In a unanimous decision today, the Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in the case of a former Ottawa Hills police officer whose conviction for shooting a motorcyclist was overturned earlier this year.

You may have hated the harsh, even brutal swagger of his nature. You might always argue that no one ever pursued his advantages more cynically, more relentlessly. But then if you also love football, its power to capture the attention of the world, what do you inhabit today?        

Six inmates, each shackled and chained to a chair, face the front of a room at the Washington State Penitentiary as two instructors guide them through conversations about managing anger and avoiding confrontation.

Despite hints at this being his final season in the NBA, Jason Kidd’s employer expects him back on the court in 2013-’14. The New York Knicks say they have received no indication that Kidd is prepared to walk away from the game (and his contract.)

A skeptical federal judge in New York allowed lawyers to withdraw from defending Steven Donziger in a civil racketeering suit Chevron brought against him.

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer whose disappearance led to a massive search in Hawaii pleaded guilty to desertion Tuesday, saying he left work one day, decided never to return and spent the next three months camping in the mountains. A military judge sentenced him to more than six months confinement and a bad conduct discharge.

WORCESTER - A standing-room-only crowd packed a Worcester Trial Court courtroom Thursday morning to bid adieu to a man widely regarded by his peers as one of the top prosecutors in Worcester County.

A 30-year-old Uzbek national who has been arrested on federal terrorism charges is expected to make an initial appearance in a Boise, Idaho, court on Friday.

The first group that claims they were unfairly scrutinized by the Internal Revenue Service filed suit today against the agency in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking damages and the granting of their long-delayed tax-exempt status application. True the Vote, a Houston-based voter watchdog group, filed...        

An Adrian man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the slaying of a 63-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison.

HELENA — A 49-year-old Browning man has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 51-year-old woman last year. The Independent Record reports Donald Carl Salois was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon during a hearing in Helena.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for bank robbery, interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle and interstate transportation of stolen property.        

A northern Kentucky woman is set for sentencing after admitting to stealing $261,000 from her employer, a title company.

Ryan Widmer’s state court appeals have ended with the Ohio Supreme court denying jurisdiction. Widmer was convicted in 2011 for drowning his wife, Sarah, in the bathtub of their Warren County home. The high court announced its decision in Widmer’s second appeal on Wednesday, denying jurisdiction in a 5 to 2 vote. Justices Judith Lanzinger and William O’Neill dissented. Michelle Berry-Godsey’s ...

The issue of access to medical marijuana got even more complicated yesterday with a ruling from the California Supreme Court. The court found that cities and counties can use their zoning powers to ban the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries within their borders.

Caddo District Judge Scott Crichton Monday announced his plans to run for the District 2 seat on the Louisiana Supreme Court on Nov. 4, 2014. Crichton made the announcement to a packed crowd of supporters from across the legal and religion spectrum at Ernests Orleans Restaurant.

Illinois residents have the benefit of new laws aimed at opening up more government records -- and when they don't get the information they want, they're raising a stink about it. Appeals to the Illinois attorney general's office for denied Freedom of Information Act requests jumped 22 percent last year. Most of those came from members of the public.

The Ohio prisons department says an inmate is missing after walking away from his work assignment as an auto mechanic.

After ruling in favor of a fellow judge, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Daniel Coursey on Friday withdrew from presiding over a lawsuit brought by members of a special purpose grand jury.

Lawyers have the means to convert dreams to reality through the positive use of the law, said Judge Nathaniel R. Jones, a retired federal appeals court judge.

Lorenso L. Ibanez, 22, of Oklahoma City, under heavy security after threats made against his life, is accused of striking John Amos, 24, who later died.

Will attorney Naso be able to get defendant Naso off the hook for the grisly murders of multiple women dating back to the 1970s?

A former Southside resident was found guilty of felony sexual abuse charges after a retrial, according to a news release from Etowah County District Attorney Jimmie Harp.

Alabama's chief justice expects to lay off 150 employees after the state's new fiscal year starts Oct. 1 unless the court system gets more money than the Legislature appropriated.

Man gets life in 2004 slaying of Rosenberg couple Houston Chronicle Copyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:22 pm, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Fort Bend County prosecutors did not seek the death penalty in the case, which resulted in an automatic life sentence for him. Because the crimes were ...

George Zimmerman, defendant in the killing of Trayvon Martin, is seen in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., for a pre-trial hearing, Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

Frank Lewis PDT Staff Writer Since being severely injured when a car fleeing police crashed into the Access Scioto County bus she was operating in October of 2012, Dorothy Hammond of Lucasvill...

May 22, 2013 6:16 AM WASHINGTON (AFP) - Shamed US financier Bernie Madoff, serving a 150-year prison sentence, is back in the spotlight as the star of an exhibit in a US museum dedicated to gangsters and serial killers.        

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A southwest Idaho man has pleaded guilty in federal court to unlawfully possessing a firearm following an investigation into activity involving an Aryan Knights gang.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — A Dutch court sentenced a diplomat to 12 years in prison Tuesday for delivering confidential NATO and European Union documents to Russian agents.

A man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for assaulting an elderly woman who once employed him as a handyman.

By Jeanine Prezioso and Edward McAllister NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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." In a decision that could set precedent in the state and create a major setback to oil and gas drilling firms, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A Louisiana businessman serving 15 years in federal prison for distributing oxycodone and methadone illegally through pain clinics in eastern Kentucky has lost his bid for a new trial.

As supervising attorney over both the Judge’s Action Center and the Office of Advocate for Noncustodial Parents at Memphis-Shelby County Juvenil...

Judge did not provide timeframe for when ruling will be given but said landmark federal trial is 'timely and pressing matter' Civil rights attorneys called for sweeping changes to the New York City police department's controversial street-stop practices in the closing arguments of a landmark federal trial. US district court judge Shira Scheindlin will now determine if the nation's largest police ...

A Texas judge has ruled that a Lesbian couple will lose their children if they continue to cohabitate. According to an Associated Press report on the ruling, a clause in Carolyn Compton’s divorce states that her children are not allowed …

An Antrim County man found in possession of about 20 packets of heroin will spend at least 18 months in prison.

Two California Men’s Colony correctional officers are in the hospital recovering from slash wounds to their heads and necks after being attacked by an inmate Tuesday morning, according to prison officials.

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Police suspect country singer Billy Currington may have videotaped himself chasing a 70-year-old tour boat captain along a coastal Georgia creek and threatening to "finish him off" in a tirade filled with profanities, according to court documents filed Thursday.

Crain's staff - Michigan's high court invites solicitor general to file brief on right-to-work law, the merger between Trinity Health and Catholic East is final, MyLocker is moving its headquarters downtown and Detroit is named a finalist for the X Games.

Jodi Arias returns to court for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in her lover's killing as jurors consider a life sentence or execution.