A Carlisle husband and wife have been indicted in federal court for allegedly defrauding Jefferson Township taxpayers in Sullivan County.

Latest take on state spending plan is a disappointment for Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, who will need lawmakers to press her case in the coming weeks.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Minnesota women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabab in Somalia were given prison sentences in federal court Thursday, ending a week of punishments tied to long-running investigations into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group.        

The New York Times once wrote that Illinois had an 'expectation of corruption' by public officials. Given that four Governors have gone to prison in recent years, that's not an unreasonable assumption. Still, it was the actions of one civil servant in a small Illinois town that really opened people's eyes.

A federal appeals court is weighing the constitutionality of a Delaware law allowing chancery judges to oversee secret arbitration in high-stakes business disputes. A three-judge panel of the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit filed by the Delaware Coalition for Open Government, or DelCOG, which claims the law is [...]

by Kim Hilsenbeck The Hays County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), which maintains the Hays County Jail, admitted no wrongdoing in the suicide death of an inmate in 2011. On April 8, the HCSO responded to a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed against Sheriff Gary Cutler and eight other employees of the facility on behalf of Eric [...]

Washington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Daniel Hurley of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered supplemental consent Orders against Defendants Philip Milton of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and Trade, LLC , based in Palm Spring Gardens, Florida, requiring Milton to pay restitution of more than $10.8 million and ...

By LISA M. REED Staff Writer IRON MOUNTAIN - A five-year study about the Michigan Prisoner Re-entry Initiative (MPRI) indicates there were more parolees returned to prison in Dickinson County than any other Upper Peninsula county.

A former city comptroller who recently began serving a lengthy federal prison sentence for stealing nearly $54 million from her northern Illinois community will not be tried a second time on s…

In a brief pretrial hearing Tuesday morning, a man accused of complicity in the murder of a Madison County couple appeared before Judge Jean C. Logue.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Newly released court documents are giving us a look inside the finances of one of NASCAR’s most powerful men. On Wednesday, more than 3,000 pages of court papers related to the divorce of NASCAR chairman Brian France and his ex-wife Megan were opened for public inspection. A judge had ordered those documents sealed in 2008. Divorce files in Mecklenburg County are open, so NBC ...

WATERLOO, Iowa --- An ordinance cracking down on crime-plagued properties is on the books.

BOWLING GREEN — Rather than testifying at a court trial in Wood County next month, descendants of Sgt. Wilson W. Brown are planning a family reunion.

Harrisburg mayoral candidate Eric Papenfuse has suggested entering bankruptcy would hand control of the city over to an unelected federal judge, but that's just not true.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that claimed the state of Minnesota was wrongfully charged for more than 37,000 abortions for indigent women.

The State of Tennessee will receive approximately $40 million as a result of the settlement of a long-running dispute between two publicly traded corporations and the court-appointed Receiver for two Tennessee ...

Denison Public Works Director David Howerton, left, presents a street medallion to City Attorney Tom Akins in a retirement reception for Akins on Friday. The medallions, which are now given to those special to the city, were once incorporated into the city streets.

Indiana state prison officials are using customized playing cards for a deadly serious purpose: To help unlock the mysteries of unsolved murders and persons gone missing.

More questions are being raised about strip searches at the Woodbury County Jail. The county settled three lawsuits earlier this year. Now, an attorney representing two more women is speaking out.

Paulino Perez-Mondragon is serving 25 years in prison for robbery and assault while participating in a felony. The Iowa Court of Appeals previously rejected his claim the sentence was unconstitutional.

When a Fullerton DUI arrest takes place, many of individuals have no idea how to proceed. The DUI lawyers in Fullerton have made the process easier by launching an educational video on YouTube for their clients who have been the arrested. (PRWeb May 01, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/DUI-arrest-Fullerton-CA/DUI-defense-attorney/prweb10681516.htm

A conference committee at the state Legislature rejected a bill this week that would require accreditation for crime labs.

The Indiana Supreme Court has upheld the state law limiting punitive damages awarded in civil lawsuits and directs most of that money to a state victims fund.

A man accused of murdering an Aurora, Ind. woman could get life in prison without parole.

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A former West Virginia sheriff will spend a year in federal prison for his role in the December 2010 beating of a robbery suspect.

RASBERRY WILLIAMS: Gov. Terry Branstad has commuted the prison sentence of Rasberry Williams, who shot a man to death in 1974 in Waterloo, making him eligible for parole.

A controversial measure that would change how the U.S. Census counts Illinois prison inmates is advancing in Springfield. The census counts Illinois’ prison inmates as residents of the town the prison is in, not the town they came from. That population can affect a region’s eligibility for government money. State House members narrowly approved a bill Wednesday saying the state will start ...

When I first began practicing law in the mid-1990s, I was one of many young attorneys, aged 28-35, who had embarked upon a career in workers’ compensation law. In those days, the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims was a very busy place. The St. Petersburg District Office had two judges and two mediators. On any given day, there would be 10-15 mediations taking place and several hearings ...

An octogenarian nun and two codefendants used bolt cutters to cut through fences and spent about two hours inside a Tennessee national security plant that has had a hand in making, maintaining or dismantling parts of every...

Ariel Castro faces four charges of kidnapping and three of rape in the brutal confinement of young women in his first court appearance; and a middle school in Oakland, Calif. hired identical twins to be co-principals. The dual approach has helped improve behavior problems at the school.

A judge's ruling striking down the Midtown and Downtown tunnel tolls has cast a cloud over other transportation projects, exposed the state to unknown damages and left financial markets "at best, confused," according to a court memo by lawyers for the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Indiana prison officials are hoping inmates will help solve some cold case slayings.

Eric Toth, a suspected child predator who was a "most-wanted" fugitive when captured in Nicaragua, has been returned to the United States, FBI and Justice Department officials said. The former private school teacher and camp counselor was due to appear in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday. Toth was indicted in Maryland in 2008 on charges of possession and production of ...

O.J. Simpson appeared in a Las Vegas court Monday, hoping to be retried for a September 2007 casino hotel robbery on grounds that his longtime lawyer had botched his defense.

CLEVELAND (AP) - Yan Gomes hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and the Cleveland Indians, twice revived by Seattle's fielding errors, beat the Mariners 10-8 on Monday to complete a 4-game sweep of the Mariners.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - A judge has appointed attorneys for an inmate suspected of killing a corrections officer at a federal prison in northeastern Pennsylvania.

By Mark Waite The Nevada Attorney General’s Office Wednesday confirmed it received the request from Nye County last week to prosecute Sheriff Tony DeMeo. Nye County commissioners last October voted 4-0 to refer the sheriff to the attorney general’s office for prosecution for expending money in excess of his annual budget in violation of state[...]

The body of a missing St. Paul woman was battered and naked when it was recovered from the Mississippi River, according to court documents.

State officials on Thursday agreed to drop a request to consolidate all lawsuits challenging California's use of voter-approved high-speed rail bonds, allowing a trial seeking to prevent the state from ...

Bob Dreps, a veteran media law attorney, says law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin are “overreacting” to an Illinois federal court ruling by purging the names of drivers from public records.