PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has indefinitely delayed Tuesday's scheduled execution of Willie Jerome Manning amid questions involving evidence in the case, intervening hours before he was set to die for the slayings of two college students.        

By Adam Brandolph, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Former State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin will pay for her corruption convictions with humiliation and house arrest rather than prison time, an Allegheny ...

Cummins & White, LLP, a well-known diversified, full-service business and insurance law practice, today announced that Erick Becker has joined the firm as a partner and will lead the labor and employment ...

A Philadelphia jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of an abortion doctor accused in the deaths of four infants and a woman at his clinic. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, was accused of killing babies by using scissors to cut their spinal cords. Authorities alleged that some of the infants were born alive and viable during the sixth, seventh and eighth months of pregnancy. He also was accused ...

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 ...

WINDHAM – Donato Corsetti, the Windham variety store owner and former newspaper publisher charged with setting fire to a three-unit apartment building in Windham Center late last year, will be in court Thursday, May 9, for a dispositional conference.

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 ...

The trial of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortionist accused of killing a woman and four babies, has exposed a truth about the abortion industry. It is that abortion is, in fact, an industry, not a rare medical procedure.

Elder law attorney Anthony J. Enea, managing partner at Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP in White Plains, N.Y., recently addressed the critical importance of long-term planning for seniors in a panel discussion at the 2013 Spring Forum of the Financial Planning Association New York Chapter. Currently the Chair of the New York Bar Association’s Elder Law Section, Enea advises seniors to take a ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier charged with killing 16 civilians, most of them women and children, near his Army post in Afghanistan last year is set to appear at a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday, as lawyers prepare a defense based on his mental state.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Underlying California's attempts to meet a federal court order for reducing its prison population is an unsettling question: Will the public be in greater danger as a result?

In a unanimous decision, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed the murder verdict returned by a Monroe County jury in December 2011 against James R.L. Meadows.

CONTROVERSIAL car dealer Lynard Allan Bigcas, who was earlier involved on a shootout with lawyer Roberto Mauro Miguel Palma Gil, is set to appear and answer the charges filed against him before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) next month.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The high-profile murder trial of a Philadelphia abortion provider sparked courtroom debate Monday over when life ends, a tweak of the politically charged question of when life begins.

NEWPORT NEWS — A man imprisoned for nearly 23 years in a capital murder case was released on bond Friday, walking out of jail into the morning sunshine on 26th Street in downtown Newport News.        

For fans wanting to watch the Astros and Rockets coverage on Comcast SportsNet Houston, there is hope. CSN Houston announced that it was offering a “FreeView,” a free trial of its programming offered to all the major TV service providers.

TUCSON, Ariz., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice will recognize Kent Burbank of the Pima County Attorney's Office for his leadership in serving the victims of the Jan. 8, 2011 shooting in Tucson, Ariz.  Attorney General Eric Holder will present him with an award during the National Crime Victims' Rights Week awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in ...

A former convict has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his girlfriend in a crime that Central Texas prosecutors say also included the rape of the woman's granddaughter.

CommonWealth REIT today announced that the Circuit Court for Baltimore City referred to arbitration the pending litigation in the Court brought by Corvex Fund Management LP and Related Fund Management, LLC’s .

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

State residents who want to file civil lawsuits but can't afford a lawyer can represent themselves, in some cases without paying fees associated with filing a suit.        

By Timothy Pratt LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - O.J. Simpson, the former football star and Hollywood actor who was famously acquitted of his ex-wife's 1994 murder, appeared in a Las Vegas court on Monday seeking a new trial on his conviction on a Nevada armed robbery charge. Simpson, who appeared in court in blue jail garb with shortly cropped hair, is currently serving up to 33 years in prison for a ...

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

A trial is set to begin next month in the death of a 24-year-old Virginia Beach man, fatally shot following a parking lot dispute at the Oceanfront.

You can't kill somebody who isn't alive. So perhaps Allen County Right to Life Executive Director Cathie Humbarger is right when she calls a Philadelphia abortionist's conviction on murder charges a victory in the pro-life movement's long struggle to make Americans “aware of the horror of abortion. ”

Bail is set at $70,000 for the driver allegedly involved in a deadly accident on US 41 in Estero. Donna Brown is accused of running into Carl Patrick's motorcycle and dragging him for three miles.

In a stunning reversal of fortune, San Jose's Danny Reed agreed to a settlement with a Los Gatos estate manager and four attorneys whose eye-popping charges to the brain-injured man's estate eventually topped more than $370,000 after just 41/2 months work. The showdown, highlighted in this newspaper's investigation "Loss of Trust,'' has inspired new legislation to fix a system stacked against ...

Former Wilcox County Sheriff, Stacey Bloodsworth and co-defendants will be sentenced today in federal court after pleading guilty on charges of beating inmates incarcerated at the jail there.

The woman known to some as "Mama Amina," who collected clothing to send to the needy in Somalia, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday, May 16.

What did a man wear into a Florida jail? There's nothing better than irony and fashion. A Florida man who was arrested for welfare fraud was picked up in an undercover sting while wearing a shirt that said "Jail Sucks!"

A government survey of prison and jail inmates challenged the notion that minors in adult facilities face a higher risk of sexual abuse than other prisoners.

LAWRENCE -- Police Chief John Romero has officially asked Mayor William Lantigua to fire Carlos Gonzalez, a 25-year police veteran who is in a Florida jail awaiting trial on a child rape charge. Gonzalez also remains under investigation on sexual ass

BELLE CHASSE, La. (AP) - Authorities in Plaquemines Parish say the Judge Perez Bridge on Louisiana Highway 23 will be closed May 18-20 for repairs. The bridge will be shut to vehicle traffic around midnight on May 18 and is expected to remain closed until 5 a.m. on May 20.

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A group of prosecutors and crime-lab scientists is asking lawmakers to tweak the legal definition of marijuana, which is now thwarting enforcement of the 1-ounce possession limit.

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) - Prosecutors say a man who shot cellphone video of his speedometer showing 140 mph just before crashing on an upstate New York highway has been sentenced to from 1½ to 3 years in prison for injuring his passengers.

Indiana counties could be forced to pay some of the costs of a change in the state's criminal code that is designed to keep low-level offenders out of prison while ensuring the worst serve more of their sentences.

The Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments about whether it should reconsider its decision to overturn a $5 million verdict against the town of Gurley in a long-running legal battle over a quarry project.

AZTEC — Months before a man was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting his stepsister, his probation officer suspected he was breaking a judge's order by spending time with the girl.

Posted April 30, 2013, at 6:22 a.m. Last modified April 30, 2013, at 12:20 p.m. ROCKLAND, Maine — A state judge has awarded damages of $1.5 million to a Camden woman who was the victim of a brutal sexual assault three years ago.

TRENTON — A judge has sentenced a New Jersey state trooper who led a high-speed escort of luxury sports cars to Atlantic City to one year of probation.