Conspiracy theorists, fasten your seat belts. A document found with other items about a year ago in an old safe in a Dallas courthouse bolsters the theory that President John…
The U.S. Supreme Court may create another exception to the exclusionary rule when it decides a case accepted yesterday involving a man who was mistakenly…
A New York appeals court has ruled attorney-client privilege does not protect documents requested by two former executives for American International Group Inc.
Embattled Houston District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal has agreed to resign to stop an investigation into improper use of office computers. His resignation letter says his judgment was…
In a highly unusual move, six members of a 12-person grand jury that indicted a Texas Supreme Court justice are suing the county prosecutor and the state for permission to…
A New York prosecutor has dropped plans to retry a murder case based on new findings that a 13-year-old girl found dead 15 years ago died of a cocaine overdose…
The commander of the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay said in a court filing on Friday that he recently learned surveillance tapes of detainees were automatically overwritten.
Business is reportedly brisk at private detective agencies in Britain that are offering a popular new service. For those who doubt a spouse’s adherence to his or her marriage vows,…
Thanks to an Indiana attorney who decided to go back to school to study forensic anthropology, a 100-year-old murder mystery may be on the brink of resolution.
For 17 years, a Philadelphia man has trekked to traffic court almost annually to explain that he is not his twin brother, after receiving threats that his Pennsylvania driver’s license…
Two civil liberties groups plan to file a lawsuit today seeking information on government policies regarding border searches of laptops and other electronic devices.
Documents released in the appeal of convicted al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui showed that Justice Department lawyers knew since at least early 2006 that the CIA destroyed a videotaped interrogation of…
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