The 2013 session of the Kansas Legislature nears an end with the chief justice of the state Supreme Court accusing a leading senator with political coercion. Meantime, efforts are picking up steam to force appellate judges into retirement and to build separate civil and criminal appeals courts.

By JOHN BURNETT Tribune-Herald staff writer

MARTINSBURG - A Maryland man accused of causing a fatal motorcycle accident that left a Berkeley County woman dead was sentenced to one to five years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of misdemeanor driving under the influence...

A judge agreed Friday morning to let an independent lab review blood samples taken from Gary Hosey Jr., the driver who crashed into a bus stop killing four people last September.

Jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial resume deliberations Thursday after they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time...

RALEIGH — North Carolina's milestone public financing program for appellate court candidates — already bruised by court rulings and third-party campaign spending — is in danger of being killed off this year in the name of fiscal responsibility and limited government.

A federal appeals court found that though the prayer at meetings in Greece, N.Y., could be given by members of all faiths and atheists, in practice almost all of the chaplains were Christian.

An Idaho man charged with attempting to assassinate President Obama by shooting at the White House practiced with his weapon for six months and may have been upset about the country's marijuana policy, prosecutors said in a newly filed court document. 

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an Alaskan village's claim that it should be able to sue oil companies and utilities for damages attributed to climate change. Lawyers for the village of Kivalina wanted various named defendants responsible for greenhouse emissions, including Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp and Duke Energy Corp, to pay damages ...

CONWAY — A judge has set a June hearing for a man accused of fatally striking a Conway police officer with a vehicle.

Brach Eichler grows practice as the regulatory environment and a highly competitive business environment create new challenges for providers of all sizes. (PRWeb May 15, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10723255.htm

Former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer misused state resources to further his personal and political agendas before 2008, federal prosecutors alleged in court documents filed late Friday.

A former yeshiva teacher changed pleas Monday on the third day of his trial and admitted he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy he had met while working as a camp counselor.

Authorities have identified and charged the inmates in controversial videos that show them playing with a loaded gun, doing drugs and drinking beer inside Orleans Parish Prison.

A former Essex County teacher of the year was spared prison time Monday, after admitting to having sex with a 15-year-old student.

BARAGA - Two state agencies have replied to a Baraga County farmer's legal complaint, and they are asking a court to dismiss her federal cas.

A 53-year-old former Wisconsin Rapids man serving time in prison for burglary faces a homicide charge for the 2008 death of a Wisconsin Rapids man.

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) - A former corrections officer from Tower has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for having sex with a female inmate.

The leader of a band of scrap metal thieves in Milton Township, Cass County, faces up to life in prison.

Dutschke was in court Monday on charges of making and possessing ricin, part of the investigation into poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others.

Jimmy Smith's mug shot. / Mississippi Department of Corrections JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Jimmy Smith has begun serving a six-year prison term in Mississippi for drug possession and weapons charges, online state corrections records show.

The trial of a man accused of robbing banks across the Midwest, including one in Quincy, has been delayed.

A St. Paul woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for running over her boyfriend with her car and killing him.

The Nebraska Supreme Court will hear arguments in the appeal of an Omaha man given life in prison for the gang-related shooting death of a 20-year-old man.

The state Appellate Court has issued a ruling blasting a Connecticut prosecutor for repeated misconduct and ordering a new trial for a man serving life in prison for the killing of a Waterbury bar owner in 1998.

Robert Aronson is the Managing Attorney at Aronson & Associates, a Minneapolis-based immigration law firm serving a national and international clientele.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former New Jersey county Teacher of the Year who admits having sex with a 15-year-old student from her honors English class has been spared prison time.

By Dave Warner and Daniel Kelley PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia doctor was sent to prison on Wednesday to serve three life terms without parole for murdering babies during late-term abortions and other crimes at his squalid clinic. In a deal that spared him from the death penalty, Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, faced a judge in a two-day sentencing at Philadelphia Common Pleas Court after ...

OAKLAND, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After two months of trial, on May 10, 2013, an Alameda County jury returned a verdict in Andrews, et. al. v. Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC., Case ...

Now Howard has joined four other County Sheriffs in signing his name to a friend of the court brief, seeking to intervene on behalf of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, in its federal lawsuit seeking to strike the Safe Act down.

Women’s Community Correctional Center inmates Joanne Liupuano, left, and Jessica Colonge perform a skit recreating an inmate’s intake process at the community presentation of the “Prison Monologues” at the Queen Lili’uokalani Children’s Center Friday.

Jonas Luckey, 30, formerly of Commerce, Texas, was sentenced to 8 years in prison on Friday April 19, 2013 for Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact.  Luckey was sentenced by Judge Dan Moore of the 173rd Judicial District Court after a punishment hearing took place that morning.

PHILADELPHIA — Dr. Kermit Gosnell proved a serene but solitary figure in the courtroom during his long murder trial, in contrast to the chaotic life he built as an inner-city doctor, abortion provider and father of six.

Leaders in the Latino community are claiming victory over Sheriff Joe Arpaio after a federal judge ruled that Arpaio and his deputies racially profiled Latinos during immigration sweeps.

The following items represent just a sampling of calls, and were selected by the Berkeley Police Department unless otherwise noted. Click to see past narratives from police, and Berkeleyside’s most recent compilation of calls for service. See the most recent “ calls for service” spreadsheet from the Berkeley Police. April 20, Saturday: Police arrested Keith Whittaker, 46, after responding to the ...

Observers are predicting a speedy confirmation to the federal bench for Jackson attorney Debra M. Brown.

SPRING HILL — Two Spring Hill men today pleaded guilty in federal court for their involvement in a racially-motivated conspiracy to interfere with the housing rights of African-American residents of the Spring Lake subdivision in Spring Hill, the U.S. Justice Department announced today.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -- Federal prosecutors laid out information about a Manhattan doctor's assets as he seeks to be released from custody as he waits for his case to proceed in the court system.

Man claims he was looking for info about B-1 bomber when he stumbled onto Russian porn site; Defendant now faces up to five years in prison.

BOSTON - A federal judge has rescheduled a probable cause hearing for surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

A former Kaysville teacher and basketball coach has been ordered to stand trial on 11 felonies stemming from allegations of a...