A man who has been in jail more than 20 times is wanted again after deputies said he forced a woman to drive him somewhere at gunpoint Tuesday, Polk County deputies said.

DENVER -- In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

A revised plan to redraw the boundaries of Pennsylvania’s legislative districts won the unanimous approval Wednesday of the state Supreme Court. The justices ruled that the new map is constitutional and can take effect for Pennsylvania’s 203 House districts and 50 Senate districts beginning in the 2014 elections.

REED CITY — Former Osceola County Road Commission manager Cliff Youngs, serving a sentence for a felony perjury charge, was recently sentenced to additional jail time for allegations he trespassed on a neighbor's property and caused damage.

A kid would be a fool to kill someone in Florida.

A dispute between Walker County, Ga., and its cities over how to split millions of dollars in sales tax revenue over 10 years took a step forward recently when an out-of-county judge was appointed to hear the case.

“Most Louisiana politicians get elected and go to prison, but I assure you I’m going to break that trend.”

Ex-footballer OJ Simpson asks a Nevada judge for a new trial in the 2008 armed robbery case that left him serving a 33-year prison sentence.

MT. VERNON — Judge David Overstreet sentenced convicted sex offender Albert Rainey, 39, of Mt. Vernon to two consecutive 20-year prison sentences Friday. Rainey was convicted by a Jefferson County jury in February of two counts of predatory criminal

YORK — During April and May of 2010, Alec Vigil began to notice the effect repeated bullying was having on his friend Christian Taylor, a ninth-grader who had just started school at Grafton High in January of that year after he moved from Texas with his family.        

MISSOULA - One of the two University of Montana Griz basketball players who was allegedly involved in a weekend fight in downtown Missoula, appeared in court Monday afternoon to face the charges against him.

Suit pits controversial dietary supplement maker against the state of Virginia in a tax dispute.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A southwestern Idaho man spending 20 years in prison for killing his estranged wife lost his bid to have his conviction thrown out.

Citing staff safety concerns and the need to limit contraband such as drugs tucked into regular mail, Santa Clara County jail officials want all mail -- excluding correspondence from lawyers -- to be limited to postcards.

The federal prosecution of large-scale marijuana cultivation operations in the Central Valley has not slowed down, according to U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner. An indictment filed in one case last Thursday signals the beginning of an early and robust marijuana cultivation season this year. Four other federal cases from Kern, Fresno, Kings, and Stanislaus Counties ended today with guilty pleas ...

Direct Flow Medical®, Inc., a transcatheter heart valve company focused on improving patient outcomes, today announced that it has met its primary endpoint in the fully-enrolled, 100-patient DISCOVER CE Mark Trial by achieving 99 percent freedom from all-cause mortality at 30 days.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- A state judge has ruled that attorneys for Frank VanderSloot can question four employees of a national magazine to determine jurisdiction in a defamation lawsuit.

A 22-year-old Nashville man who prosecutors say told a suspect to flee after a fatal hit and run faces up to six years in prison in one of the most closely followed vehicular homicide cases in recent years.

The facility Lindsay Lohan entered Thursday to comply with court-ordered rehab is not licensed to provide alcohol or drug rehab treatment, a state official said. Lohan, 26, flew from New York to California last night to check into Morningside Recovery...

Following the illegal military invasion of the Baga community in Borno State last week which led to the brutal killing of over 200 people including women and children and the burning of about 400 houses by a so-called multinational force some Nigerians were compelled to call for the trial of the suspects by the International...  [Read More...]

PHOENIX (AP) — Testimony resumes in Jodi Arias' murder trial with the prosecution calling rebuttal witnesses ahead of closing arguments.        

Consumer Attorney Services offers bankruptcy and foreclosure defense help to Utah homeowners after Kurt Laird joined Consumer Attorney Services’ national foreclosure defense team in May. (PRWeb May 09, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/consumer-attorney-service/utah-foreclosure-defense/prweb10706326.htm

The man on trial for killing his wife and best friend was escorted out of the courtroom Wednesday morning and taken to an area hospital after having an emotional outburst during testimony.

John Edwards said last year after his criminal trial on campaign finance charges that he believed he could still do some good in his life.  

PHOTO: Supporters look on as Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, sitting third from right, signs a bill abolishing capital punishment in the state during a ceremony in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, May 2, 2013. Also pictured sitting are Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, from left, Senate President Thomas V. ...

Flint — A Flint man who authorities say threatened to kill three lawmakers from Michigan has been ruled incompetent to stand trial.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's been dubbed the most expensive prison on Earth and President Barack Obama cited the cost this week as one of many reasons to shut down the detention centre at Guantanamo Ba...

A series of three town meetings on “Understanding the Criminal Justice System” will be held May 14 and 21 at Northern Lights Event Center, Walker, starting at 6 p.m. The May 14 session is on courts; and May 21 on corrections, including parole and probation.

James D. Phillips, a leading Florida defense lawyer and founder of Katz & Phillips, PA, has been named among Strathmore's prestigious Who's Who for 2013. (PRWeb May 23, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10755340.htm

ROCKFORD - A bill that made its way out of the house in Springfield on Wednesday and is now on its way through the senate could both help and hurt Stateline communities. 

Wednesday, the North Carolina Court of Appeals heard arguments that will determine whether Durham author Michael Peterson should get a new trial. He was convicted of killing his wife Kathleen in 2003.

Georgia Supreme Court Presiding Justice Hugh Thompson has been unanimously elected the new chief justice.

In a widening scandal over a political donor, Virginia’s attorney general appointed an outside prosecutor to investigate Gov. Bob McDonnell’s financial disclosures.        

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Author Laurence Leamer called Brent Benjamin, chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court, "Blankenships creature" and said justices on the Supreme Court are "appalling" at a Saturday reading to promote his...

Is the state law against advising, encouraging or assisting suicide unconstitutional?

A new law which overhauls the Georgia juvenile system is now in effect. The changes are designed to steer more nonviolent offenders into community-based programs, rather than jail or prison.

(CNN) — An Arizona judge declared a mistrial in the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial Thursday after a...

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 .

Police think a 14-year-old Texas girl who failed to return home from school is with a 26-year-old man who was due to go on trial on sex charges in Ohio in a case involving another 14-year-old.

He resigned from his executive committee seat with the Jefferson County Democratic Party.

By SaharaReporters, New York The high profile trial of subsidy fraud suspect, Walter Wagbatsoma, who is accused of illegally obtaining N1.9 billion from the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) continued today with his lead attorney, Wole Olaonipekun, acting out a script aimed at delaying judicial proceedings. read more