The corruption conviction of Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her ensuing resignation from Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court might have caused a delay in the Act 13 decision, according to attorney Jordan Yeage

DALLAS - A Texas father accused of slowly starving his 10-year-old son to death, slipping his body into a sleeping bag and dumping it in a rural area where it went undiscovered for a year was sentenced late Tuesday to life in prison.

MENOMINEE-A Gladstone man is scheduled to go to trial next fall for allegedly driving drunk on a motorcycle he crashed in 2011 in Menominee County, causing serious injury to his passenger.

Adrian Raine, author of "Anatomy of Violence," argues that acts of violence have to do with bad biology. Numerous studies have showed correlations between brain impairments and aggressive adolescents and violent adult offenders. But it's not too late to intervene, he said. Biology is not destiny.

Neal Jacobson shot his wife and 7-year old boys in 2010 Neal Jacobson, the failed Wellington mortgage broker who killed his wife and twin 7-year sons in 2010, now says he was forced last year to accept a plea deal for three life prison sentences and deserves a new hearing.

Seven months since her release from prison in Fall 2012, Keri Blakinger '11 feels her life has finally stabilized. Blakinger mugs read more

Attorneys would be subject to discipline, including possible disbarment, for threatening to report the immigration status of a worker considering an employment claim under terms of fast-moving legislation that passed a key California committee Tuesday. Lawyers can already be disciplined for dishonesty or "moral turpitude." The new language, supporters said, will give immigrants the protection ...

Vernon Luke Bowser, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge J. Ronnie Greer to serve 240 months in prison after he was found guilty of conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine.

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Federal trial for a former Las Vegas physician-clinic owner and his office manager in a 2007 hepatitis C outbreak is being delayed until later this year.

(WBNG Binghamton) In a court filing last month, former Endicott Interconnect CEO Jay McNamara told a federal judge if the company's private jet were taken away, and it lost a subsequent lawsuit, the result would likely be bankruptcy.

NEWELL, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia's Homer Laughlin China Co. is suing two companies for selling what it claims are cheap Chinese imitations of its popular and collectible Fiesta dinnerware to an unsuspecting public. The Weirton Daily Times ( http://bit.ly/11Q4wAi ) says the lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in western Pennsylvania, where the products are being sold.

Oral arguments are scheduled before the U.S. Supreme Court on whether a North Texas water district can have access to water supplies in southeastern Oklahoma.

School districts in Washington County — as well as across several states — are rescheduling high-stakes tests that judge student proficiency and even determine teachers’ pay because of technical problems involving the test administrators’ computer systems. Thousands of students in Oklahoma, Indiana, Kentucky and Minnesota were kicked offline while taking tests in recent weeks, postponing the ...

Attorney Steven Gursten of Michigan Auto Law provides a comprehensive resource center with the latest No Fault reform proposals, and analytical information on how reforming Michigan's 40-year-old No Fault auto insurance system would affect Michigan drivers.Farmington Hills, MI (PRWEB) April 23, 2013 Michigan Legislators and Gov. Rick Snyder are proposing reforms to the state's 40-year-old No ...

In the latest round in a two-year legal battle, a state appeals court Tuesday heard arguments in a dispute that stems from the Florida Department of Health allowing three hospitals to operate trauma centers.

Brian Eugene Gordon, 30, was found guilty of breaking into a home in Buchanan County, Virginia in 2011.

Former agriculture commissioner and University of Kentucky basketball star Richie Farmer has pleaded not guilty to charges related to his management of the state agency.

Jury selection has begun in the trial of Dr. Dipak Desai, who is facing several charges related to the Hepatitis C outbreak five years ago linked to his clinic.

The bizarre trial of Christopher X. Brodeur, a musician, artist and political activist, is now entering its third week.        

Attorneys for a man charged in the shooting deaths of three people asked for more funding, access to sealed records and a chance to move the case to another venue during a motions hearing Tuesday in G

Monroe — Authorities say a Michigan State Police lieutenant has reached a plea deal after being accused of stealing property seized during drug operations and other crimes.

Wednesday May 1, 2013 PITTSFIELD -- A North Adams municipal employee is facing criminal charges related to an October 2012 diesel spill in which fuel leaked into the Hoosic River. Glenn A. Robert, 63, of North Adams, pleaded not guilty Monday in Berkshire Superior Court to three charges: violation of the notification requirement of a release or threat of release of oil or hazardous

MORGANTOWN — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia’s largest mountaintop removal coal mines years after it was issued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

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Oral arguments are scheduled before the U.S. Supreme Court on whether a North Texas water district can have access to water supplies in southeastern Oklahoma.

A Hillsborough County Superior Court South jury Friday found a Franklin man innocent of criminal threatening with a deadly weapon after a two-day trial. Craig Moses, 23, was charged in connection with an incident outside an Amherst Street nightclub in Nashua in May 2012.

Gun Owners Who Give Up Firearms To Receive Gift Cards Follow Your Town News On The Courant's Hartford Facebook Page The city's three trauma centers, law enforcement and now the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association are urging gun owners to hand over their unwanted firearms in exchange for grocery money.

Under Washington's capital punishment statute, defendants in Washington state convicted of aggravated first-degree murder may be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole or they may be sentenced to death. A defendant may be found guilty of aggravated first degree murder if he or she commits first degree murder with the following aggravating circumstances:   (1) The murderer ...

CHESTER — The man accused of setting a fire that killed four children last week appeared to cry Monday as he listened to the charges against him in his first court appearance since his arrest Friday.

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (WIBW) -- A court hearing for a Junction City minister charged in several child molestation cases involving young boys has been pushed back.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Cities and counties that offer same-sex partner health benefits don't anticipate altering their policies after the Texas attorney general called the practice unconstitutional, though his opinion does serve as fuel for litigation against entities providing benefits to gay couples. After Michigan's Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional for governments to provide benefits ...

A state appeals court has made a ruling in the case involving a former Lake Charles gynecologist.

OMAHA (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday ordered a new trial for a Grand Island man, saying prosecutors failed to prove that a state crime lab scale used to convict him of a serious cocaine charge was properly calibrated.

A former executive with AU Optronics was sentenced Monday to serve two years in prison and pay a $50,000 fine for participating in a worldwide LCD screen price-fixing conspiracy, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Shiu Lung Leung, former senior manager of AU Optronics' desktop display business group, was sentenced for price fixing in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ...

Collier and Lee counties have sued BP, Transocean and Halliburton Energy Services to recoup economic losses caused by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

A Charlotte hedge fund manager has agreed to plead guilty to securities fraud for hiding investment losses that cost his victims at least $8.9 million, according to court documents.

(AP Photo/Ferd Kaufman, File). FILE - In this May 23,1962 file photo, Billie Sol Estes, left, and his attorney John Cofer of Austin, Tex. are shown as they arrived at the federal court house in El Paso, Texas.

The Madera County Grand Jury recently criticized the Madera County District Attorney's Office, stating the office has not prosecuted a majority of alleged crimes committed within the Madera County jail, Click to Continue »

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is considering whether to invalidate a portion of the state constitution that requires judges to retire by the end of the year once they turn 70. The justices heard argument Wednesday in two cases in which judges said the constitutional provision conflicts with another one that prevents age discrimination. The case is of particular interest to the justices, as ...

A lawyer for Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield has asked a federal judge to delay his trial on a federal bribery charge.