to throw out his previous sworn testimony about how...

A retired photographer accused of the serial “Alphabet murders” in California went on trial on Monday acting as his own attorney, joining prosecutors in picking jurors who will decide whether he is guilty of slaying four prostitutes.

Throughout Western New York, Nushawn Williams has been known for 16 years as a sexual predator who infected young women with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

MCKINNEY, Texas - A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.

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 ...

Kevin Coughlin, a former state lawmaker who represented the Cuyahoga Falls area in Columbus for 14 years, said Monday he is running for clerk of Stow Municipal Court. The nonpartisan race will be contested on the Nov. 5 ballot. “Today I am answering a call to serve our communities by modernizing the operation of the court. We have a new courthouse, and our judges are doing a great job,” Coughlin ...

PHOENIX - Calling a woman's rights "unalterably clear," a federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Arizona's nearly year-old ban on abortions at 20 weeks and beyond.In a unanimous decision, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals acknowledged the law on what...

The Iowa Supreme Court says insurers cannot impose price caps on dentists who accept their plans for procedures that aren't reimbursed. The court's 7-0 ruling Friday is a victory for dentists who can now ...

When the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled last August that Honolulu’s rail project violated state law by performing an archeological inventory survey in phases, it touched off debate on whether any large-scale projects could ever be completed in a timely fashion. As a result, Gov. Neil Abercrombie asked lawmakers to introduce Senate Bill 1171, which allows developers to perform an archeological ...

Ohio County Circuit Judge David Sims sentenced Matthew Justice to one to five years in prison Monday for trying to grab a Wheeling police officer's gun from its holster.

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the wake of a ruling today by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., attorneys for nine groups that sought to slow down the Vogtle nuclear reactor project so that necessary post-Fukushima environmental and safety enhancements could be implemented by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued the following statement.The three ...

The owner of a Henryetta trucking company has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to concealing stolen property, conspiracy and racketeering.

The issue of access to medical marijuana got even more complicated yesterday with a ruling from the California Supreme Court. The court found that cities and counties can use their zoning powers to ban the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries within their borders.

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.