Wearing jeans and a Gamecocks T-shirt, Wesley Todd McCracken held up his cuffed hands to read a note Tuesday in a federal courtroom in Charleston.

BURGLARYCONOY TWP.: Scott M. Nissley, 40, who has no fixed address, was charged with burglary and two counts of theft. Police said he took guns and money from a relative's home in the 1300 block of Keener Road Monday. He was arraigned and sent to Lancaster County Prison on a detainer and in lieu of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the law is on the side of a Manchester man who had his car towed six years ago from his apartment parking lot during a snowstorm.

An Elko woman whose murder conviction was overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court is going back on trial in the killing of a ranch hand whose body was found in Utah 10 years ago.

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.

Medical marijuana just got a little harder to get in California. The state supreme court has ruled that cities can ban dispensaries through zoning. That decision validates a policy already in-place in Riverside, and now a lot of communities are …

PHILADELPHIA, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As Wikipedia puts it "Craig Mitnick is an American lawyer". Born in Philadelphia and raised in Southern New Jersey, Mitnick was named as one of the ...

So you’ve just finished your workout at a very nice Miami Beach gym. You’re in the shower. The curtain is drawn. It’s a setting that comes with certain expectations.

MADISON, Wis. -- Bars and liquor stores could sue underage patrons and judges would have to send repeat drunken drivers to prison under a pair of bills the state Assembly overwhelmingly approved Tuesday in another attempt to rein in excessive drinking in Wisconsin.

Corrections officials are alerting judges throughout Colorado that errors appear to have resulted in early, improper release dates from prison for hundreds of prisoners they sentenced.

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a northern New Jersey man who used hidden cameras to inappropriately record several young girls in his home has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

A new website, Bullying Decoded, presents a series of blogs on the recent Federal Court decision in T. K. v. New York Public Schools. 779 F. Supp 2nd 289. (2011) Ed Kaspar, retired attorney and author, looks at this landmark decision and it’s implications. (PRWeb May 14, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10728855.htm

Lawyers for the Colorado theater shooting suspect told a judge Monday he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, but the judge won't immediately rule on whether to allow it.

The father of one of the Kazakh college students accused of covering up for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said yesterday he is confident his son soon will be released from the Essex County jail because he has done nothing wrong.

A former ArkLaTex mayor is back home after spending more than two years in federal prison for crimes she committed while in office.

Lawyers who specialize in defending drunk drivers enjoy huge legal advantages built into state law, and have the ear of some judges prone to favor their arguments, no matter how far-fetched.        

BOSTON, May 14 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Massachusetts declined to release the full list of people involved in the probe and prosecution of the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz.

CANON CITY — The death of a 23-year-old inmate at Territorial prison last Thursday has been ruled a homicide.

The long journey toward a verdict in the deadly Colorado theatre shootings enters a new and critical phase Monday when suspect James Holmes asks a judge to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.

A judge says that the WWE does business in Texas, so it will have to face off there against the guy who "pioneered" giving wrestlers songs to walk into the ring to. read more        

Five members of the Hells Angels from Rock Hill have been sentenced on federal weapons and drug charges.

The Code Switch team rounds up recent news about race and our prison system, and finds a complicated picture about incarceration.

Prison dentures among only clues in Montgomery County cold case Houston Chronicle Copyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 7:10 pm, Friday, April 26, 2013 DNA testing has positively connected skeletal remains discovered about 12 years ago in Montgomery County woods to a man who once lived in the ...

By Robbie Ward TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - A Mississippi martial arts instructor suspected of mailing letters containing the deadly poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials appeared in federal court on Monday for a brief hearing. James Everett Dutschke, 41, was arrested on Saturday in Tupelo, Mississippi, after authorities searched his home and former business. He is ...

Ten years after Abington native Gary Sampson was sentenced to death for murdering three men, including two on the South Shore, federal prosecutors are arguing that his death sentence should be reinstated.

NEWTON — The attorney for a Sparta woman who has severe mental illness and allegedly set her parents' house on fire entered a not guilty plea on her behalf in court on Monday.

A California court recently certified a class action proceeding against a unique online dating service. The ruling means that nearly 10,000 users might be able to assert claims arising from alleged misuse of their personal information.

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...

CAMDEN, N.J. - Lawyers for Kobe Bryant and an auction house are scheduled to make arguments before a federal judge in New Jersey about whether mementos from Bryant can be sold. Berlin, N.J.-based Goldin Auctions is suing for the right to sell hundreds of items provided by Bryant's mother, Pamela

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - A domestic assault trial for the father of 1 of the cousins abducted in Evansdale and later found dead has been delayed. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports ( http://bit.ly/ZX0F1R ) 36-year-old Daniel Eugene Morrissey was scheduled to go on trial Monday on charges of misdemeanor assault against his wife, Misty Cook.

Jury selection has begun in the capital trial of Joseph Naso, who is charged with murdering four women decades ago in Northern California and dumping their bodies in rural areas.

Less is more for Monroe County under the legislative redistricting plan that won final approval Wednesday from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

The city of Sanford is making final preparations for the George Zimmerman trial, which residents say is a critical moment for their city. Residents tell Local 6 the Zimmerman trial goes beyond 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's death and that a lot is on the line with Zimmerman's fate. [VIDEO: Sanford pastors react] "Quite a bit has been going on in Sanford and there are a lot of people that are angry ...

BELLAIRE - Police Chief Mike Kovalyk and Belmont County Sheriff Dave Lucas said a deputy was justified when he shot out a tire of a would-be getaway car Thursday morning in the Eastern Division Court parking lot that was populated with bystanders.

Under Washington's capital punishment statute, defendants in Washington state convicted of aggravated first-degree murder may be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole or they may be sentenced to death. A defendant may be found guilty of aggravated first degree murder if he or she commits first degree murder with the following aggravating circumstances:   (1) The murderer ...

COLUMBUS — Ohioans who repeatedly use guns to commit crimes would face tougher penalties under a proposed new law backed by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and fellow Republicans. DeWine joined state Sen. Jim Hughes of Columbus, and Franklin County … Click here to read this story on The Chronicle-Telegram . Content copyright The Chronicle-Telegram . Your #1 source for Lorain County News.

Vermont's attorney general says a Rutland man will be charged in fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian.

A Hastings woman has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender.

Today on Rappler. The Commission on Elections opens the source code of ballot-counting machines for local review. The Bankers Association of the Philippines asks the Supreme Court to lift the Comelec’s money ban. Comelec spokesman James Jimenez says vote buying increased because of the automated election system.

WWLTV.com Email: webteam@wwltv.com | Twitter: @WWLTV NEW ORLEANS - Governor Bobby Jindal remained positive about the ruling concerning the controversial school voucher program . In November,  a judge ruled that the voucher program was improperly funded, and, on Tuesday, a Louisiana Supreme Court judge upheld the decision . The program was financed with money from the Minimum Foundation Program ...

MICHAEL KIRKLAND || UPI Senior Legal Affairs Writer WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- Does Islamic law, Sharia, have a place in American courts? A lot of state legislatures don't think so, and there is a large movement to ban its application in the domestic courts, state and federal.