Though divorce usually elicits images of the 1989 film "The War of the Roses," it doesn't have to be that way anymore. Aventura attorney and family mediator, Denise Tamir, believes that divorce need not devastate the couple financially and emotionally.

A Nashville, GA police officer is appealing his conviction and prison sentence for soliciting sex from a 17-year-old boy and violating his oath of office, arguing that Georgia’s solicitation of sodomy statute is unconstitutional and no crime was committed.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Jane Kelly will become a federal appeals court judge Friday with an unusual background that supporters say makes her a perfect fit for the job and a potential U.S. Supreme Court candidate someday.

Nomination battles for mayor in several Pennsylvania cities and an open seat on a state appellate court are expected to be settled in a statewide primary.

LAS CRUCES - Western Athletic Conference basketball coaches prefer a neutral court postseason tournament.

A Houston-area man must serve nearly 20 years in prison for enticing a 9-year-old Minnesota girl he met online into posing nude and email him the photo.

Brian Wardle will remain Wisconsin-Green Bay's head basketball coach following claims he mistreated several players, the school announced on Friday via Myron Medcalf and Andy Katz of ESPN . University chancellor Tom Harden announced the decision based on the findings of a 39-page report assembled by attorney Joseph Nicks. The investigation concluded that the facts regarding Wardle's alleged use ...

A local man accused of murdering his 5-year-old son will spend 18 years in prison as part of a plea agreement. Kalman Eteuati, 27, of outer Southeast Portland pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter on Monday, May 20, in connection to the death of his son, Mahonarye Noa. Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Eric Bergstrom then sentenced Eteuati to 260 months, or 18 years ...

Salt Lake, Davis prosecutors also investigating Swallow by Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 15, 2013 05:48PM MDT Embattled Utah Attorney General John Swallow is facing another criminal probe, this one from two county attorneys who have been collaborating for months with federal investigators. Salt Lake County’s Sim Gill and Davis County’s Troy Rawlings are examining whether ...

The 3 rd Circuit Court of Appeal has denied a rehearing in a case involving the termination of former Leesville Police Chief Bobby Hickman.

MISSOULA — An ex-University of Montana quarterback has been sentenced to two years in prison on drug charges related to his medical marijuana business. Jason Washington's sentencing Wednesday follows a conviction on conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana and possession with intent to distribute.

A man convicted of killing a teenager with a hatchet and then dumping his body in Baltimore City will spend life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Attorneys for a 12-year-old California boy charged with killing his sister said Wednesday they wonder if he is mature enough to aid his defense.

By Bill Vidonic, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Nearly $6 million will be sent to municipalities and school districts beginning this week as attorneys bring to a close the saga of a now-defunct ...

On Monday afternoon, during a court-martial hearing at Fort Carson, Colorado, Kimberly Rivera was sentenced to 14 months in military prison and a dishonourable discharge after publicly expressing her conscientious ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge appears poised to rule that the state can continue to pay for textbooks for private school students in New Mexico. District Judge Sarah... Read more »

The “world’s greatest fisherman” has been pinched in a king-size crab scandal. Dennis Sturgell, 60, whom the San Francisco Chronicle once dubbed the “world’s greatest fisherman” in a 2008 article, is facing charges of unlawful fishing in connection with an incident in San Francisco last fall in which he allegedly possessed more than 54,000 pounds of Dungeness crab. On Thursday, Sturgell pleaded ...

The Supreme Court of Ohio today imposed an indefinite suspension against the law license of Massillon attorney Dale Alan Zimmer for multiple violations of state attorney discipline rules.

RACINE COUNTY — Men and women sitting behind bars waiting to be sentenced are waiting several weeks longer for that decision to be handed down.

ASHEVILLE — Holly Bryant would have preferred a death sentence for the serial killer who took the lives of her parents, but she takes solace in knowing he won’t kill again.

Both Pottstown and Phoenixville will be split into two different legislative districts under the legislative re-districting approved Wednesday by the state Supreme Court. The new districts will take effect in the 2014 election cycle and shift legislative lines for the state House and Senate seats throughout Southeast Pennsylvania and may change who is representing you in Harrisburg. In Pottstown ...

Al Moriarity is in the San Luis Obispo County Jail accused of securities fraud and embezzlement. The 80-year-old Grover Beach financier is owner of Moriarty Enterprises.

A bill that would deal people convicted of violent sexual crimes against children a lifetime prison sentence is in the Senate after unanimous passage Tuesday in the Texas House of Representatives.

JACKSON — A Mississippi death row inmate sat today in a holding cell at the state prison in Parchman awaiting word on a possible reprieve from Gov. Phil Bryant or the state Supreme Court.

A former Vancouver man captured years after skipping town to avoid a drunken-driving trial in Oregon was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for the fiery 2006 crash, The Oregonian newspaper reported Tuesday.

Man who shot at Utah police officers sentenced to prison by Jessica Miller The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 16, 2013 04:00PM MDT Farmington • Marco Antonio Guizar said he was hoping to die on Jan. 16 when he shot at cars driving on Legacy Parkway — but he wanted police to kill him. During his sentencing hearing Thursday in Farmington’s 2nd District Court, Guizar admitted that he shot at cars ...

James Wayne Ham, 36, of Coldspring, was arrested Sunday and charged today with the murder of a mail carrier with the United States Postal Service (USPS), United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Inspector in Charge Robert Wemyss, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS).

The conviction of Kelly Simino for the 2006 murder of his one-time girlfriend Brandi Mathews has been upheld by the Missouri Court of Appeals in a ruling April 24.

According to the Los Angeles Times (May 2nd, 2013), lawmakers have voted to make possession of controlled substances (heroin, cocaine, crystal meth, and others) a misdemeanor rather than a felony offense. MacGregor & Collins Orange County criminal lawyers believe the decision to be hugely beneficial to decreasing prison overcrowding as well as improving rehabilitation rates amongst controlled ...

A federal court found that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio systematically violated the constitutional rights of immigrants through 'saturation' sweeps targeting Hispanics.

Virgin Galactic's passenger spacecraft has completed its first rocket-powered flight in a trial run described by Sir Richard Branson as historic. SpaceShipTwo flew above California's Mojave Desert at an ...

Gov. Bill Haslam will administer the oath of office Tuesday to the state's newest Court of Appeals judge, Thomas R. Frierson II.

John Ferguson was originally to be put to death in October, but was issued a last minute stay.

 A disagreement over how to split local option sales tax revenue in a south Georgia county is going all the way to the Georgia Supreme Court. The ruling could have a major impact on taxpayers across the state.

A conservative watchdog group has filed suit in Federal court in an effort to obtain records on the costs of President Obama's vacations in Hawaii.

Dr Kermit Gosnell is on trial in America is accused of presiding over a process that saw babies delivered alive, and then brutally killed and their remains discarded.

NASHUA, N.H. -- 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.

Women, whites, LGBT prisoners report higher incidences of victimization in Justice Department survey

SAN ANTONIO, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorneys from Dallas' Sayles Werbner have filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the children of an oil rig worker who was electrocuted in a West Texas oil ...

By Laura Szepesi Leona Gilland Martin was living proof of the old saying that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Short, slim and quiet, she seemed ...

(AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File). FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, James Holmes, left, and defense attorney Tamara Brady appear in district court in Centennial, Colo. for his arraignment.