There is no reason Marissa Alexander should spend the next 20 years in prison.

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WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting ... Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. It also covers certain counties in California, Florida, New York, North Carolina and South ...

The council instead will hire Lafayette attorney Donald Washington to advise the council ... club A Florida man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the blow that led to the 2009 death of a Louisiana man. A Florida man has been sentenced to 30 ...

Lewis was released Tuesday on $50,000 bond from the Washington County jail in northern Florida. Authorities were searching for Dylan J. Rettenmaier, 25, a convicted felon. According to authorities, members of American Front -- a white ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man faces more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to running an Internet-based Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say ripped off thousands of investors. Thomas A. Bowdoin Jr., of Quincy, pleaded guilty to ...

was quoted in the Washington Post as saying his client, "wanted to get a reaction from political supporters of President Obama." The lawyer described Serrapio as being "very stupid, very stupid." Serrapio could face up to five years in jail when he appears ...

Lewis was released Tuesday on $50,000 bond from the Washington County jail in northern Florida. Authorities were searching for Dylan J. Rettenmaier, 25, a convicted felon. According to authorities, members of American Front -- a white ...

WASHINGTON — Florida's top Congressional Democrats broke with President ... "An American citizen is locked up in a Cuban jail now for trying to provide internet access to Cubans, and in the last few months since Pope Benedict's visit, Cubans ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attacking key prosecution evidence, Roger Clemens' lawyer went through the items in a Miller ... he lied to investigators looking into a Florida incident in 2001, he had two driving-under-the-influence arrests in 2002 ...

A Florida man who authorities say duped thousands of investors ... pleaded guilty to wire fraud in U.S. District Court in Washington and faces a maximum sentence of 6 1/2 years. Prosecutors say Bowdoin, who operated an online advertising company ...

MIAMI — A South Florida college student has pleaded guilty in Miami federal ... He faces a maximum five-year prison sentence but likely would get far less under sentencing guidelines.

Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr. could get up to five years in federal prison for pleading guilty to a single count ... two threatening messages around the time Obama visited South Florida in February to deliver a speech at the University of Miami ...

A Florida man faces more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to running an Internet-based Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say ripped off thousands of investors.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court ... the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. It also covers certain counties in California, Florida, New York, North Carolina and South Dakota ...

WASHINGTON - A Florida man faces more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to running an Internet-based Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say ripped off thousands of investors.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting ... It also covers certain counties in California, Florida, New York, North Carolina and South Dakota, as well as some local jurisdictions in Michigan ...

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- A porn actress will spend 40 years in prison after making a plea deal Monday in Florida for the murder of a man at a sex party. Amanda Logue, 30, was originally charged with first-degree murder before the deal, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attacking key prosecution evidence, Roger Clemens' lawyer went through the items in a Miller ... McNamee tampered with a dead body when he was a New York City policeman, he lied to investigators looking into a Florida incident in ...

The Florida man caught mounting a homemade mortar device to ... Levin, Neff’s attorney, was glad that his client would not serve any time in jail — McCormick gave Neff an 8-year sentence but suspended all but 30 days, which Neff had served ...

Florida’s top Congressional Democrats broke with President ... “An American citizen is locked up in a Cuban jail now for trying to provide internet access to Cubans, and in the last few months since Pope Benedict’s visit, Cubans have ...

DENVER (AP) — Three Florida siblings accused in a multistate crime spree that involved a daring bank robbery in Georgia were given prison time Monday on charges in Colorado, where they were captured after a nationwide manhunt. Ryan Dougherty ...

Common Cause has filed a lawsuit challenging ALEC's tax exempt status ... Abramoff, Ney and others went to prison. Voters in Washington state are required to provide identification at the polls. Yakima, with 1 in 4 living in poverty and an Hispanic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting ... It also covers certain counties in California, Florida, New York, North Carolina and South Dakota, as well as some local jurisdictions in Michigan and New Hampshire.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting ... Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. It also covers certain counties in California, Florida, New York, North Carolina and South Dakota, as well as ...

Marco Rubio of Florida, Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio and Rep ... to submit to a most intrusive and far-reaching vetting by lawyers and advisers working for the campaign,” writes A.B. Culvahouse, a lawyer in the Washington office of Los Angeles ...

DENVER – Three Florida siblings accused in a multistate crime spree that involved a daring bank robbery in Georgia were given prison time Monday on charges in Colorado, where they were captured after a nationwide manhunt. Ryan Dougherty was ...

Former Jackson football star Marquel Wade was one of three Arkansas players arrested on Saturday morning ... along with tight end Andrew Peterson were booked into Washington County Jail. The three have a court date Monday morning at 7:45.

Antonio Bustamante, a Phoenix civil rights attorney and critic of the sheriff's immigration enforcement ... Donors in Texas, Florida and Washington also made a substantial number of donations to the campaign. Records show that Arpaio's re ...

Defense attorneys for Clemens had vigorously opposed allowing ... and separately to police in a criminal investigation in Florida. But McNamee largely remained calm and unapologetic last week about his changing story. He testified, for instance ...

Antonio Bustamante, a Phoenix civil rights attorney and critic of the sheriff's immigration enforcement ... with 2,700 donations alone coming from California, compared to 2,500 from Arizona. Donors in Texas, Florida and Washington also made ...

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DeWine said authorities hope to have the man returned within 10 days to Ohio, where he will be tried in state court in Cleveland ... also tracked Thompson through Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington and West ...

Lewis was released Tuesday on $50,000 bond from the Washington County jail in northern Florida. Authorities were searching for Dylan J. Rettenmaier, 25, a convicted felon. According to authorities, members of American Front -- a white supremacist group ...

Two former members of the Florida A&M University band pleaded no contest to ... Hobson and Golson each originally had faced up to five years in prison on felony hazing charges in the beating of freshman Bria Shante Hunter about three weeks ...

WASHINGTON -- A Florida federal judge temporarily blocked the Labor Department from implementing rules the agency says would protect foreign guest workers and ensure Americans get first shot at the jobs, but opponents say would force unsustainable costs on businesses.Daniel...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county's challenge to the landmark civil rights law. The provision requires state ... Florida, New York, North Carolina and South ...

Florida was the first state to implement a drug court. Now, every circuit court has at least one. There is one in Marianna and another in Panama City. The Jackson County Drug Court accepts residents of Calhoun, Holmes, and Washington counties as well.

Said MIKE BRADY, "I remember Mr. Rubio stating that he wasn't going to Washington to become a 'business as usual' member ... filed complaints with the State Attorney’s Office and the Florida Elections Commission that claimed, among other ...

A Florida judge was forced by the state’s mandatory gun sentencing law to send Wollard to prison for 20 years. Just when it seemed that Florida’s inflexible gun sentencing laws couldn’t produce a worse result, I learned last week of an ...

Ohio investigators also tracked Thompson through Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington and West Virginia. Elliott said Thompson ... was sentenced to five years in prison last year for her role in the scam.