The reward for Joanne Chesimard, who fled prison after being convicted of the N.J. trooper's murder, was doubled on Friday to $2-million

A former probation officer in Middle Georgia has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in his girlfriend's death.

By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday threw out an indictment against a New York City police officer charged with manslaughter over the shooting of an unarmed teenager, but prosecutors can present the case again or appeal the decision, lawyers involved in the case said. Officer Richard Haste was indicted last year in the death of Ramarley Graham, 18, whom Haste ...

Phyllida Lloyd's production, which places Shakespeare's tragedy in a prison, to open Brit-heavy season at St Ann's Warehouse The Donmar Warehouse's all-female Julius Caesar will get a New York run in the autumn, becoming the first US transfer of artistic director Josie Rourke 's tenure. In October Phyllida Lloyd's production, which stars Harriet Walter as Brutus, will open a new season at St Ann ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Federal budget cuts have caused delays in at least one terror-related court case in New York and prompted a federal judge in Nebraska to say he is "seriously contemplating" dismissing some criminal cases.

Last June, two hours into her shift at the Toledo Correctional Institution, Officer Michelle Deiley peered through the small window on the door of James Jarrett’s cell to see the inmate naked.

Lawyers and supporters for the California Innocence Project are walking 660 miles from San Diego to Sacramento, California, to personally deliver clemency petitions to Governor Jerry Brown for the release of the California 12, a dozen inmates who have strong cases of factual innocence. Follow their progress on TakePart.

The leader of a Cicero church facing a federal fraud indictment will continue to call his house of worship home after a judge refused to let him live with family in Georgia while awaiting trial. Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman did, however, tell Herman Jackson he can move freely about the Chicago area for 12 hours a day, and she gave him permission to visit his wife, co-defendant Jannette Faria ...

Child welfare workers can't be sued in the 2008 death of a southwestern Michigan teen who perished in a fire, even if they knew she was routinely tied to her bed by her parents ...

A South Carolina man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for robbing more than a dozen banks in multiple states, including Tennessee.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - An attorney who O.J. Simpson claims botched his Nevada robbery trial five years ago told a court on Friday that he poured his "blood, sweat and soul" into defending the former football hero, who he said had been badly tainted by his sensational 1990s murder case.        

Ariel Castro appeared in an Ohio court charged with kidnapping and raping three women missing for a decade.

NEW YORK (AP) - A judge on Friday refused to delay enforcement of his decision giving women of all ages broad access to morning-after birth control, calling the government's appeal frivolous, a "silly argument" and an insult to the intelligence of women.

Anderson, Johnthan G. - 04/29/2013- terroristic threatening, 3rd degree bond: $2,500- violation of Kentucky e.p.o./d.v.o. bond: 0- harassing communications bond: 0 Armstrong, Robbie Glenn - 04...

SafeLaunch, a teen addiction prevention initiative started in Santa Barbara, will announce the winners of their tri-county Media $500 Contest on Thursday, May 2nd at the Veterans Memorial Building, located at 112 W. Cabrillo Boulevard in Santa Barbara. The theme for the contest is “Written reflections: Exposing the roots of addiction and smashing the stigma.”

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

CENTREVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Child welfare workers can't be sued in the death of a southwestern Michigan teen who perished in a fire, even if they knew she was regularly tied to her bed by her parents, a federal appeals court said.

EDGERTON, MO. (AP) — Two of three inmates who walked away from a northeast Kansas prison surrendered Friday afternoon at a northwest Missouri home where they had been holed up for hours, authorities said.

Abel Maldonado couldn't get elected lieutenant governor when he ran against Gavin Newsom in 2010 and failed to dislodge Rep. Lois Capps from her Santa Barbara-area congressional seat in 2012.

SPOKANE, Wash. - KHQ's Alex Rozier has learned that the Spokane Country Club, one of the most historic golf courses in Eastern Washington, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday in Federal Court.

SAN DIEGO — Officials have closed Otay Mesa Road because of a grass fire, the California Highway Patrol. The wind-driven wildfire of blackened swaths of open grassland south of Donovan State Prison. The fast-moving flames began spreading shortly after 2 …

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office will soon decide whether to seek the death penalty for seven of the people suspected in the murder of Anthony Ibarra.

The court issued an order on April 24 in response to questions posed by the board regarding the process it was expected to use in the latest court-mandated revision of the redistricting map.

Ariel Castro appeared in an Ohio court charged with kidnapping and raping three women missing for a decade.

Four environmental groups are asking a federal judge to order the temporary shutdown of a sheep research station on the Idaho-Montana border that they say is harming the region's grizzly bear population.

WHEELING - Ohio County Circuit Judge James Mazzone sentenced Melody Fisher to 30 years in prison Wednesday for her role in the attempted robbery of the Elm Grove Pharmacy.

FONTANA--Possible Republican gubernatorial candidate Abel Maldonado appeared Thursday to call attention to his plans for a ballot measure that would repeal California prison realignment, a controversial law that requires local authorities to houses and monitor some offenders who would otherwise be

A 30-year-old Uzbek national who has been arrested on federal terrorism charges pleaded not guilty in a Boise, Idaho court.

NEW YORK - The federal judge overseeing the stop-and-frisk trial that has put New York Police Department officers in the spotlight says she knows she's not the government's favorite judge.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 15 (UPI) -- A knifemaker pleaded guilty in an Alaska court to purchasing six restricted walrus tusks from an undercover agent.

Indiana state prison officials are using customized playing cards for a deadly serious purpose: To help unlock the mysteries of unsolved murders and persons gone missing.

An already heated dispute over a sealed DeKalb County special grand jury report escalated this week with allegations that the district attorney’s office sought to humiliate a judge by trying to serve him a subpoena while he sat on the bench.

Amanda Knox has proclaimed her innocence in an emotional American television interview, as she prepares to release her autobiography. In an ABC News programme, to...

No one is seriously suggesting that California will soon become another Cyprus, the Greek-speaking Mediterranean island nation whose economic bailout plan includes dunning holders of “large” bank accounts as much as half their holdings and freezing the rest. But since a federal bankruptcy judge gave the go-ahead for the city of Stockton to seek shelter from more than $1 billion in debts via ...

OJ Simpson was back in a Las Vegas courtroom to ask for a new trial in the armed robbery-kidnapping case that sent him to prison in 2008.The former football hero and a new set of lawyers hope to convince a judge during the hearing...

SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, in In re Sterling Financial Corp. ERISA Litigation, Case No.: 1-cv-0018, a summary notice has been issued as follows: TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE FOLLOWING CLASSES: The Sterling 401(k) Plan Class: All persons (except Defendants and their immediate family members) who were participants in or ...

A South Carolina man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for robbing more than a dozen banks in multiple states.

The partially decomposed body of a Butte man found in a rugged area near the city has been sent to the Montana Crime Lab.

A 35-year-old Logansport man is leaving the Cass County court system with 15 years in prison, resulting from four court cases.

O.J. Simpson was seen laughing as he made his way back into a Las Vegas courtroom on Monday to ask for a new trial in the armed robbery-kidnapping case that sent him to prison in 2008.

The New York Knicks ’ magical season, along with the team’s hope of a championship, collapsed Saturday night in a Game 6 loss to the Indiana Pacers in the second round of the 2012-13 NBA playoffs. New York should have beaten Indiana. The Knicks had the deeper roster, more experience and the best player on the court in Carmelo Anthony . While the outcome of this series can be largely attributed ...