By Mark Waite Judges don’t usually discuss particular cases with the media, but it wasn’t hard to find a topic of discussion with Nevada Supreme Court Justice Kristina Pickering: the need for a state appeals court. Pickering, a Yale University honors graduate who attended law school at Georgetown University and the University of California-Davis King[...]

PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – An "important" hearing is scheduled to happen before jury selection on Monday Russell Holt's murder trial. "No further information will be provided prior to that hearing," Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney Peter Skandalakis said in a news release. Holt, a former Georgia Department of Corrections probation officer, is charged with shooting his girlfriend ...

CASSOPOLIS — With the theme “New Challenges, New Solutions” for National Crime Victims’ Rights Week April 21-27, Cass County paused Tuesday to pay tribute to 83 lives lost due to violent crime since 1989.

Retired Marin County Superior Court Judge Henry J. "Hank" Broderick, who replaced slain judge Harold Haley on the Marin Superior Court bench and presided over the infamous San Quentin Six Trial, died May 7 at his home in San Rafael.

A 48-year-old man was acquitted on a charge of rape on Wednesday, but will be serving a year in jail and two years of probation for the aggravated assault and battery of a woman with whom he was in a relationship.

Defendant's checkered past Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:52 pm, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Richard Barnes told a judge at his arraignment on Tuesday on a felony DWI charge that he had a lot of experience with the criminal justice system. Barnes, 66, was associated with the Hells ...

A Philadelphia jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of an abortion doctor accused in the deaths of four infants and a woman at his clinic. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, was accused of killing babies by using scissors to cut their spinal cords. Authorities alleged that some of the infants were born alive and viable during the sixth, seventh and eighth months of pregnancy. He also was accused ...

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday upheld the life prison sentence of a man who was convicted in Tulsa County of first-degree murder for fatally shooting his uncle.

Man's best friend is lawyering up.

Police in Tacoma, Washington, United States could soon be in real trouble over pot.

A Michigan lawmaker wants to pass a bill to limit police use of children in drug stings to children ages 13 and up, after Michigan narcs used a 14 year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy to set up a 36-year-old parolee. The father of the 14-year-old has filed a complaint with the Michigan Attorney General’s Office.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

LEWISTOWN For more than 30 years Rick Williams has served as a judge in Mifflin County, first as a magisterial district judge and then in the Mifflin County Court of Common Pleas. Now he is moving o.

Salsa legend Willie Colon is pleading with a federal judge for leniency in his son's child pornography case, writing in a letter that he fears his own celebrity status has made his son a 'trophy collar' and would make him a 'magnet for abuse' in prison.

WCAX-TV reporter Matt Henson, 31, was suspended from work after Lyndonville police say he groped a Lyndon State College student in March. Henson, seen here earlier this year, denied two criminal charges Monday in Vermont Superior Court in St. Johnsbury.

WHY IS O.J. SIMPSON IN COURT? The 65-year-old former football star and actor is serving nine to 33 years in a Nevada prison after a jury found

A man convicted of opening fire on police when they raided his southern New Jersey home has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Governor John Hickenlooper tells 7NEWS he wants to ensure better communication between the judicial office and the prison system to prevent mistakes.

The Derby Trial Stakes will help warm up Churchill Downs for the approaching Kentucky Derby. This classic event will be holding its 89th installment on Saturday, April 27, and it kicks off the spring meet at the track. The Trial is a Grade 3 stakes and it is part of the wild-card series. It offers Derby points to the top four finishers—with 20 going to first, eight to second, four to third and ...

A trial is underway for a Hunt County man, charged with aggravated robbery in connection with a reported armed holdup in March of last year.

The state Senate budget, if passed, would hurt the people who come to court for justice, writes guest columnist Deborah Fleck.

State residents who want to file civil lawsuits but can't afford a lawyer can represent themselves, in some cases without paying fees associated with filing a suit.        

A judge declined to reduce the amount of bail on Friday for a man accused of posting threats against the University of Evansville and the Evansville Police Department on the social media website Twitter.

Despite defense concerns, the U.S. Attorney's office says it doesn't plan on using hearsay testimony in its case against Pam Ward, according to court documents filed Monday.

Stephen Paul Riley, 41, of Olney, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Wichita Falls to 10 years in federal prison for shooting an airplane during crop-dusting.

An ex-NFL player “secretly” turned himself in because of child abuse allegations three days after being cut by his former team. New York Giants linebacker Michael Boley surrendered to authorities in Alabama on Feb. 8 and was charged with child abuse.   After pleading guilty to charges as part of a plea deal, Boley was entered into a pre-trial diversion program. Under the terms of the agreement ...

BARBERTON — Christine Croce, presiding judge of the Barberton Municipal Court, has announced the court will hold a free informational eviction seminar for landlords and tenants April 23 at 5 p.m. at the Active Adult Center Barberton YMCA, 500 W. Hopocan Ave.

This article discusses the smart and convenient way to make a large charitable donation, satisfy required IRA minimum distributions, rules, and receive income and estate tax benefits is to rollover funds from your IRA directly to a charity. (PRWeb May 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10717767.htm

Former Russellville doctor Randeep Mann convicted of plotting a bombing that nearly killed the head of the Arkansas medical board has again been sentenced to life in prison.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the preliminary results of DNA testing performed in connection with Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro.

CLEARFIELD — Residents with an interest in Treasure Lake’s bid to secede from Sandy Township and incorporate as a borough will have an opportunity to weigh in at the conclusion of a two-day “trial” later this month.

Twelve activists were arrested outside of a Federal Courthouse in New York City on Monday after protesting in response to a recent confession by Guantanamo Bay prison officials that 84 detainees are on hunger strike and 16 of them are being force-fed, an act considered by many to be a form of torture . read more

Kobe Bryant has won a judge's order that temporarily blocks a Camden County auctioneer from selling memorabilia given it by the basketball great's mother.

As expected Friday, attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of 54 of 62 Colorado sheriffs opposing two new gun control laws scheduled to take effect this summer. Terry Maketa of El Paso County, David Weaver of Douglas County and Jim Beiker of Fremont County were among 18 sheriffs joining attorneys for a morning news conference at the Independence Institute, a public policy research firm. "So the ...

PORTLAND -- United States Marshals said that Logan Storm, convicted of child porn possession but awaiting sentencing, was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center Thursday afternoon. Mexican authorities captured Storm, 37, on March 12, months after he removed an ankle monitoring device and fled Oregon while awaiting his sentencing. Storm was deported from Mexico and returned to the U.S ...

The sexual battery arrest of the Air Force officer who led the service's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit underscores how far the Defense Department has to go in addressing the plague of sexual crimes in the...

NEW BOSTON, Texas—A Bowie County jury listened Wednesday to testimony in the murder trial of a man accused of killing a man he found in the company of his former girlfriend.

Washington — President Obama vowed yesterday to join Planned Parenthood in fighting against what he said are efforts by states to turn women’s health back to the 1950s, before the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide, and singled out the GOP-governed states of North Dakota and Mississippi for criticism.

Gov. Bob McDonnell said Tuesday his administration never gave special treatment to a dietary supplement company that is under a federal securities investigation, despite more than $100,000 in political contributions from its chief executive and thousands of dollars more in gifts to McDonnell's family.

The Utah Attorney General's Office on Wednesday morning arrested a former Park City Police Department sergeant on charges that he embezzled upward

Two people suspected in setting a string of fires on Virginia's Eastern Shore have been found competent to stand trial.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - An Emmy nominated actor and Youngstown native is making his way home this spring. Ed O'Neill will receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree at Youngstown State University's spring commencement.