The mother of four children who died in a mobile home fire in Hartsville has been charged with four counts of unlawful neglect of a child and four counts of homicide by child abuse.

A 55-year-old Iowa man will spend the next 40 years behind bars for carjackings in Mt. Vernon.

Louisiana's Supreme Court has ruled that the funding method for a private school tuition voucher program pushed through the Legislature last year by Gov. Bobby Jindal is unconstitutional. 

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange's office announced Friday the arrest of the state's former Chief Agent for Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) on numerous felony charges.

Some trials go on and on.

UPDATE: A V8 mechanic arrested in Austin could be returning home alone after being scheduled to appear in a Texan court next week.

A judge has granted class-action certification to a lawsuit alleging the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has systematically overcharged Hoosiers for drivers' licenses since 2007.

Bars and liquor stores could sue underage patrons and judges would have to send repeat drunken drivers to prison under a pair of bills the state Assembly overwhelmingly approved Tuesday in another attempt to rein in excessive drinking in Wisconsin.

LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - May 6, 2013) - AGS ® , a leading designer, manufacturer and operator of gaming machines with more than 7,500 installed gaming machines, announced today that it has completed a successful field trial of its Roadrunner platform and its GT5000 cabinet at Boyd Gaming Corporation's Treasure Chest Casino in Kenner, Louisiana.

FARGO - Ten years ago this month, a Minnesota prison released Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. to his Crookston, Minn., home, where he lived prior to kidnapping and killing University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin six months later.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A Louisiana businessman serving 15 years in federal prison for distributing oxycodone and methadone illegally through pain clinics in eastern Kentucky has lost his bid for a new trial.

The husband of Barbour County's prosecuting attorney is free on bond after being arrested for allegedly drugging her so he could look at her cellphone and email messages. William Francis "Frank" Poling Jr.

Wednesday May 15, 2013 Time to close Guantanamo prison Editor of the Reformer: Our thanks to Richard Evers and Dan DeWalt for their important articles (Reformer, May 10) on the despicable injustices endured by the prisoners at Guantanamo.

HEMINGWAY – A South Carolina Third Judicial Circuit judge recently ruled in favor of the Hemingway Election Commission in a case of an appeal to the Williamsburg County Court of Common Pleas by two ci

JUDGE BLOCKS OFFER: A Clarinda prison inmate's bid to send his victims more of the money he earns from a private-industry prison job has been blocked by a Polk County judge.

By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - Convicted killer Jodi Arias asked jurors on Tuesday to spare her the death penalty and sentence her to life in prison for killing her ex-boyfriend, reversing statements she made after her conviction that she preferred death to incarceration. "I made many public statements that I would prefer the death penalty to life in prison. Each time I said that, though I ...

"The petition for post-conviction relief is plainly untimely," Assistant Attorney General Laura Cadiz wrote in a document filed in Marion County Circuit Court.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A stunning twist in the case of a man in prison for infecting a number of women with HIV. Today, it was revealed in court that Nushawn Williams is not HIV positive.

Incyte Corporation announced today that it has earned a $25.0 million milestone payment from Novartis based on the formal initiation of a Phase II clinical trial evaluating c-MET inhibitor INC280 as monotherapy in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

An insurance salesman and purported financial adviser has been sentenced to serve up to 10 years in a New Jersey state prison for defrauding 20 clients out of nearly $1.5 million. read more

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is reviewing the frequency and fairness of solitary confinement in all federal prisons. A rollback on "solitary" is already underway in some states. Randall Pinkston reports on the impact the rollback is having on Mississippi.

California prison overcrowding has had a big impact on local jails.  A look inside one state prison reveals why thousands of inmates have been released.

The media circus that is Jodi Arias' murder trial is in its final stretch, as the jury began deliberations Friday following closing arguments. The jury, which has been in court since January, will resume deliberations Monday.

CHARLES TOWN - In 2011, when Jenny Perrine was shot and killed in a Ranson parking lot, her parents were living more than five hours away. George and Cheryl Perrine had contact with the police, but no one else.

By Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday blocked a new Arkansas law that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, one of the most restrictive abortion statutes in the nation. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted an injunction sought by abortion rights groups, saying the ban was "more than likely" unconstitutional and ordering that ...

The California Supreme Court may have ruled Monday morning that local cities and counties can bar medical marijuana dispensaries from operating with restrictive ordinances, but until ordered otherwise, Megan Stone plowed ahead like a bullish...

A pair of bills aimed at curtailing protests by environmental activists that disrupt logging projects in state-owned forests was comfortably approved today by the Oregon House. House Bill 2595 would create a new “interference” crime which would apply to protesters who chain themselves to or sit in trees, who block …

VICTORIA – A jury was chosen Monday for a lawsuit brought by Amanda Guillen against Calhoun County and Precinct 2 Commissioner Vern Lyssy in U.S. Southern District of Texas Court. Judge Gregg Costa es

The Yolo Superior Court held a formal ceremony on Monday for graduates of the Court's Felony Probation Drug Court.Judge Janet Gaard presided over the ceremony held in her chambers of the Yolo County Courthouse.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho made his first court appearance Friday morning on charges he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his own country.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court of Alabama has denied requests by Brookwood Medical Center and St. Vincent's Hospital, refusing to consider continued arguments against ...

Outgoing state Supreme Court Justice Paul Anderson says he's relieved the Legislature and not the courts made the call on same-sex marriage in Minnesota.

A Texas judge has ruled that a Lesbian couple will lose their children if they continue to cohabitate. According to an Associated Press report on the ruling, a clause in Carolyn Compton’s divorce states that her children are not allowed …

Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who spent nearly two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in a New York nightclub, is launching a men’s luxury hosiery line.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WWAY) -- The Wilmington based Blizzard 17 & under basketball squad captured first place at the Big Shots Myrtle Beach Tournament on Sunday with a 72-64 victory over the FYB Wildcats. WWAY Full Court Press co-host Brett Blizzard is the head coach of the squad. Hoggard's Trevor Singleton shared tournament co-mvp honors with Ashley's Ridell Camidge. WWAY Full Court Press co-host ...

Fighting gun related crimes in Lowndes County just got a whole lot easier. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates got an inside look at the Valdosta Crime Lab's new ballistics program.

BAGA, Nigeria (Reuters) - After a crackdown pushed them out of Nigeria's northern cities, Islamist militant group Boko Haram have regrouped, rearmed and are staging a bold comeback that has already allowed them to seize control over parts of the northeast. Related Stories Accused Colorado gunman to seek insanity plea in court Attack on Iraq's Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline halts flow - sources ...

It's a question that has haunted law enforcement for nearly 10 years. Who would approach a young couple while they were camping and execute them as they slept back in 2003?

Winchester Medical Center is leading the way for interventional cardiologists everywhere, as it has recently initiated a clinical trial to test a new treatment of heart disease.

With prom and graduation season upon us, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett has reached out to local police and school departments to remind parents and students about the laws concerning hosting parties and underage drinking.

A new program aims to ease violence in some of the most dangerous units inside the Washington State Penitentiary, reducing the number of prisoners in solitary confinement and making them less likely to reoffend.