Two cases that Byron Hileman will be defending are Jasper Smiddie, accused of killing his grandmother, and Kyle Williams, facing charges in the fatal shooting of Lakeland Police Officer Arnulfo Crispin.

Washington & Alyeska Vocational Services has appointed Mountlake Terrace resident Bill Munson executive director. He replace Lynn Van Vactor, who recently relocated after an eight year tenure.

A FOX 8 investigation into court records at Orleans Parish Criminal Court revealed jurors there are eating far better than most, and court staff are eating for free -- all at the expense of taxpayers.

Catherine E. Greig was properly sentenced to eight years in federal prison for helping her long-time love James “Whitey’’ Bulger remain on the run from racketeering and murder charges for 16 years, a federal court ruled today.“On June 22, 2011, Greig’s many years of harboring Bulger came to an end,’’ Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson wrote for the unanimous three-judge panel. “Our consideration of her ...

ELKINS, W.Va. -- A Belington lawyer convicted of defrauding the West Virginia Public Defender Services will spend a year and a day in prison. Lisa A. Weese, 43, also must spend three years on supervised release after she completes her sentence.U.S. Attorne...

After years of pretending to be a Navy SEAL and a member of law enforcement, a Rhode Island felon is facing multiple years in California and Rhode Island prisons after finally slipping up because of expired vehicle tags. View: Military record

The felony bribery case against former District Judge Michael Murphy was reduced to a misdemeanor charge of violating the Governmental Conduct Act through conduct unbecoming of a public official.

By Brian Mullahy (KUTV) The Utah State Prison may be the most secure, tightly controlled space anywhere in the state, but a remarkable, little-known program is providing a sense of peace, forgivenessâperhaps even emotional freedomâbehind the prison wall. ...

While sister network TBS continues to invest in talk shows and scripted comedies, TNT remains all about drama (one might say they... know it). Following their trusty formula, ampersand series "Franklin & Bash" and "Rizzoli & Isles" are even being joined by a new model, the Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn crime show "King & Maxwell." But the network's development slate does have some interesting ...

Two local men pleaded guilty this week in federal court to robbing a series of banks of nearly $22,000 in Central New York and Massachusetts earlier this year, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The family of suspended IMPD Officer David Bisard issued the following statement through their attorney Wednesday evening.

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A former West Virginia sheriff will spend a year in federal prison for his role in the December 2010 beating of a robbery suspect.

Court cases can provide a glimpse of what life was like on the frontier between western Arkansas and the Indian Territory, which is Oklahoma today. The files containing these cases used to be difficult to search, but the National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas, has a new website designed to guide researchers with a "who, what, when, and where" of the criminal case files. read more

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles doctor was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for bilking patients out of more than $1 million by promising them that an herbal supplement she hawked could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases.

One thing is certain, Benjamin W. Muntz is going to prison. For how long is an unanswered question after Judge Robert C. Noonan decided he needs to know whether the District Attorney's Office will indict Muntz on any new charges. The DA is considering whether to charge Muntz with bail jumping. More than a year ago, Muntz failed to appear for his sentencing on Class D felony convictions of ...

Mark C. Jackson testified Thursday in his two-day drug trafficking trial in 12th Judicial District Court.

The Mississippi band 3 Doors Down is canceling their four scheduled appearances in the US this spring, after bassist Todd Harrell was arrested over the weekend. Harrell, 41, has been charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication. And WLOX News has learned Harrell still has a DUI case pending in D'Iberville. The municipal clerk said a trial date for that case is set for May 28.

Top Republican senators urged President Obama to hold the suspect captured in the Boston Marathon bombing as a potential enemy combatant -- denying him a government-appointed attorney and other legal rights under the "Law of War" so investigators can learn about other possible attacks.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A resentencing proceeding Wednesday for a former doctor convicted in the bombing of the leader of the Arkansas Medical Board left him with his original life sentence but afforded his lawyer a chance to again claim his client is innocent.

Eddie Mosley, found guilty of killing three people at a Brooklyn Park home, will serve the terms consecutively.

OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi man charged with mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market, and on Thursday his attorney said he was surprised by his arrest and maintains he is innocent.

Two inmates have been indicted in the 2011 killing of a fellow prisoner at the federal penitentiary in Atlanta.

Todd Henningsen of Henningsen Injury Attorneys, P.C. recently shared his understanding of the personal injury claim process on Lawyer Talk, an Atlanta television show dedicated to keeping Altanta residents in-the-know about relevant legal news and information. (PRWeb May 17, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10747140.htm

Analysis A close student of the criminal law who did not sit in on Wednesday’s Supreme Court argument in a Michigan murder case missed a fascinating — and far from conclusive — seminar on who makes criminal law: courts that rule, legislatures that write laws, lawyers who try to assert defenses, prosecutors who don’t object to such defenses, [...]

A Middlesex Superior Court jury has awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars to the former operator of Duxbury’s municipal golf course, after finding that the town unfairly ousted the company from managing the 9-hole course.        

The Bucks County District Attorney said Friday that an investigation shows a Northampton Township police officer was justified in shooting a murder suspect last month.

A jury on Thursday convicted a home builder from Mesquite of stealing from a federal housing grant program intended to assist the Navajo Nation, Nevada's U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said.

Citing delays from numerous legal challenges, Wasatch Wind Intermountain, LLC is applying to the state Industrial Siting Council for an extension of the permit deadline for its proposed Pioneer Wind P

 Kentucky State Police are investigating the fatal  stabbing of a prison inmate at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in West Liberty   According to the Department of Corrections on Sunday, Eric Chapman left his cell at the prison, walked up to 31-year-old Michael Lynch and stabbed him in the neck several times.  State police said Lynch was flown to the University of Kentucky hospital ...

US WorldMeds today announced the launch of a new clinical trial investigating APOKYN® as a rapid and reliable treatment for “morning akinesia” in Parkinson’s disease.

BALTIMORE (CMC):The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says a Jamaica-born member of a marijuana-trafficking organisation has been jailed for murder in aid of racketeering.

Bringing together district attorneys and law enforcement officials from throughout the state, Attorney General Kamala Harris convened a working group Friday to develop a strategy on how to better enforce gun laws, particularly for those prohibited from owning a firearm.

A former athletic director at Joliet Catholic High School was sentenced to life in prison by a Florida judge Thursday for having sex with a teenage boy. A Sarasota County jury convicted William Wert, 56, of sex abuse charges in February. Wert was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1986 and worked briefly at Crespi Carmelite Catholic High School in Encino, Calif., before coming to the Joliet ...

The conviction of a man sentenced to 35 years in prison for rape has been reversed by an Oklahoma appeals court.

Investigators are looking for other victims to come forward against a former foster parent accused of child sex crimes.  

The trial begins in the beating death of a Keeseville man.

A man charged with killing three people, including his estranged wife, in front of their daughter is expected to plead guilty and be sentenced to three life terms.

A man convicted of opening fire on police when they raided his southern New Jersey home has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.

The Oklahoma Main Street Center recoginzed Sapulpa Main Street and the Creek County Court House Renovation project along with the other state winners in 20 competitive award categories during the 24th annual Main Street Awards Banquet, May 7, at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

WAUPUN — Dodge Correctional Institution is playing host to 14 Armenian officials here to study the American prison system.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Former presidential contender John Edwards has reactivated his license to practice law and is setting out on the speaking circuit.