A mistrial was declared on Tuesday after an Ohio juror hearing a domestic violence case stunned the courtroom with her revelation that she was the anonymous 911 caller who reported…
Jury selection began today in the case of the slaying of Chandra Levy, who at the time of her disappearance on May 1, 2001, was a 24-year-old intern with the…
Do a jury foreman’s blog posts about his frustrations with a civil case cross the line? The University of Texas law professor who turned in the juror thinks so, but…
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.
Updated: A Michigan juror who indicated in a Facebook post that she believed the defendant in her case is guilty—before the case went to verdict—wound up on the hot seat,…
A class action lawsuit that resulted in a $667 million verdict last month against a for-profit nursing home company surprised even the plaintiffs’ lawyers.
Legal thriller author Scott Turow sees a connection between Rod Blagojevich’s conviction on just one count of lying to the FBI and “the hypocritical mess our…
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