Patients with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa stuck with treatments in a clinical trial and made significant improvements with just a slight modification of the standard goals and methods of care. Participants reported improved quality of life, mood and social adjustment.

The Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "Even if a mesothelioma victim is in their 70's, or 80's, we will do everything possible to ensure the victim of mesothelioma, or their family members get to the best mesothelioma attorneys, or most skilled mesothelioma law firms in the nation, because there is a direct relationship between the skill of the mesothelioma law firm, and compensation for this ...

The attorney for a Schaumburg man who claims a former Schaumburg undercover police officer lied to obtain a search warrant, has filed a petition to vacate the man's sentence. Sean Cerami, 49, pleaded guilty to drug charges on April 13, 2012 and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. His attorney Victor Ciardelli says his client pleaded guilty after a judge found the officer's testimony more ...

Legislative Bill 44 would give judges the option of sentencing juvenile murderers to 40 years to life in prison.

SALISBURY — The last time Shawn Brown was out on bond, he left the area, said Task Force Prosecutor Patrizia Coletta during his bail review Thursday in Wicomico County Court.

Center for Restorative Justice Works and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are again bringing hundreds of children to visit their fathers in prison for Father's Day during the ...

By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty in the shooting deaths of five fellow servicemen at a military counseling center in Iraq faced a court-martial on Monday in which a judge's sentence will hinge greatly upon whether he finds premeditation. Army Sergeant John Russell pleaded guilty last month to killing two medical staff officers and three soldiers ...

In an exclusive interview with Yahoo! Sports, Josie Harris opens up about the incident that ultimately sent boxing's biggest star Floyd Mayweather Jr. to jail.

A judge said Monday there is good cause to let Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.

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.

Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch had a court date on Wednesday for a motion to suppress evidence in Alameda (Calif.) County Court, regarding charges filed against him, alleging he was driving under the influence of alcohol last July.

SAN FRANCISCO -- California cities and counties can ban pot shops, the state's highest court ruled Monday in a unanimous opinion likely to further diminish California's once-robust medical marijuana industry. The California Supreme Court said neither the state's voter-approved law legalizing medical marijuana nor a companion measure adopted by the Legislature prevent local governments from using ...

LONDON (AP) - A British man has been jailed for a minimum of 38 years after switching his plea to guilty in the murder of a 12-year-old girl. Tia Sharp's disappearance last August drew headlines across Britain.

Two Kazakh men associated with the alleged Boston Marathon bombers went before a federal immigration judge this morning on allegations they violated their student visas.        

The state Senate budget, if passed, would hurt the people who come to court for justice, writes guest columnist Deborah Fleck.

Medical and recreational marijuana may be legal in Colorado, but employers in the state can lawfully fire workers who test positive for the drug

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The FBI said Wednesday that agents have arrested a 37-year-old man after a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin were discovered in Washington state last week. Matthew Ryan Buquet was expected to make his initial appearance in federal court in Spokane after agents arrested him Wednesday afternoon.

NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for a New Jersey man charged in a kidnap-murder case says she'll seek to exclude from his New York trial mention of his ties to a police officer convicted in a cannibalism plot.        

TALLAHASSEE – A divided appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida legislators should not be questioned under oath about whether they "intended" to gain partisan advantage when they re-drew congressional maps last year.

DENVER—A Northglenn man was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to sending methamphetamine from Colorado to Fairbanks, Alaska.

(The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool). Defendant Jodi Arias listens to prosecutor Juan Martinez makes his closing arguments during her trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Thursday, May 2, 2013.

CLOVIS, N.M. - Ninth Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler announced that former Portales Police Officer Victor Castillo, age 46, was sentenced to serve the next 25 years of his life in prison for an ongoing sexual relationship he developed with a Portales High School student when he was assigned to the Portales Schools as a school resource officer.

Centennial, Colo. — Lawyers for the Colorado theater shooting suspect told a judge Monday he wants to change his plea to guilty by reason of insanity, but the judge won't rule on whether to allow that yet.

The Massachusetts House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would move 17-year-old offenders into the ­juvenile justice system, ending the practice of routinely incarcerating them in adult correctional facilities. Representative Bradford Hill, Republican of Ipswich, said the change would relieve some of the stress on prisons. If it becomes law, the change would head off a federal law that ...

Local nurses are showing their support of registered nurses’ rights by attending a trial in Cleveland that begins Monday and by wearing stickers that read “I Stand with Ann for RNs’ Rights.”

Wendy Riemann says her first stop when her father picks her up on trips back to Wisconsin is to Culver's. Her last stop is to Gibbsville Cheese for some cheese curds before she flies back to Washington, D.C. Top photo galleries: National Day of Prayer in Sheboygan Klokow sentenced to 10 years in prison 7th and Wilson Avenue crash

A federal judge blasted the Coast Guard repeatedly for preventing a Maltese-flagged ship from leaving the Port of Virginia as its crew are investigated for allegedly violating environmental laws.

Hearing will soon decide whether Erik Meiser is mentally fit to proceed Attorneys representing the suspect in a brutal Lake Oswego murder will challenge a psychiatrist’s opinion that Erik John Meiser is mentally fit for trial. During a court hearing this week, defense attorney Jenny Cooke said she and co-counsel Robert Huggins will contest the conclusion of an evaluation by Dr. Christopher ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon federal judge has ruled the practice of limiting inmates' mail to only postcards is unconstitutional.

By Jane Chung SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday that a Korean-American tourist, jailed by the reclusive state since late last year, will face trial for "committing crimes" against the North. The move comes amid a diplomatic standoff between North Korea and the United States, and as Pyongyang has threatened to attack U.S. military bases in the Pacific and the South. A number of U.S ...

Puerto Rico's previous administration had signed the agreement with Corrections Corporation of America to send as many as 480 male inmates to the Cimarron prison in Cushing, Oklahoma.

The defendant accused of providing firearms to the gunman in Webster's Christmas Eve slayings returned from South Carolina without incident after being allowed to travel by a magistrate judge.

WEST CHESTER — One of two Delaware County women involved in a failed plot to help two accused murderers escape from Chester County Prison pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to the same prison.

Pentagon wants $450 million for maintaining, upgrading Guantanamo prison        

Vanity plates are very popular in New Hampshire, but there are restrictions on what can be expressed on the plates. Now, a man is taking the state to court over what he believes is an imposition on his free speech.

WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) - A Bremer County jury has convicted a 20-year-old man of 2 counts of vehicular homicide. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports ( http://bit.ly/18Yie6F ) that after a 6-day trial, Jurors on Tuesday found Alex Pothast of Clarksville guilty of vehicular homicide based on intoxication and based on reckless driving.

A Norwich man charged in connection with a child's death earlier this month is due in court.

Police in Tacoma could soon be in real trouble over pot. The department could be found in contempt if they continue to refuse to return a small amount of marijuana seized from a man after a traffic stop.

A Kenton County man was sentenced to a little more than 59 years in prison Monday for binding an elderly woman to a tree and bank robbery nearly two years ago.

Noah Crooks is accused of murdering his mother in March 2012. Disturbing details in the trial of Noah Crooks, an Iowa teen accused of the attempted sexual assault and murder of his mother in March 2012, came to light when the boy's father testified in court Friday.