A state law took effect in Illinois in 2002 requiring officials to collect DNA samples from convicts before they were released from prison or county probation.
Following stunning news this week that an 11-year-old girl kidnapped from a school bus stop in front of her home in 1991 had been found alive after allegedly being held…
A New Jersey solo practitioner who tried to shift blame to a co-defendant for filing false immigration forms was properly sentenced to more prison time than called for in a…
Just hours after a Los Angeles judge yesterday sentenced Chris Brown to five years of probation for assaulting his ex-girlfriend and fellow pop star, Rihanna, the 20-year-old singer was reportedly…
Despite a highly publicized conviction concerning a dogfighting operation that elicited much public criticism, football star Michael Vick soon found another job with the Philadelphia Eagles after his release from…
A nationally known expert has concluded that a fire was not arson, a finding that contradicted trial testimony that led to the conviction and execution of a Texas man.
A credulous paralegal is facing a potential two-and-a-half-year federal prison term after apparently being duped by a convicted child molester into participating in a bizarre alleged civil litigation scheme. Its…
Updated: Bernard Madoff, serving 150 years in a North Carolina prison for a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, has reportedly told other inmates he is dying of…
Two former Pennsylvania jurists whose conditional guilty pleas to corruption charges and agreed 87-month prison term were nixed by a federal judge late last month are now asking…
A famous civil rights lawyer and Harvard Law School professor is trying to hold Justice Antonin Scalia’s feet to the fire concerning a U.S. Supreme Court ruling…
The Department of Justice won’t appeal a ruling last month expected to result in a lower insider trading sentence for the former CEO of Qwest Communications.
A federal appeals court has overturned the backdating conviction of the former CEO of Brocade Communications, saying the trial of Gregory Reyes was tainted by a prosecutor’s untrue statement to…
More than 150 Americans with accounts at UBS AG are being investigated by federal authorities for potential tax fraud after a former employee of the Swiss bank helped point the…
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