In this Friday, May 3, 2013 photo, Libby Hanna, president of the American Gerbil Society, holds a gerbil prior to the society's annual New England pageant Saturday in Bedford, Mass. The small rodents will be judged on body type and color, and will feature agility demonstrations where they must overcome various obstacles and race to the end of the course.

The Los Angeles city attorney race has heated up less than a week before the May 21 runoff election.

Quorum Court to discuss funding salary for northern district court security officer

Lamar Elmer Smith, 32, caught with a 7-inch long piece of sharpened metal that resembled an ice pick, prosecutors said. 

Tiffany Fox wants her husband to get the death penalty after police say he killed their two infant children.

The state Labor Department and district attorneys recovered $1.9 million in unemployment insurance fraud in 2012, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this week.

MAPLE GROVE, Minn., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. today announced the successful completion of its global Phase III clinical trial for USL255 (extended-release topiramate), ...

A teenager who is accused of injuring a police officer in Knox County during a chase will face a judge on Monday. Find out more.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Jurors in Trumbull County reached a verdict on Thursday, in the case against a Youngstown man accused of providing the heroin that led to the death of a 17-year-old girl from Girard.

As D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg serves her sentence, the county attorney takes on the civil lawsuit and the next steps

A California Supreme Court ruling is expected soon on a Riverside case about local governments’ ability to ban marijuana dispensaries

A Toledo man pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to charges that included sex trafficking of a minor.

Detroit — A 2012 Republican presidential campaign intern who worked for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan made a brief appearance in federal court Tuesday on charges he cyber-stalked 15 women and extorted them into sending nude photos.

Amanda Stevenson appears in court.

Michigan child-care providers who sued to try to recover union dues have failed to persuade an appeals court to revive their lawsuit.

A Costa Mesa man who is the nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley faces trial in the Windy City for manslaughter. Richard Vanecko, 38, allegedly punched a Mount Prospect man in the face...

Switchblades? Legal. The requirements for search warrants? A bit more lax. And now there's a new wa ...

A federal judge is allowing a former manager at a Navy bombing range in North Carolina to take a Bahamas cruise, overruling prosecutors who warned he may never return to face charges of stealing more than $6 million worth of scrap metal.

WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — A Holyoke man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the slaying of a Connecticut man during a motel robbery three decades ago.        

LITCHFIELD - A Litchfield County man accused of killing his girlfriend in January 2000 has remained free for 13 years awaiting trial and has been earning a $129,000-a-year taxpayer-funded salary as a state sales tax auditor.

The Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in a case that could define how much scrutiny future redistricting efforts will face under the "Fair Districts" amendments.

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said recently that DNA testing wouldn't exonerate Manning. Photo by Amile Wilson

Southaven Mayor Greg Davis took the stand Thursday in his civil trial in Hinds County Chancery Court in Jackson. Mississippi State Auditor Stacey Pickering is trying to get Mayor Davis to re-pay taxpayer money, which was spent on trips, meals and clothes.

A man who admitted he lied before a grand jury investigating why young Somali men were leaving Minnesota to join a terrorist group in their homeland has been sentenced to two years in prison.

LawFuel.com – Bankruptcy Law News – One of the top bankruptcy law firms in Southern California, Zhou & Chini, has released another completed webpage for its Wiki style site. The bankruptcy information Rancho Cucamonga page has just been finished and is ready for views.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The judge who presided over the trial of Casey Anthony said Monday he believed there was enough evidence to convict the Florida mother who was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter.

MARIETTA - The Washington County Board of Health has appointed Court Witschey as full-time administrator at the county health department.

WASHINGTON - A landmark immigration bill in the Senate is facing a critical trial — whether it can survive hundreds of amendments from the left and right and still emerge relatively intact.

The Lewiston Tribune reports that 29-year-old Natasha N. Hodges of Lewiston on Wednesday waived her right to have the trial within six months of her arraignment.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama nominated Debra M. Brown,  Pamela L. Reeves and Elizabeth A. Wolford for District Court judgeships. "These individuals have demonstrated the talent, expertise, and fair-mindedness Americans expect and deserve from their judicial system," said President Obama .  "I am grateful for their willingness to serve and confident that they will apply the law ...

After four months, verdict day at the Jodi Arias trial brought a crowd to the courthouse to find out the jury's decision. Dozens of people lined up daily to try to get a seat in the courtroom, and oth

Bernard Madoff once had billions of dollars, but now he makes $40 a month doing menial prison labor. read more

Embattled Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree took the witness stand in his own defense Tuesday and animatedly described details of an extramarital affair and its consequences that could derail his judicial career.

James D. Phillips of Katz & Phillips, one of Florida's leading DUI defense law firms, has been listed among the “40 Under 40” register of top courtroom lawyers compiled by National Trial Lawyers. (PRWeb May 21, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10754815.htm

In 1997, I was hired as a forensic defense expert to review bitemark evidence used against Bill Richards at his fourth trial for murder, held in San Bernardino, California.

GALLIPOLIS — A Gallia County man who was pursued by a Gallia County homeowner after he was allegedly caught stealing items from her property earlier this month is facing felony charges in the Cour...

A Franklin Circuit Court judge on Tuesday ordered the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to resume child-care subsidy payments to 18 Jefferson County day care centers while they appeal accusations of fraud.

Kelli Jacobsen, 28, if facing charges in the death of Ryder Morrison, 1, of Richland in June 2011. Jacobsen was caring for the boy when he suffered a fatal injury.

A western Missouri prosecutor who heads a statewide association for prosecuting attorneys said Tuesday that lawmakers' failure to pass a new sentencing structure for juveniles could delay or jeopardize the trials of teens accused of murder.

Follow Your Town News On The Courant's Hartford Facebook Page A 20-year-old Hartford man was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison for distributing crack cocaine, the U.S. Attorney's office said.        

Sentencing is scheduled Tuesday, June 25 for 29-year-old Veronica Herrera who has admitted to burning the body of her 2-year-old daughter in a barrel in August 2012, after the Homedale mother said the girl died of an injury. This morning's Idaho Press-Tribune reports that Owyhee County prosecutors say the woman's five other children are in counseling.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments ...