The release of a prison inmate into Del Norte County got off to a rocky start and ended with the convict’s return to custody, authorities said. Kevin M. Tennin, 49, of Minnesota was released from Pelican Bay State Prison on Monday after serving time for a sex-related crime and arson committed while in prison, according to the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office. Tennin was under supervised parole ...

MIAMI, May 19 (UPI) -- The lawsuit of a Florida Orthodox Jewish prison inmate to get kosher food that had been dismissed has now been reinstated, court records showed.

After receiving the approval of Indiana Governor Mike Pence, some major changes are in the works for criminal sentencing laws.   

YREKA, Calif. — People from Jodi Arias’ home town react to the verdict from her murder trial, which captivated the nation for months. Arias listed her hometown as Yreka, California. She was living in the town when she met Alexander in 2007 in Las Vegas. The two dated long distance for several months. Then, as … Continue reading »

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Senate and House budget negotiators have tentatively agreed to close two privately run state prisons. The Texas Board of Criminal Justice would decide which two prisons to shutter under the Friday's agreement, the Austin American-Statesman reports . The Senate, in its state budget plan, had targeted a 2,100-bed transfer facility in Mineral Wells and a 2,200-bed state ...

The former pro-wrestler who is HIV positive and had unprotected sex with a dozen women in three counties won’t be serving any more than the 32-year prison term he received in Hamilton County, but a Warren County judge ensured he won’t get out earlier. Andre Davis — known as the “Gangsta of Love” during his wrestling days — appeared Tuesday before Judge Don Oda in a green jail jumpsuit, his hands ...

HONOLULU (AP) - A Kaneohe man is pleading guilty to wire fraud in a scheme that defrauded dozens of Hawaii families. Assistant U.S. Attorney Larry Tong says Jason Pascua pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court.

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...

BOWLING GREEN — The defense team in a federal deprivation of rights trial against Barren County Sheriff Chris Eaton, deputy Aaron Bennett and Barren-Edmonson Drug Task Force detective Eric Guffey called one more expert witness and two additional witnesses for Guffey before resting its case Wednesday morning.

CONCORD – The company that owns the Mount Sunapee Resort ski area is getting another chance to argue that New Hampshire acted improperly in preventing the resort from expanding. The state has leased the ski area property to the resort since 1998. Resort owners Tim and Diane Mueller sued the state in 2007 after then-Gov. John Lynch effectively thwarted their plan to amend the lease to include 175 ...

Will Hunter talks with Dave Nowlan at the house in Springfield, Vt., that Hunter renovated for former prison inmates in need of affordable housing and a “caring environment.” Hunter wants to open a similar “sober house” in Mount Holly, Vt., for women.

New York/Cairo —Egypt should work towards the ratification of the Rome Statute, in line with its expressed commitment to uphold human rights, rule of law and international justice, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said in a letter to the president of Egypt, Dr. Mohamed Morsi, dated 21 May 2013.

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, May 23. RICK Curl was sentenced to seven years of jail time after pleading guilty to charges that he sexually abused a former underage swimmer over the course of many years in the...

WILKES-BARRE 8212 Two days after a federal judge sentenced him to 25 years in federal prison related to online sex-related crimes, a former Holy Redeemer football coach was back in a courtroom pleading guilty to three sex-related charges at the state level.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Closing arguments have started in the case against five men charged in a Texas federal court with using a race horse breeding operation to launder cartel drug money. The defendants are charged with money laundering conspiracy related to operations of a horse ranch near Lexington, Okla.

NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP today announced that a securities class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for Northern District of Illinois on ...

Today Attorney General Buddy Caldwell issued the following statement with regard to the Louisiana Supreme Court's rulings yesterday in State of Louisiana v. Timothy Bazile and State of Louisiana v. Joe Bob Clark.

