Most of the world's governments no longer use the death penalty. Among wealthy nations there is one exception remaining. The United States is among the top five killers in the world. Also in the top five: the recently 'liberated' Iraq.

By Tribune-Review Staff and Wires Top court settles shale rights question Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court is reinforcing long-standing case law on mineral rights that has guided the natural gas industry since ...

Family of slain man sues Utah sheriff after officer shooting by Kimball Bennion The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 23, 2013 09:36PM MDT The family of a Sandy man who was shot and killed by a Box Elder County deputy in 2012 is suing the officer and the sheriff’s office for negligence, willful misconduct and wrongful death. A complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court alleges that Deputy ...

Two men accused of misappropriating $5.5 million in taxpayer funds meant for California charter schools may be inching toward a trial date - five and a half years after they were indicted.

Probate Notice (Official Publication) STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF WASHINGTON TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Probate NOTICE TO … The post Public Notices 04/25/2013 appeared first on The Stillwater Gazette .

Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent, accused of being drunk when his car wrecked in December, killing a teammate, has not complied with terms of his release on bail and should stay in jail until his trial, the Dallas County district attorney’s office said.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said search warrants were executed in the investigation of the sexual assault of a teenage girl by two Steubenville High School football players last year.

A five-member panel of the Court of Appeal yesterday handed down a decision that a single judge of the Court of Appeal was not empowered under the Constitution to hear a procedural appeal.

DICKINSON, N.D. - Parents of an infant who died less than two years ago with illegal drugs in its system pleaded not guilty to child abuse charges Monday at a preliminary hearing in Southwest District Court in Dickinson.

A dramatic increase in gun violence is prompting federal officials to join a new Indianapolis crime-fighting initiative by providing immediate help in five high-crime areas.

A prison inmate who assaulted a Danville Correctional Center guard was one of about 100 inmates housed temporarily in the penitentiary's gymnasium.

POMEROY — Nearly a year after rumors of missing funds from the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office began to circulate, an indictment has been filed in the case with the Meigs County Clerk of Courts. M...

The former mayor of Stockport likely will spend the rest of his life in prison.

The family of a guard killed during a prison riot in Mississippi has filed a federal lawsuit that says inadequate staffing and poor treatment created a dangerous environment.

The judge's voice cracked as she dismissed jurors unable to agree on what penalty Jodi Arias should get for killing her ex-boyfriend. FULL STORY

District Attorney Seth Williams faces a challenge in November from Republican Daniel Alvarez.

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — After disrupting his capital murder trial several times with profanity-filled outbursts, a Texas man erupted in one final chaotic fit when a jury sentenced him to death on Tuesday for killing a bystander while trying to shoot his daughter outside a courthouse. Granger, 42, showed no remorse as he admitted opening fire on his daughter and running her over with his truck ...

LOCK HAVEN - Three corrections officers have been reinstated at the Clinton County Correctional Facility this week to cover increases in prison population, even as the prison's medical provider decreased its daily charge due to a decrease in...

Danny Platt was sentenced to life in prison Thursday. The only promise prosecutor Robert Moore made him was that the state would not seek to execute him.

Jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial resume deliberations Thursday after they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time...

concealment writes "Sparkler Filters up north in Conroe [Texas] still uses an IBM 402 in conjunction with a Model 129 key punch – with the punch cards and all – to do company accounting work and inventory. The company makes industrial filters for chemical plants and grease traps. Lutricia Wood is the head accountant at Sparkler and the data processing manager. She went to business school over 40 ...

Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her sister/former aide Janine Orie have each received court-mandated punishments for illegal campaigning on government time. The spin on this one is that instead of throwing the pair behind bars, the court has brought back some good old fashioned shaming. The sisters were nabbed for “illegally using [their] state-funded staff as part ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that federal trucking laws don't preempt a state claim against a New Hampshire towing company.

CHICKASHA, Okla. – A Grady County man has been arrested and accused of conspiring to kill law enforcement officials. The...

A Franklin Circuit Court judge Thursday gave the Cabinet for Health and Family Services 30 days to justify each piece of information it wants to redact from 140 files of child fatalities and near-fatalities it has already been ordered to provide to The Courier-Journal and Lexington Herald-Leader.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Two men who attempted to flee police in a vehicle containing illegal drugs and thousands of dollars' cash in March 2011 were each sentenced to prison on federal drug charges, announced

Somehow the punishment doesn’t feel like enough for the fellow soldier who took their son’s life. What’s 15 months in jail compared to a lifetime without Neil Turner? Spc. Francisco Perez accidentally triggered a shoulder-fired rocket launcher at Pfc. Neil Turner inside the walls of their headquarters in Afghanistan last year. The explosive pierced Turner’s chest but did not explode.

EL PASO — 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 opi

A Drug Enforcement Administration agent testified Tuesday during a detention hearing in federal court about drug deals in connection with a cocaine distribution ring in El Paso.

A ruling from the 5th District Court of Appeals upholds the jury’s convictions of the former Hoover High School star and Ohio’s two-time Mr. Football.

Critics fear sequestration cuts within the federal court system is putting public safety in jeopardy. The courts are dealing with fewer funds to track and provide services to ex-convicts and criminal suspects. "The current fiscal year presents unparalleled challenges," said Chief Judge William B. Traxler, Jr., chairman of the Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States in a ...

The state will not have to return 15 troubled foster teens it removed because of safety concerns from three private facilities, including one in Lacey, a Thurston County Superior Court judge has ruled in part of an ongoing lawsuit.

The great state of West Virginia has come up with a new law that would drag teenagers to court for sexting each other.  read more        

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:27:01 GMT By BEN LEUBSDORF Monitor staff Critics said it would promote immorality and lead to increased crime and corruption. Supporters called it a personal choice and said it would bring in much-needed revenue for the state government. If the arguments sound familiar, they should. On Wednesda...

The trial begins in the beating death of a Keeseville man.

STOCKTON - A law firm representing a Stockton creditor in bankruptcy is accused of playing dirty by raiding attorneys from an opposing firm that represents the California Public Employees' Retirement System.

SAN DIEGO, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Many attorneys, CPAs, trust officers, insurance and wealth advisors encouraged their affluent clients to transfer equity in their holdings to minimize future tax ...

Orange County's judges, attorneys and law-enforcement agencies need to change the way they handle domestic-violence cases to better protect victims from being harassed, members of a special commission recommended today.        

A 47-year-old Rockdale man who shot his girlfriend of 10 years in the head a year ago was sentenced to 60 years in prison for murder this week.

Sentencing for ex-Box Elder County deputy postponed by Marissa Lang The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 8, 2013 11:55AM MDT Brigham City » Sentencing has been postponed for a former Box Elder County sheriff’s deputy accused of sexually assaulting women during a series of traffic stops. Scott Womack, 37, was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in 1st District Court, where he has pleaded no ...

The 5-4 decision came in an order Thursday. The court made no other comment.