Area athletes turn their attention, and skills, southward this week as the University Interscholastic League (UIL) will hold tennis and golf state tournaments at various venues.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A resentencing proceeding Wednesday for a former doctor convicted in the bombing of the leader of the Arkansas Medical Board left him with his original life sentence but afforded his lawyer a chance to again claim his client is innocent.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A 26-year-old Portland man is going to prison for 25 years for producing child pornography.        

Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Wade McCree A media spotlight shone on a Washtenaw County courtroom Monday as the case of Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Wade McCree went before the Judicial Tenure Commission. McCree, who is accused of...

Robert Breest had the chance to walk out of prison on parole, after spending nearly half his life there -- if he admitted to committing a 1971 murder. But the former Lowell carpenter, now 75, steadfastly refused.        

Corrections officers who have died in the line of duty were remembered through a memorial service at the French M. Robertson unit Wednesday. 

A New York state court on Thursday ruled that two towns should be able to choose whether or not they can ban a controversial oil and gas drilling technique known as “fracking.” Click here for the rest of the article...

MARYLAND has become the 18th US state to abolish the death penalty, which will be replaced by life in prison without parole.        

A Colorado judge set a trial date for an Alabama soldier who is accused of sexually abusing children in three different states.

Former New York state Senator Shirley Huntley, who pleaded guilty to mail fraud conspiracy and tried to help the government in a corruption probe, was sentenced to one year in prison.

A Delaware judge is refusing to block the merger of mining company Freeport-McMoRan with oil and gas producer Plains Exploration & Production Co.

Sylvester’s Sly Bail Bonds was founded in 2008. His livelihood depends on the Eighth Amendment. Not the part that outlaws cruel and unusual punishment — the founders’ reaction to British practices of branding, whipping and long prison terms in colonial America. Sylvester’s business relies on the portion that prohibits judges from placing an “excessive bail,” on those who are innocent until ...

A friend of mine got a letter from a prisoner in Delano, Calif. My friend is 93, active and generous. She answered the first letter, but doesn't know what to do now.

In the fourth day of deliberations in the trial of a Philadelphia abortion doctor, jurors asked Friday for a description of the babies the doctor is accused of killing.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane responded to a grand jury judge's criticisms about delays in the case of three former Penn State administrators by asserting the hold-ups have not been caused by her.

When the Notre Dame men's tennis team opens 2013 NCAA Tournament action today at Ohio State versus Washington, the Irish will take the court looking to extend a coaching career that has spanned nearly half a century. Bobby Bayliss - nearing the end of his 26th season at Notre Dame and 44th overall as a Division I head coach, plus a couple early years assisting on various levels - is set to ...

Maryland House Republicans demand the governor take personal responsibility for allowing corruption to fester inside the Baltimore City Detention Center.

A divided Colorado Court of Appeals panel on Thursday upheld the firing of a man for off-the-job medical-marijuana use, concluding that, because marijuana is illegal under federal law, employees

A Hinesburg man, who was on crack cocaine when he tried to shoot a Colchester store clerk, said it bothered him so much that he couldn’t sleep and summoned police to his prison cell so he could confess.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish the network of storefront pot shops and fuel efforts to have the state regulate the industry.        

ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and the state's top federal judge Christina Reiss will welcome 31 people from 19 countries as U.S. citizens.        

A Grandview, MO man who is a registered sex offender pleaded guilty in federal court to receiving child pornography over the Internet.

Cook County's sheriff is proposing a countywide concealed-carry ordinance, saying if state lawmakers don't pass a law by next month as a federal court has ordered, Illinois could turn into the…

A Cambria County attorney had a physical run-in with a client Monday in neighboring Blair County.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota judge has found a Missouri man guilty in the shooting deaths of three people at a Brooklyn Park home day care last year.

New York personal injury lawyer David Perecman of The Perecman Firm stresses the importance of a thorough investigation following the Connecticut train accident that injured at least 60 people. (PRWeb May 21, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/NYpersonalinjurylawyer/NYpersonalinjurylawyer/prweb10753474.htm

A Gallatin County man is sentenced for manufacturing marijuana.

LibertyBell Law Group's criminal lawyers encounter a new synthetic drug that looks and acts like LSD, while successfully representing a client in a drug trafficking case. The LSD look-alike drug is very new to the U.S. (PRWeb May 21, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10747590.htm

OTTUMWA -- An Ottumwa man was sentenced to a decade in federal prison following a drug bust at his home last summer. Ottumwa Police Department and Southeast Iowa Inter-Agency Drug Task Force officers executed a search warrant at 1214 N. Adams St. on

In a stumble for New York’s Taxi of Tomorrow, a State Supreme Court justice ruled that the plan violated a rule requiring a hybrid option for cab operators.

On May 16, Judge Bradley Ferencz will issue his opinion on whether to uphold or overturn the official misconduct convictions of Emil Hanna, 57, and Emad Naguib, 50, both of Old Bridge, for failure to report thefts by New Brunswick Parking Authority colleagues.

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:14:23 GMT Compiled from staff and news service reports Color/BlackColor/BlackEverhart BOISE, Idaho — A former Yakima man convicted of killing his girlfriend’s 18-month-old daughter was sentenced Monday to at least 20 years in prison. Fourth District Judge Patrick Owen sentenced 22-year-old Jordan Everhart to a life term in the toddler’s d...

Senate confirms Orrick as federal judge A divided U.S. Senate confirmed on Wednesday the nomination of William Orrick III, a former top immigration lawyer in President Obama's Justice Department, to the federal court in San Francisco. Two of its 14 authorized judgeships remain vacant, caseloads are far above the national average, and cases are taking nearly three years to get to trial, up from ...

Major heroin dealer sentenced to 15 years in federal prison

Michael Sherman was arrested for robbing his neighbor after investigators followed a trail of coins from the crime scene to his house.

In the sea of literature about the injustice and capriciousness of the death penalty, few books make a clearer or more viscerally affecting argument than Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian’s “In This Timeless Time.”

CLEVELAND (AP) - The attorneys for a Cleveland man accused of keeping three women in captivity for about a decade say he will plead not guilty. Attorneys Craig Weintraub and Jay Schlachet tell WKYC-TV More >>

A member of a Dodge City street gang charged in a federal racketeering case has pleaded guilty, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

Shannon Van de Veer, 40, of Altoona, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 12 years in prison for distributing child pornography.

SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of local governments to ban medical marijuana dispensaries, leaving intact a growing movement to outlaw the pot businesses despite a 1996 state law that permits the use of weed for medical purposes.

Trevor Jacob Fortner, 25, of Lubbock, Texas, made his first appearance in federal court in Lubbock, Texas, this morning, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy M. Koenig, following his arrest on a federal complaint charging attempted enticement of a minor.