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

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's governor made a rare move Friday by commuting the life sentence of an inmate who has been in prison for 38 years for killing his neighbor, saying the man has an "extraordinary record" behind bars that included saving the lives of two guards during a hostage situation.

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.

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.

An overzealous Jennifer Lawrence fan has been jailed after showing up outside the actress' home in Kentucky and sending her brother a threatening message.

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 ...

An Iowa man in the Jefferson County Justice Center for committing two carjackings in Mt. Vernon last month made his initial court appearance on Tuesday. David J. Pederson, 55, pleaded innocent to two counts of aggravated vehicle hijacking with a weap

Bankruptcy attorneys Zhou & Chini have just completed the Rancho Cucamonga bankruptcy page for the new Wiki style website. The new pages consists of important informational links and laws regarding filing a bankruptcy in California (PRWeb May 17, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/bankruptcy-information/Rancho-Cucamonga/prweb10734718.htm

A Twin Falls County judge needed to excuse himself from a courtroom April 23 to collect his thoughts after listening to arguments surrounding the eight-year abuse of a child. "I've never seen a case that approached the depravity, cruelty and harm to a child," said Justice Richard Bevan when he returned to the bench.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Four candidates, all cross-filed attorneys, are vying for the bench in Magisterial District Court 32-1-28 that covers Media, Nether Providence and Swarthmore in the May 21 primary election.

Change of venue denied for Utah man accused of killing teen by Stephen Hunt The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 10, 2013 06:50AM MDT Eric Millerberg — accused in the 2011 death of his children’s 16-year-old babysitter — has been denied a change of venue for his upcoming murder trial. Millerberg’s attorneys wanted the trial moved to Summit or Salt Lake county, arguing that pre-trial publicity ...

SAN DIEGO – The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities have the authority to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. San Diego Mayor Bob Filner said he hopes San Diego won’t travel that road. In a 7-0 ruling in a case …

MOUNDSVILLE - The city is bracing for the impact of nearly a thousand members of law enforcement and corrections technology from around the world flooding the area for the 17th annual Mock Prison Riot this week at the former West Virginia...

CHICAGO (AP) — In a rare move for terror cases, a federal judge agreed Thursday to release on home confinement an Illinois teenager charged with seeking to travel abroad and join an al-Qaida-linked militant group in war-torn Syria.

The state of Florida ranks 49th in the country on the spending of mental health services. That's why critics say many jails and prisons have mentally ill populations of at least 30 percent.      Experts say offender would be less likely to lead a life of crime if they received the medication and counseling they need. ...

A U.S. judge in Johnstown has sentenced two area men to federal prison, one for firearm and drug violations and the other for a firearm violation.

A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb.

HAMPTON A Hampton woman who fabricated a sexual assault that led to the conviction of an innocent man pleaded guilty Tuesday to perjury. Elizabeth Coast entered her plea in Hampton Circuit Court. She faces up to 10 years in prison when sentenced on July 22, media outlets reported.

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 …

At least 36 parolees in Colorado have been convicted or accused of murder while on supervised release from prison since 2002, a review by The Denver Post found.

Lamar County saw the second day of testimonies in the State of Texas versus Steven LaRue today.

A judge on Tuesday set a May 21 court date for a woman accused of buying the gun that police say Evan Ebel used to kill Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements.

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

Longtime Washoe County District Attorney Dick Gammick says he will not run for re-election in 2014, and will retire once his term ends.

The recent arrest of a suspected serial rapist illustrates the crime-fighting benefit of broadening Nebraska's law on collecting DNA from convicted felons, authorities say

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 17 (UPI) -- A federal judge has blocked enforcement of an Arkansas law restricting abortion because it may violate a woman's constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.

  A Champaign bus company contends that Ford County is the proper venue for the 104 small-claims cases it has filed since November — the majority against University of Illinois students — for violations of the company's "terms and conditions." But an attorney representing one of the defendants says the venue is not only improper but appears to be a strategic move by the company — Suburban ...

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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- A federal judge has agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP executive charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf...

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.

A Centerville man facing 17 criminal counts in seven different felony, aggravated and serious misdemeanor cases in two southeast Iowa counties entered a guilty plea to three of the counts and was sentenced to state prison. The other 14 counts were di

By Mary Wisniewski (Reuters) - The mother of Ariel Castro's children repeatedly went to authorities with accusations he was beating, abusing and threatening her. But her complaints never reached the point where Castro was imprisoned or triggered additional police investigations. The late Grimilda Figueroa's accusations against Castro began in 1989 and the last came in 2005, three years after he ...

CHICAGO (AP) - In a rare move for terror cases, a federal judge agreed Thursday to release on home confinement an Illinois teenager charged with seeking to travel abroad and join an al-Qaida-linked militant group in war-torn Syria.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â Oregon's attorney general's office is opposing an appeal from Kip Kinkel who killed his parents and two high school students in 1998 in Springfield. A response filed in Marion County Circuit Court says Kinkel has exhausted his appeals and it's too late to overturn his 112-year sentence. ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- After two years of trials and tribulations, Brian Berger is no longer a New Hanover County Commissioner. That was the result of a 3-2 vote that some said was overdue, but it may have raised more questions than answers moving forward. After months of discussion New Hanover County Commissioners successfully used a common law which has not been used since 1935 to remove ...

Animal abuse stories raise lots of anger from people when they hear about a new case. Yet, many cases of suspected abuse don't end up with an abuser being sent to prison. in fact, many cases don't make

Schiff Hardin LLP has added a distinguished team of state and local taxation attorneys to the firm’s Ann Arbor office.

CHICAGO - An town Iowa letter carrier has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for sending dud pipe bombs with threatening letters signed "The Bishop."

A federal judge is taking the unusual step of asking the environmental community for ideas about how to punish a Texas natural gas company convicted of illegally storing mercury in Rhode Island, after the Supreme Court...

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.

A Cambria County judge took a half-hour Tuesday to find a Johnstown man guilty of four of the five charges he faced in relation to the shooting of his girlfriend in the fall.