A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of a woman who participated in a 2001 ecoterror attack on a university research center in Seattle.
A man accused of stabbing a Kentucky judge with a steak knife while she was eating lunch in a diner has pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted murder.
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson is setting the record straight: He is not an avid hunter and taxidermist who once killed three brown bears and mounted their heads over his…
Sen. Arlen Specter (D.-Pa.) isn’t favorably impressed with a plan announced yesterday to allow cameras in federal district court civil matters on a limited trial basis.
A federal court in Chicago has dismissed a misdemeanor case against a Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested in July while trying to conduct a courthouse lobby interview of…
In what was described as an “overwhelming” vote, the Judicial Conference of the United States announced today that it has agreed to allow cameras in civil matters in the federal…
A federal appeals court has ordered a new sentencing hearing in a drug case because of the trial judge’s “extraneous and inflammatory comments,” including a remark about Hitler’s dog.
After a record-breaking wait of more than one year, a Nashville, Tenn., attorney was confirmed by the U.S. Senate today for a seat on the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court…
A law professor representing a New Orleans federal judge in an impeachment trial before a special U.S. Senate committee came out swinging today as the hearing began its first day.
After cashing in a $79 million winning Powerball ticket that left him with about $30 million after taxes, W. Randy Smith decided to step down from his job as a…
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