Sherman Townsend spent 10 years in prison for a crime another man has since confessed to committing, and the burglary conviction likely will stay on his record after a state board wouldn't issue a pardon Wednesday, April 24.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A high-ranking female member of a Mexican cartel was charged in a drug conspiracy case in Arkansas after her son allegedly recruited federal inmates in the state to distribute the organization’s cocaine after they got out of prison, prosecutors said Tuesday.

A Pennsylvania appeals court has overturned the Jordan Brown decision in Lawrence County. As a result, a new juvenile proceeding will be needed for the now-15-year-old accused in the 2009 shooting death of his father’s pregnant fiancée, Kenzie Houk.

California prison officials on Friday released details of their controversial plan to lower the number of inmates behind bars -- and even they don't like it. 

Zhou & Chini completes another city page for their new informational website that helps Murrieta locals seeking bankruptcy protection. The new page has all the state and federal information with links to help answer bankruptcy related inquiries. (PRWeb May 10, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/bankruptcy-Murrieta-CA/Murrieta-Attorney/prweb10710358.htm

PHOENIX - A man was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday for his murder conviction in the beheading of a man in Arizona who police say had stolen drugs from a Mexican drug cartel.

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Two weeks after being sentenced to life in prison for the 2009 shooting death of John Versypt in Iowa City, Justin Marshall has filed a notice of plans to appeal his first-degree murder conviction.

Two Delaware County men face life in prison without possibility of parole in a shooting death following a rap battle.

MIAMI — David West’s right hand helped the Indiana Pacers grab home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

A California woman testified in court Thursday that a man she met on the dating website ChristianMingle.com raped her on their first date.

Lawsuits filed in local and federal court accuse Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development leaders of forcing out white employees and replacing them with black employees.

WORCESTER - A New Mexico man, who said he was raped about 25 years ago by the Rev. David A. Holley, is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester in federal court and#8212; charging that local church authorities knew the diocesan priest was a pedophile, but nonetheless allowed him to practice his ministry in other parts of the country.

The following items represent just a sampling of calls, and were selected by the Berkeley Police Department unless otherwise noted. Click to see past narratives from police, and Berkeleyside’s most recent compilation of calls for service. See the most recent “ calls for service” spreadsheet from the Berkeley Police. April 20, Saturday: Police arrested Keith Whittaker, 46, after responding to the ...

Reese Witherspoon's court hearing on a disorderly conduct charge has been rescheduled.

LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson won a small victory on Tuesday when he returned to court for Day 2 of his attempt to win a new trial in his robbery case, when a judge said he could have one hand unshackled to drink water and take notes. Simpson managed a...

There is no law in New Hampshire, or Maine, that says police departments have to publish logs on a regular basis that itemize police activity.

EPHRATA - A man connected to a string of burglaries at different Walmarts and other businesses failed to appear in Grant County Superior Court.

SALEM — A pair of bills aimed at curtailing protests by environmental activists that disrupt logging in state-owned forests was comfortably approved Monday by the Oregon House. House Bill 2595 would create a new “interference” crime that would apply to protesters who chain themselves to or sit in trees, who …

The Western Reserve Chronicle of 150 years ago today reported the execution of two Confederate spies, Capt. William Francis Corbin and Lt. Thomas Jefferson McGraw, at the prison for prisoners of war near Sandusky on May 15, 1863.

George Zimmerman leaves the courtroom after a hearing Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

IRVINE, Calif. -- Continental Prison Systems, Inc. (OTC:CPSZ) - a payment processing technology company that specializes in the $500 billion government payment space, is pleased to announce that via its ...

Convicted murderer Jacob Shaffer has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is honoring a pilot who was shot down and executed during World War II.        

George Zimmerman's second-degree-murder case exploded across the globe so rapidly because of social media, his attorney said Saturday before a news-media banquet in Orlando.        

BOWLING GREEN — After six hours in a federal courtroom, a jury pool of 52 was struck down to 14 citizens who will sit in the jury box for the next eight to 10 days, deciding the verdict in a deprivation of rights case involving the Barren County sheriff and two other law enforcement officials.

ATHENS, Ala. (WAAY) - The trial date for Alabama State Trooper James Heath Moss has been pushed back to November.

Dear Answer Man, whatever happened to Kevin Schieffer, who came to Rochester about 15 years ago and tried to sell the city on letting his DM&E Railroad send 100-car coal trains through the area?

The Kentucky Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a former death row inmate in a 1998 slaying in Lexington.

A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency...

Walnut Creek criminal lawyers at the Law Offices of Beles & Beles announce they are providing a no cost consultation and case review to people charged with crimes in the East Bay who need a criminal defense lawyer, offer expires 11/30/2013. (PRWeb April 30, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/walnutcreekcriminaldefens/criminallawyerwalnutcreek/prweb10684815.htm

WASHINGTON, DC and LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - May 20, 2013) - BuckleySandler LLP , a leading national financial services and criminal & civil enforcement defense law firm, announced that the Daily Journal has selected partner Donna L. Wilson , head of the firm's West Coast litigation practice, for its 2013 list of California's "Top Women Lawyers." Each year, the Daily Journal recognizes ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A Monterey woman was sentenced last week to 14 months in prison, and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine along with $123,463 in restitution for tax evasion. 57-year-old Cheryl Savage pleaded

The House passes a bill to speed up inmate executions and end "legal gamesmanship."

A Caddo Parish jury has convicted Erik Mack of manslaughter.

Jason Twardus' attorney argues that police didn't share evidence that pointed to an alternative suspect.

Former Utah police officer charged with stealing evidence by Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 15, 2013 02:27PM MDT A former Park City police officer has been arrested on a spate of felony charges stemming from several investigations into alleged embezzlement unveiled by a departmental audit of the evidence room. Ex-officer Robert J. Lucking, 49, is charged in 3rd District Court with ...

The Nebraska Supreme Court says Millard school officials violated a student's constitutional rights by searching his truck parked on a public street.

Whistleblower and employment law firm Katz, Marshall & Banks is pleased to announce that the group of firm attorneys recognized as “Super Lawyers” continues to grow. This year, Katz, Marshall & Banks partner Avi Kumin joined the firm’s other partners, Debra S.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Gov. Bobby Jindal somehow was claiming a victory and telling parents not to worry after the Louisiana Su­preme Court, in a 6-1 vote, rejected his administration's legal arguments and declared the financing of his voucher program unconstitutional.

A northern Idaho judge has rejected a request by a Moscow man charged with helping another man kill his wife to be released on his own recognizance or have bail set.