Actress Lindsay Lohan today pleaded no contest in Los Angeles Superior Court in a much-publicized necklace-theft case.
Although she got 120 days in jail for violation of her probation on…
May 11, 2011 6:33 PM CDT
Lawyers for an inmate whose death sentence was overturned due to misconduct by a Texas District Attorney’s office are seeking to oust one of the original prosecutors from a new…
May 11, 2011 10:30 AM CDT
A self-confessed Detroit hitman serving time for eight murders reportedly has claimed responsibility as well for four more slayings that another man has been convicted of committing.
But, perhaps fearing…
May 9, 2011 8:32 PM CDT
A Colorado judge has nixed seven perjury counts against a Fort Collins police investigator blamed for the wrongful 1999 murder conviction of Timothy Masters, finding that the state had brought…
May 9, 2011 7:47 PM CDT
A homeless Albuquerque, N.M., man and registered sex offender has been arrested for moving out of the Dumpster he called home and into an abandoned building without notifying authorities.
As…
May 6, 2011 5:32 PM CDT
An Oklahoma appeals court has overturned a woman’s murder conviction because a judge advised jurors not to be “hardheads” and told them to reach a quick verdict.
The Oklahoma Court…
May 6, 2011 1:50 PM CDT
A Philadelphia judge admits she called a defendant “vile,” but it got deleted from the transcript because of her request for deletion of “nonjudicial” comments, according to a Pennsylvania Supreme…
May 6, 2011 12:07 PM CDT
A former nurse who encouraged two depressed people to kill themselves in online chats has been sentenced to 360 days in jail.
Lawyers for former nurse William Melchert-Dinkel plan to…
May 5, 2011 6:38 PM CDT
An Oklahoma sentencing hearing Monday for a defendant who had just been convicted in a high-profile felony murder case played out like a scene from a Hollywood western, according to…
May 4, 2011 5:51 PM CDT
The Louisiana Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday in a death penalty appeal that targets a Confederate flag flying outside the courthouse in Caddo Parish.
Lawyers for Felton Dorsey,…
May 4, 2011 12:26 PM CDT
Nine alibi witnesses say Richard Rosario was in Florida on the day of a Bronx murder, yet federal courts have refused to overturn his conviction.
One appeals judge deemed the…
May 3, 2011 4:23 PM CDT
A former partner at Winston & Strawn pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy concerning a scheme to launder nearly $19 million through attorney escrow accounts under his control.
…
May 2, 2011 7:06 PM CDT
In North Carolina, statistics don’t just tell a story; they can let a death row inmate challenge his conviction. A 2009 state statute allows death row inmates to claim that…
May 1, 2011 8:00 AM CDT
Ken Rose: “[We could] go from being a leader in the area of racial justice to a state that wants to continue to hide from the truth.” Photo by Scott Levoyer
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A husband and wife pleaded guilty today in a California court concerning the 1991 abduction of 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was allegedly held captive at their home for 18…
Apr 28, 2011 6:49 PM CDT
