Explaining that three jurors who earlier raised questions about the not-guilty verdict in a criminal case against a former Alabama judge have backed down, the Mobile County…
A 66-year-old assistant South Carolina attorney general wasn’t charged after being pulled over by a Columbia police officer Monday while allegedly driving with an 18-year-old “gentleman’s club” employee, sex toys…
Saying that three jurors had “expressed some concerns” about the acquittal this week of a former Alabama judge in a prisoner-paddling case, Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr. told…
John Kroger is used to being successful in life. But the Oregon attorney general said he was stunned last night to hear a presenter start reading a paragraph from a…
Adding another jurisdiction to those in which defense lawyers have previously accused officials of improperly recording inmate phone calls to their legal counsel, Federal Public Defender Lisa Freeland says in…
Citing two unidentified sources, the Washington Post reports that the head of the public integrity unit of the U.S. Department of Justice plans to relinquish his role…
A New York judge cut former prosecutor Paul Bergrin a break today on his sentence for operating a Manhattan brothel, ending the defense lawyer’s probation in the misdemeanor case and…
A onetime top aide to a former United States attorney in New Jersey may have used her position in “possibly improper ways” to help her ex-boss, Christopher Christie, in his…
New Justice Department guidelines say federal prosecution of medical marijuana clinics or their patients will not be a priority, as long as state laws are being followed.
Responding to a claim that Anthony McKinney has spent 31 years in an Illinois prison for a murder he didn’t commit, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office has asked for…
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