The families of children allegedly subject to inappropriate conduct have now hired a Tallahassee law firm.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez is currently awaiting trial for the 2011 shooting, which didn't injure anyone but left more than five bullet marks on the executive mansion.

Attorneys for a 12-year-old California boy charged with killing his sister said Wednesday they wonder if he is mature enough to aid his defense.

A warrant has been issued for a Rome man who is very familiar to law enforcement — he once jumped out of a police car going 50 mph, slipped out of his handcuffs and eluded police for a day. Rome po...

Washington judge promises more openness in post-trial hearings in Chandra Levy case        

The Tennessee Appeals Court has ruled against a Brentwood man who claimed state law regulating the carrying of firearms was unconstitutional.

Billie Sol Estes went to prison for his role in defrauding the U.S. Agriculture Department. The scandal roiled the administration of Lyndon Johnson. Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texas huckster who became one of the most notorious men in America in 1962 when he was accused of looting a federal crop subsidy program, has died. He was 88.

(AP) — A Dulce man is facing prison after pleading guilty in a federal drug trafficking case in New Mexico. Prosecutors say 27-year-old Jordan Vigil pleaded guilty Monday to a... Read more »

Citing staff safety concerns and the need to limit contraband such as drugs tucked into regular mail, Santa Clara County jail officials want all mail -- excluding correspondence from lawyers -- to be limited to postcards.

A 50-year-old man goes on trial Monday in Las Cruces in the 2010 killings of a New Mexico couple and their business partner from California.

TOMS RIVER, N.J. - A former yeshiva teacher is on trial in New Jersey on charges he sexually abused a socially awkward boy whose family members, prosecutors say, were ostracized by their Orthodox Jewish community for taking the allegations to civil authorities.

SAN BERNARDINO -- If she had ducked a second later, San Bernardino County sheriff's Deputy Maria Gascon might have been killed by the bullets a suspect fired at her patrol car.

The Supreme Court of Ohio today imposed an indefinite suspension against the law license of Massillon attorney Dale Alan Zimmer for multiple violations of state attorney discipline rules.

A whimsical device worthy of Rube Goldberg was the culmination of nine weeks of invention, reinvention, tinkering, and trial and error by 15 young adults on the autism spectrum taking part in a first-of-its-kind art therapy program, “Steampunkinetics: Building Art into Science,” at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.        

The Fulton County District Attorney's office is participating in an educational program that introduces elementary school children to the criminal justice system.

In Genesee County, verdicts have been reached in the deadly carjacking trials of Leslie Mills.

LAWRENCE -- The region's largest anti-poverty agency yesterday agreed to pay nearly $100,000 in fines and legal fees to settle allegations it used federal grants to pay four top employees -- including its former executive director -- while they playe

A former yeshiva teacher is on trial in New Jersey on charges he sexually abused a socially awkward boy whose family members, prosecutors say, were ostracized by their Orthodox Jewish community for taking the allegations to civil authorities.

A man in Florida is facing life in prison for feeding his girlfriend an abortion pill - after telling her it was an antibiotic.

A clemency hearing has been scheduled for a death row inmate who is scheduled for a June 18 execution.

Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps says the prison system faces a budget crunch, partly because the Parole Board releases fewer inmates these days.

The Ohio Supreme Court will revisit the case of the state’s only female Death Row inmate next week.

A Houston-area man must serve nearly 20 years in prison for enticing a 9-year-old Minnesota girl he met online into posing nude and email him the photo.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Jane Kelly will become a federal appeals court judge Friday with an unusual background that supporters say makes her a perfect fit for the job and a potential U.S. Supreme Court candidate someday.

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Three men have been sentenced for involvement in a human trafficking ring in which women from Mexico were used as prostitutes in five Northern California cities, including Sacramento, Yuba City and Chico.

The California Supreme Court got it right on Monday when it unanimously ruled that local governments have authority to ban certain activities -- in this case marijuana dispensaries -- from operating within their borders.

Day two of the Brett Parker trial began with a bang as Judge DeAndrea Benjamin kicked out Brett's father, Jack Parker, of the courtroom for the duration of the trial.

A Louisiana judge has ordered former Miami Dolphins running back Cecil Collins held without bond until a probation hearing July 1.

By Karen Greenberg Special to The Washington Post Renewing his push to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Obama this past week said what many of his critics have been saying for years — that it is “inefficient,” inspires new terrorists, alienates our allies and, above all, “is contrary to who we [...]

Testimony continued Tuesday during the second day of O.J. Simpson's bid for a retrial in connection with is robbery and kidnapping conviction in 2008.

A federal jury has found Jeffrey Javier, 58, of Kahului, Maui, and Reynaldo Agudo, 45, of Keaau, guilty after a five-day trial in U.S. District Court in Honolulu. Javier and Agudo were both convicted of conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on Maui between 2004 and 2009, according to a U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney District of Hawaii office media ...

An attorney for convicted killer Amy Bishop Anderson filed a petition for a rehearing with the Alabama Criminal Court of Appeals.

Construction is under way on a 30,000-square-foot addition to Wisconsin Metal’s corporate office at 200 Lilac Court in the Reedsburg Industrial Park.

WASHINGTON - A judge promised more openness Tuesday after months of confidential post-trial proceedings in the case of murdered Washington intern Chandra Levy, disclosing for the first time why a key prosecution witness could be discredited.

A former North Carolina probation officer was sentenced to nearly a year and a half in prison for extortion and drug trafficking offenses involving persons under his supervision.

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court says the execution of a man who killed a prison guard in 1987 can go forward.

The Westchester County Board of Legislators on Monday revisits legislation that would bar discrimination against housing-seekers based on the source of their income - protections once vetoed by County Executive Rob Astorino, who now vows his support.

ReShanda Gray was a member of the 2010 Women's U18 gold medal national team.

The Beverly Hills Weekly was sued in Los Angeles Superior Court today by The Beverly Hills Courier Publishing Co. for “regularly, consistently, and openly” violating multiple state law provisions governing the publication of legal notices and for unfair, deceptive and fraudulent trade practices.

TERRELL — The search for an escaped prisoner shifted to an area southwest of Wichita Falls on Saturday morning. According to other inmates, Michael Rimmer, 33, fled from a private prison transport van after it stopped for fuel near Olney, southwest of Wichita Falls. Kaufman County deputies, state troopers and Kaufman police joined in the search for Rimmer, who was being returned to Florida on ...