A Pennsylvania teen shot nearly two years ago in a Durham parking lot testified Wednesday in the murder trial of a Texas man accused of killing another teen.

Bail is set at $70,000 for the driver allegedly involved in a deadly accident on US 41 in Estero. Donna Brown is accused of running into Carl Patrick's motorcycle and dragging him for three miles.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A northern New Jersey mother has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin with her husband and son in what authorities are calling "a family affair."

By The Associated Press, The Associated Press WARREN, Ohio — A teenager who wore a T-shirt with “killer” scrawled across it and gestured obscenely at his sentencing has appealed his life prison ...

DENVER – Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional.

A Logan County woman was sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in the theft of more than $155,000 over seven years from the insurance company where she worked.

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.

A western Pennsylvania judge has dismissed a homicide charge against a woman in the accidental drowning of her 13-month-old son in a bathtub.

Many people thought Laura Bates was out of her mind when she offered to teach Shakespeare in the maximum security wing of an Indiana prison. But the prisoners found a deep connection with the playwright's words. Laura Bates talks about her experience in her new book Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard. She speaks with host Michel Martin.

LAS VEGAS — The lead defense attorney in O.J. Simpson’s armed robbery trial had a conflict of interest because he could have been a witness in the case, a lawyer who worked on Simpson’s unsuccessful appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court testified Thursday.

By Tribune-Review A Houston man who drove shipments of cocaine from Texas to Beaver County in his tractor-trailer will spend 20 years in prison, a federal judge ...

ST. LOUIS - A Missouri Court of Appeals has restored $28 million in punitive damages to the families of five people who died in the crash of a skydiving plane shortly after takeoff from a rural Missouri airport.

A Murray man serving 25 years in a West Liberty prison has died after being stabbed.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell could still face death or life in prison if convicted on any remaining charge. The defense in the murder trial of West Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell began Tuesday with a limited victory for the 72-year-old physician: dismissal of three of seven counts on which he could face the death penalty.        

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington (AP) - An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.

A Jackson man has been sentenced to serve 40 years in prison for his role in a fatal shooting and robbery of a Ridgeland restaurant manager in 2012.

AZTEC — A Kirtland man who was convicted and served a prison sentence for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl was allowed to take back his guilty plea because he didn't know the plea could result in his deportation.

Kentucky women’s basketball junior DeNesha Stallworth is one of 31 top student-athletes in the country who have accepted invitations to participate in the 2013 USA Basketball Women’s World University Games Team trials. Trials will take place May 16-19 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo., and the USA Basketball Junior National Team Committee issued the ...

Isabella County Chief Circuit Judge Paul Chamberlain ordered John D. White, 55, who has two prior convictions for attacking women, to serve 56-85 years behind bars.

Loading Photo Galleries ... MOUNT PLEASANT — The former minister of a small Michigan congregation was sentenced Thursday to at least 56 years in prison for killing his fiancée’s 24-year-old daughter, allegedly to fulfill a fantasy to have sex with a dead body.

EDGERTON, MO. — Two of three inmates who walked away from a northeast Kansas prison surrendered Friday afternoon at a northwest Missouri home where they had been holed up for hours, authorities said.

As the regular session of the Louisiana Legislature continues, the former chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court said she is happy not to be there.

The Ohio attorney general says tests have confirmed that alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-old girl rescued from his house with three women this week.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey man's aggravated sexual assault conviction has been thrown out because of how the law is worded. Monday's state Supreme Court ruling means a Morris County man serving more than 20 years in prison will be resentenced on lesser charges.

A state ethics board has issued a report on a prosecutor in Hancock County, saying, among other things, she engaged in conduct unworthy of an attorney. The Maine Supreme Court will have the final say on whether Assistant District Attorney Mary Kellett should face any punishment. The reported . . .

Officials in a Hudson Valley city aren't amused that a Manhattan judge has deemed their hometown the "most pathetic" place in New York state.

Jamal Dean, the Sioux City man accused of shooting a police officer in his patrol car, faces five charges that could put him in prison for more than 80 years.

The judiciary can't fix this: The Supreme Court has a poor track record protecting journalists from the government.        

The doctor convicted of orchestrating a 2009 bombing that left the chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board with serious injuries has again been sentenced to life in prison.

Documents filed in federal court said a former prison guard charged with killing two Tennessee post office workers should not face the death penalty because the punishment is unconstitutional.

By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas judge on Wednesday ruled that the "Bible banners" waved by cheerleaders during football games in a small school district are constitutionally protected free speech and that the tradition will be allowed to continue. No law "prohibits the cheerleaders from using religious-themed banners at school sporting events," State District Judge Steven Thomas ...

The inmates are part of a new program aimed at easing violence in some of the most dangerous units inside the penitentiary, reducing the number of prisoners in solitary confinement and making them less likely to reoffend.

For fans wanting to watch the Astros and Rockets coverage on Comcast SportsNet Houston, there is hope. CSN Houston announced that it was offering a “FreeView,” a free trial of its programming offered to all the major TV service providers.

Inga Gutierrez was sentenced in 12th Judicial District Court Wednesday to 46-and-a-half years in prison for her involvement in the Lower Cottonwood Canyon standoff in 2009.

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) - A North Texas chiropractor has been sentenced to sentences of 23 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing female patients.

WILKES-BARRE 8212 Two days after a federal judge sentenced him to 25 years in federal prison for online sex-related crimes, an ex-Holy Redeemer High School football coach was back in court Friday where learned he'll spend an additional two to four years in a cell.

A high-profile southern Kentucky murder trial will be featured on a cable show tonight.

Trial dates have changed for a Terre Haute husband and wife arrested in November for child neglect for allegedly tying up and confining their adopted children in the family home.

A Uintah County man serving prison time for molesting a child will get another chance to beat the rap after the Utah Supreme Court overturned his conviction Friday.

Former Wilcox County Sheriff, Stacey Bloodsworth and co-defendants will be sentenced today in federal court after pleading guilty on charges of beating inmates incarcerated at the jail there.

A federal judge rejects a challenge to Gov. Jan Brewer's denial of driver's licenses to youths who qualify for them under the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. TUCSON — Young people granted immigration relief and work permits under a new Obama administration program still won't be able to obtain driver's licenses in Arizona, a federal judge has ruled.