Yelp reviewers are now treating prisons like hotels, reviewing food service and staff friendliness. Some prisons may even receive a one to five star rating. “Jail food may get a bad rap ... but jail employee food is off the chain!" read one review. Another suggested getting arrested in Arlington County, where officers supposedly handed out juice boxes. Aside from being sometimes entertaining ...

WORCESTER - A standing-room-only crowd packed a Worcester Trial Court courtroom Thursday morning to bid adieu to a man widely regarded by his peers as one of the top prosecutors in Worcester County.

By Emily Lane JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - A man facing execution Tuesday night for the 1992 murder of two college students won a last-minute reprieve from the Mississippi Supreme Court after federal authorities said they overstated the strength of hair and gun evidence during trial. Willie Jerome Manning, 44, was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection. His lawyers asked for a ...

Remee Lee, from Lutz, Florida, lost her baby after taking pills her boyfriend, Andrew Welden, had allegedly given her, claiming they were antibiotics. Three days later, she sought the court's protection.

Judge Holly Clemons on Thursday ruled that Champaign Mayor Don Gerard was "guilty of poor judgment and ill-advised behavior" and probably has "anger-control issues," but was not guilty of what musician Jim Bean had described as stalking. Clemons denied Bean's request for a no-contact order against Gerard. URBANA — A Champaign County judge ruled in favor of Champaign Mayor Don Gerard on Thursday ...

The Mississippi State Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution for death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning. Manning was scheduled to be put to death this evening at 6 p.m. at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.

He operates the largest foreclosure law firm in the state, and these hard times have made Mark P. Harmon a very busy man. Some critics assail his tactics, but Harmon is unapologetic: Lenders, after all, need zealous lawyers, too.        

STEUBENVILLE - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled against the Jefferson County Educational Service Center and more than 200 Virtual Learning Academy instructors this month who claimed status as teachers eligible to participate in the State Teachers...

A judge is set to hold a hearing in Cheyenne on Friday on whether to proceed with a new trial against a man who was granted the state's first retrial based on DNA evidence.

An order by the Eighth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals calling for briefs from attorneys on the question of whether a new school choice law in Arkansas moots a lawsuit brought under the former state law also appears to clear language in the statute that allows school districts such as Hope to opt out because of federal court supervision of desegregation.

The following were compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department. To anonymously report crime information, call 463-6205.

Tazewell, VA (WVVA)--A trip to the Historic Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park, is a chance to step back in time. The Executive Director at the Museum, Charlotte Whitted said, "We focus on Pioneer history,

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.

Leak investigation documents related to Fox reporter James Rosen were erroneously kept under seal.

The Federal Court in Wyoming upheld a management plan for the Black Hills National Forest. The plan was developed in 1990 and amended in 2005, taking into account a mountain pine beetle epidemic and providing for logging, prescribed burning and other control methods.

MANCHESTER – David Cates and his daughter, Jaimie, were ready and waiting in the front row, along with a handful of family and friends who have been with them at every turn. The same four lawyers from the 2010 trial presented at two tables in front of the same judge who had presided over two weeks of devastating testimony. The only missing piece was the killer. Steven Spader was absent Monday ...

During the fifth day of the continuation of Southaven Mayor Greg Davis' civil trial in the state capital the mayor claimed the State of Mississippi owes him money and not the other way around.

PITTSBURGH – Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin avoided prison time Tuesday for her campaign corruption conviction but was ordered to send written apologies to every judge in the state because she abused her office.

A woman’s personal records were at issue during a court hearing Monday for a man accused of sexual-related felonies.

Waste recycler Synagro Technologies Inc., which was purchased by Carlyle Group LP (CG) in 2007, plans to file for bankruptcy today, Chief Executive Officer Eric Zimmer said. The company plans to sell most of its assets to EQT Infrastructure II.

Sean Lopes, 47, was sentenced to 15 years in prison but jumped bail and has now been found living in Chatham in Kent, southeast England.

KINGMAN - Attorneys completed questioning Tuesday of potential jurors and are planning to pick a jur ...

The woman accused of buying a gun and then giving it to the man believed to have killed our state prison director says she's not guilty.

The Tuolumne County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday dismissed marijuana trafficking charges against four people arrested in a May 2011 raid on a medical marijuana dispensary in East Sonora. Jana Marie Evans, Nancy June Smith, Sara Herrin and Dannyjo Gellar Herrin, all of Tuolumne, appeared in Tuolumne County Superior Court for their trial when the charges were dropped.

BELLE FOURCHE — Attorney Mike Day of the Day Morris Law firm in Belle Fourche was selected by Gov. Dennis Daugaard to fill an open seat as a circuit court judge in South Dakota’s Fourth Judicial Circu

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for an eastern Washington man convicted in 2011 of grand theft by extortion by a Kootenai County jury. Justices on the Court of Appeals ruled Friday in the case of 30-year-old Joshua M. Moses of Spokane, Wash. Moses was convicted of extortion involving Joshua Branam of Post Falls.

BREKKIE WRAP: ONE of the women who has accused Julian Assange of sex crimes has urged Sweden to pressure Ecuador to hand him over.

The jurors will decide the fate of Kermit Gosnell, who is charged in the deaths of four infants and a woman.

The Iowa Supreme Court is expected to decide whether insurers can require dentists who accept their plans to offer discounts on services that aren't covered.

A Clarksburg man who failed to stop his girlfriend from burning her 2-year-old daughter with cigarettes and feeding her hot red pepper seeds is headed to prison for one to three years.

Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. was sentenced to 28 years in prison for a scandal in which he sent thousands of children to private prisons in return for a kickback. The judge in the “cash for kids” scandal, Ciavarella Jr., was tried and convicted of racketeering charges. Lawyers for the 61-year-old former judge had asked for [...] Mark Ciavarella Jr: Judge Sentenced To 28 Years In Cash ...

The veteran corrections officer from Stillwater was found with cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Gordon Parks Elementary School can remain open at least through June. A circuit court judge on Tuesday granted a temporary stay sought by the school after state education officials voted last week to pull the school’s charter.

Joaquin Rams is accused of drowning his 15-month-old son to collect on a large life insurance policy. He claims he's innocent, and his lawyers say the boy didn't drown. A closer look at those claims.

Lawyers for Fazliddin Kurbanov on Tuesday waived a hearing where a U.S. District Court judge was to have considered whether he should stay in Ada County jail in Boise until his July 2 trial.

Miriam Conrad, 56, is among three federal defenders in her office who will represent Tsarnaev and would not talk about how she will defend him.

The Arkansas Court of Appeals today affirmed a circuit court ruling upholding a zoning variance given for The Fold, a new restaurant at 3501 Old Cantrell Road, just a few yards from Loca Luna. Loca Luna and the Abernathy-Wilkes LLC contested the plan that let the restaurant meet the required 22 parking spaces for the site with 12 slots on the property and 10 others on nearby property. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore., May 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. district judge fined an Oregon transit agency for failing to produce documents related to the deaths of two pedestrians killed by a bus in 2010.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Supreme Court says insurers cannot impose price caps on dentists who accept their plans for procedures that aren't reimbursed.

DENNARD (KATV) - When told we were looking into her husband's criminal past, an exasperated Geraldine Hausler pointed out that his crimes took place over 20 years ago.

The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood attack wants to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, which means he could question the nearly three dozen soldiers he's accused of wounding in the shooting rampage.