The prosecution says custody dispute, naked pictures led the former Franklin County deputy to kill his ex-wife. Outside the court house, former Virginia State Police Sergeant Matthew Brannock said he is satisfied with the ruling handed down to Jonathan Agee on Wednesday.

A Kansas City man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping an 84-year-old woman during a break-in at the home she shared with her 93-year-old husband.

MOUNT KISCO, New York, USA, and Tokyo, Japan, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Perosphere Inc. and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) announced today that they have entered into ...

Sentencing for former Box Elder County deputy postponed by Marissa Lang The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 8, 2013 11:55AM MDT Brigham City • Sentencing has been postponed for a former Box Elder County sheriff’s deputy accused of sexually assaulting women during a series of traffic stops. Scott Womack, 37, was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in 1st District Court, where he has pleaded no ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- By July 2016, all West Virginia counties will be required to participate in a drug court program and provide alternative, treatment-based sentences for certain individuals convicted of drug-related crimes. The good news is, it...

A member of the jury that sentenced Nathan Dunlap to death has urged the governor not to grant clemency, but his defense team is continuing to make their case.

Steven Powell, father of Josh Powell, will remain in prison for at least another month and possibly longer.

The jury in the Jodi Arias trial has one decision left to make: Should she live or die? She made her case in court for why she should be allowed to live.

CLEVELAND (AP) - An Ohio prosecutor says he may seek the death penalty against the man accused of imprisoning three women at his home for about a decade for forcing them to suffer miscarriages.

A Dakota County judge has pleaded guilty to DWI after his Christmas Eve arrest in St. Paul.

A man living in White Bear Lake was indicted Wednesday in federal court on one count of falsely claiming citizenship and another count of identity theft.

BASTROP, Texas, May 13 (UPI) -- The trial of the Rev. Rick Bartlett, accused of cruelty in the abuse and death of a cat, is set to begin in a Bastrop, Texas, county court.

ALBANY, N.Y.—New York plans to seek the release of sealed court documents pertaining to the bloody retaking of Attica state prison after

Defendant's checkered past Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:52 pm, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Richard Barnes told a judge at his arraignment on Tuesday on a felony DWI charge that he had a lot of experience with the criminal justice system. Barnes, 66, was associated with the Hells ...

WESTBORO - The family of Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott is bracing for difficult days and months ahead as the criminal case against her accused murderer begins.

A Hobbs man, convicted of killing two women last year, will be getting another trial soon. 31-year-old Paul Lovett was charged with the deaths of 26-year-old Elizabeth Garcia and 35-year-old Patty Simon.

PITTSFIELD -- A district court judge is deciding whether to unseal impounded documents related to the August 2011 murder case in which authorities allege a local Hells Angel and two others kidnapped and killed three Pittsfield men.

1. JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE IRS FOR TARGETING TEA PARTY Attorney General Eric Holder is testifying in Congress today about the agency’s singling out of conservative political groups who applied for tax exempt status.

The jury in the April Jones murder trial in Wales has been shown skull bone fragments which an expert says match those of a young girl.

A federal appeals court has upheld a Missouri law banning protests within 300 feet of funerals but has struck down a broader law that could have kept protesters even further away.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are looking for three female state prison inmates who officers discovered missing during the 9 p.m. bed count at the Female Rehabilitative Community Correctional Center in Bakersfield.

Judge's decision aims to prevent possible tainting of the jury pool

A Boulder attorney is wading into a touchy new area of legal ethics as he champions a cybertool — YouTube — for attorneys who want to take their cases beyond the courtroom and into the court of public opinion.

An Alpha woman accused of shooting her husband Tuesday likely will be charged with involuntary manslaughter following his death, officials said. Robin Elizabeth Atchison, 29, South First Street, is charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and possession of a weapon by a felon. The first charge is a Class 3 felony, punishable by up to five years in prison upon conviction.

A Columbia University football player has been charged with a hate crime after an altercation outside a campus dorm building last weekend, cops said. Chad Washington, 19, was arrested yesterday over the incident early Sunday morning. He grabbed a 19-year-old Asian man on West 113th Street and made ethnic slurs...

A Wisconsin man who has spent two decades in prison for rape has had his conviction overturned.

A Ridgeland teenager has been arrested at the Rankin County prison for allegedly having marijuana while attempting to visit his sister.

A 32 year old local man, who State Troopers say was legally drunk when he crashed his pickup head-on into a small sedan over a year ago, killing two people and seriously injuring two others, has decided against a trial by jury, and will accept a plea deal from state prosecutors next week. Paul Augustus Kirsteatter is charged with two counts of Second Degree Murder, two counts of First Degree ...

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees ...

A former machinist from Dubuque, Iowa, was sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday to 37 years in prison for mailing pipe bombs and threatening letters to investment firms, including some sent from Rolling Meadows and Palatine. John P. Tomkins, 48, known as "the bishop" for how he signed his letters, mailed the bombs and threats between 2005 and 2007, federal authorities said.

Alleged Black Guerrilla Family leader awaiting trial in U.S. institution If the federal prison that gets Tavon White is anything like the last one I visited, even a charmer such as Bulldog will have a tough time recreating the life of the libertine he had at the Baltimore City Detention Center.        

The president of Virginia State University's student government association is asking a judge to set aside his hazing conviction, arguing that he only pleaded guilty because the prosecutor said he wouldn't graduate if he refused.

Judge Nancy Torresen tells Thomas Nelson, who stole $900,000, 'I consider this crime shameful.'

Billie Sol Estes may have been infamous as a swindler who spent time in prison for Texas-sized schemes, but his family and friends say he was a loving, generous man who once gave his Cadillac to a stranger who needed a ride.

A former Playboy bunny who claims Sammy Hagar fathered her now-deceased child is appealing a ruling that dismissed her lawsuit against the former Van Halen frontman. The Iowa woman, identified in court ...

A Newport Township man accused of murdering his neighbor nearly five years ago pleaded Friday in Washington County Common Pleas Court, but not to murder. Mark F.

Arias tells jury what she'll do if allowed to live Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 1:26 pm, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Arias addressed the jury in the penalty phase of her trial as the panel considers whether to sentence her to life in prison or execution. Holding up a white t ...

- A judge has ruled against the state's plan to impose tolls at two existing tunnels to help pay for a new tunnel connecting Norfolk and Portsmouth.

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today said a jury found in its favor in the Glynn v. Merck case in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

SALINAS, Calif. - Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo has announced that 47-year-old Jesus Vargas Espinoza of Castroville, pled no contest to killing 10 month-old Angelle Negron. 

Cop killer makes last-ditch appeal to save his life Houston Chronicle Copyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:09 pm, Friday, April 26, 2013 Jeffrey Williams' attorneys are asking a federal court to reconsider claims that earlier defense lawyers botched the case.