VISTA, Calif. — A Menifee man who was under the influence of marijuana when he caused a head-on crash that killed a 53-year-old Oceanside woman two days before Christmas was sentenced Thursday. A judge sentenced 22-year-old Jonathon David Roberts to …

By Patrick Cloonan, McKeesport Daily News Sen. James Brewster, D-McKeesport, has mixed feelings about the state Supreme Court decision on Wednesday to uphold the June 8, 2012, Legislative Reapportionment Commission’s plan ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Testimony is set to resume in Jodi Arias' murder trial as the prosecution continues with its rebuttal case ahead of closing arguments.        

Infamous rape hoaxster and court deadbeat Tawana Brawley got rock-star treatment in New Jersey yesterday, posing for photos with dozens of supporters honoring her as a courageous victim of injustice — as they stuffed envelopes full of cash for her. Brawley, 40 — whose claim that she was raped by six men...

University of Kentucky basketball icon Richie Farmer is asking that his trial on charges of misappropriating government resources while serving as agriculture commissioner be postponed until early next year.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A Canadian man accused of leading a conspiracy to sell drugs in North Dakota and other states is scheduled for sentencing in federal court.a

A judge slapped an injunction Monday on a Utah law that sought to limit the police powers of the U.S. Forest Service and other federal land-management agencies.

Yesterday’s coverage largely focused on the two cases in which the Court heard oral argument and the lone opinion that it issued. Yesterday the Court issued its opinion in Moncrieffe v. Holder. By a vote of seven to two, the Court held that if a noncitizen’s conviction for a marijuana distribution offense fails to establish [...]

DALLAS, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- McKool Smith attorney Rosemary T. Snider was elected last week as the next president of the Board of Governors of The Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. ...

The Central Texas man who was sentenced on super aggravated sex assault in March was denied a re-trial.  Keith Allen Jones was sentenced to life for sexually abusing a little girl. 

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- A state judge has ruled that attorneys for Frank VanderSloot can question four employees of a national magazine to determine jurisdiction in a defamation lawsuit.

CROWN POINT | Prison inmates on the path to re-entering their communities and the job market will have more than 700 pieces of "gently used" professional clothing to choose from, thanks to the Lake County Bar Association and local businesswomen.

Juan Roberto Rincon-Rincon, one of the highest ranking members of the Gulf Cartel, has been ordered to federal prison for life following his convictions related to a large drug trafficking conspiracy,

California's chock full of wackos, porn troll says.

A state prison inmate accused of raping a teenage mentally-challenged girl while out on furlough pleaded guilty to felony rape...

A dispute between Walker County, Ga., and its cities over how to split millions of dollars in sales tax revenue over 10 years took a step forward recently when an out-of-county judge was appointed to hear the case.

A legal dispute between the city of Champaign and The News-Gazette over whether text messages and emails sent and received by city council members during council meetings are subject to the state's Freedom of Information Act moved to the state appellate court Wednesday. And that may not be its last stop. News-Gazette seeks records to see if officials are talking covertly during meetings ...

Georgia is getting smarter on crime after Governor Deal signed a criminal justice bill Thursday at the Marietta Kiwanis Club to help save taxes and promote public safety.

In 2007, Pfc. Kimberly Rivera decided she could not return to duty in Iraq. Now she has been court-martialed and sent to prison.

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man who fled a day before being convicted in 1991 of killing his 2-year-old stepson has been tried and convicted again in Greece, where he is serving an 18-year sentence for the boy's death, authorities said Friday.

(CNN) — An Arizona judge declared a mistrial in the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial Thursday after a...

WACO, Texas (AP) — Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial accident.

Story by Chuck Weber/CBS 12 News WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Former Tarzan movie actor, and "big cat" enthusiast Steve Sipek appeared in court on Friday, taking a plea deal. Sipek pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of not having proper licenses and caging for his animals. ...

NEW HAVEN — Seven Metro-North workers who were injured in Friday’s derailment are filing a claim with the commuter railroad that could lead to a federal lawsuit.