Willie Jerome Manning, 44, who has spent nearly 19 years on death row in Mississippi, is scheduled to be executed tonight for the 1992 double-murder of two college students. However, some investigators in the case question the quality of the evidence used in the man’s 1994 conviction. Manning was arrested and convicted, given two death [...] Mississippi Death Row Inmate Scheduled To Be Executed ...

Castro could face murder charges for allegedly beating one of his impregnated captives until she miscarried

Testimony in the Brett Parker double murder trial continued on Tuesday and mostly focused on DNA and fingerprint evidence.

An Orlando police officer was in Tallahassee Wednesday not for anything crime related, but for recog

The Oswego County man who killed his sister-in-law and left her body in Onondaga County last year will be sentenced today.

FAYETTEVILLE, AR-- The Arkansas Supreme Court has decided that a Fayetteville Double Murder case must be sent back to circuit court.

MARSHALL — A former pastor arrested in May 2012 and accused of online solicitation of a minor is set to stand trial this month.

After almost six months in the Illinois Department of Corrections, one of the men involved in a 2011 carjacking wants to withdraw his guilty plea. Robert E. Kimble, 22, was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty in July 2012 to armed robbery, a Class X felony. Kimble and four other men were found guilty of working together to rob a North West Street man at gunpoint in September ...

A rescue dog bit off part of an Ohio prison inmate's nose after the prisoner tripped while chasing a ball during recreation and fell on the dog, according to a prison report.

The four-day race kicks off with a 2.5-mile, uphill time trial with an average gradient of 6.8 percent

Opening statements in a beating death trial in Indiana took place Wednesday.

In the latest round in a two-year legal battle, a state appeals court Tuesday heard arguments in a dispute that stems from the Florida Department of Health allowing three hospitals to operate trauma centers.

"You cannot take the freedom of law-abiding Americans...and keep your own freedom"        

Former Preston County Animal Shelter Manager Courtney Austin and her attorney filed a lawsuit Friday in the United States District Court for the northern district of West Virginia.

LAGRANGE — The Rural Lorain County Water Authority board’s use of secret ballots in a vote Wednesday to remove Mark McConnell from the board violated Ohio’s Sunshine Laws, according to an open meetings expert and a 2011 opinion issued by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. “You can’t vote on anything in secret,” said Tim Smith, [...] Click here to read this story on The Chronicle-Telegram ...

A former corrections officer has pleaded guilty to conspiring to bring contraband to the inmates at the Maury County jail in exchange for cash.

Ryan Bross, the former University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men's basketball player whose allegations led to an investigation of coach Brian Wardle, went public with his accusations Monday. Check out today's other top videos: Peshtigo homicide investigation NBA's Jason Collins comes out as gay Sivenys bound for trial in Plamann murder case Sturgeon spawn on Wolf River Dad makes daughter's prom ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Alabama's appeal to revive portions of a state immigration law.

NEW YORK - At age 88, John Rigas could be a poster child for inmates who might seek early release from prison because of the hazards of advanced aging.

WILKES-BARRE — A woman on trial in Luzerne County for allegedly torching the apartment complex where she once lived took...

A 53-year-old Belmont County woman's bout with bad plastic surgery won her $5.1 million after a jury found a Youngstown doctor medically negligent Thursday. Attorney Geoffrey Brown, of Bordas and Bordas Law offices in Wheeling, said his client, Kelly Turkoly, of Glencoe, Ohio, was left with scarring, infections and nerve damage after a visit to Dr. Richard Gentile in March 2010. "As Kelly ...

JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) -- A central Missouri woman whose son died in a car accident while she was talking on a cellphone has been sentenced to one year in a county jail.

The parents of an Indiana Area Senior High School student have taken the school district to court to have his district-ordered punishment for an underage drinking incident overturned.

Gregg County courts have set a May 20 trial date for Jesse Dale Smith and Cassandra Stone, accused of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child/sexual contact.

The Texas fertilizer plant that exploded last month had only $1 million in liability coverage, lawyers said Saturday.

A federal appeals court that halted the execution of Warren Lee Hill has lifted its stay, clearing the way for a new execution date.

A former New Jersey state trooper who led an "embarrassing" high-speed escort of luxury sports cars to Atlantic City was sentenced Monday to a year of probation.

A committee has advanced three controversial gun-related bills, sending them to the full Senate. One of the measures would seek to exempt Texas from new federal laws regulating firearms or ammunition, a bill that would face court challenges if it became law and was used.

ORLANDO, Fla., May 14 (UPI) -- Casey Anthony's lawyers said comments made by the judge who presided over her homicide trial hurt her chances to have a fair defamation trial in Orlando, Fla.

A man who claimed to be the ex-lover of Liberace pled guilty Wednesday in Washoe District Court to two counts of burglary and use of personal identification of another person.

An argument over a motorcycle turned to murder, and nine years later, detectives thought they might have finally solved the mystery of where the body was hidden after photos of a human skeleton were sent to a prison inmate.  John Price is in a Washington state prison serving time for murder.  Last month, he was mailed a letter with pictures of a skeleton investigators thought might have been the ...

The jury had four months of evidence and testimony to consider as they decided what happens to Jodi Arias.

SACRAMENTO United States District Judge William Shubb sentenced Uriel Ochoa- Espindola, 44, of Fresno, on Monday, April 15, to 17 and a half years in prison for his part in a marijuana trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced.

Lester Stiggers killed his own father in Arkansas.  Sent to prison, he escaped to Michigan where he was granted asylum in 1970.  Now there is a new effort to put him back behind bars.

DENVER (AP) - Hundreds of Colorado criminals were given erroneous prison sentences, and judges and corrections officials across the state are scrambling to keep them from getting out early - or, in some cases, to return them to the prisons they just left, authorities said Tuesday.

A state trooper believes Theotis Thomas Jr. picked up the 14-year-old girl after recruiting her online. MARSHFIELD, Mo. -- The Webster County prosecuting attorney believes a state trooper’s routine traffic stop rescued a young teenager from the child sex trade. A man from St. Louis is in the Webster County jail and accused of trying to take a girl from Springfield to St. Louis to be part of a ...

An Alaska-based soldier from Mt. Pleasant will serve nearly 12 years in a military prison and be dishonorably discharged after killing a fellow soldier on Christmas morning.

A southwest Ohio man avoided a possible life prison sentence when a judge acquitted him of raping a toddler.

A federal appeals court is revisiting a case that asks if a digital thumbs-up qualifies as protected speech        

Former FAMU drum major Rikki Wills rejected a plea deal Friday in the fatal hazing of his roommate Robert Champion and is set to become the first ex-band member to go to trial in the case May 13.        

If arrested for DUI in Huntington Beach , individuals need the assistance of a qualified and experienced attorney to get out of this mess quickly and successfully. The popular DUI attorneys in town have released a very useful video for this purpose that focuses entirely on DUI. (PRWeb May 02, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/DUI-Huntington-Beach-CA/DUI-defense-lawyer ...