622 ABA Journal Court Security articles.
Apparently distraught about his divorce case, an armed man entered a South Florida courthouse this morning through an unsecured exit and demanded to speak with a judge while pointing the…
Jan 14, 2011 6:27 PM CST
A general contractor who claims he lost his home due to an inappropriate case consolidation that ruined him financially has been charged with shooting at the home of the California…
Dec 22, 2010 7:30 PM CST
Taking a cue from airports, two Colorado courthouses are using full-body scanners at security entrances. The US Marshals Service, which is responsible for federal court security, is exploring the idea…
Nov 24, 2010 5:38 PM CST
A Kansas City lawyer has been disbarred for charging a soldier a fee of $3,500 an hour, shouting profanities at court clerks, brawling with court security officers and suggesting that…
Oct 13, 2010 3:07 PM CDT
Apparently blaming a local Minnesota prosecutor who happened to be his neighbor for his latest criminal conviction, John Stephen Woodward at first made legal ethics complaints against Dakota County Attorney…
Sep 29, 2010 9:20 PM CDT
Judges across the country are cracking down on people who come to court dressed in inappropriate attire.
Judges in Delaware’s Kent County are so fed up that they instituted a…
Aug 18, 2010 11:00 AM CDT
A magistrate judge and a court clerk were shot to death today in Belgium as they were in a courtroom working on a civil case near the Palais de Justice…
Jun 3, 2010 7:06 PM CDT
The already-imprisoned founder of a the Montana Freeman militia group has been sentenced to an additional eight years for liening the property of three federal judges after winning a default…
Apr 7, 2010 7:08 PM CDT
A note on a soft-sided cooler outside the federal courthouse in downtown Kansas City, Mo., today said its contents would explode.
But after the building was evacuated and a number…
Apr 5, 2010 5:33 PM CDT
A former law student who is being held in lieu of $1 million bail after authorities reportedly found 1,600 handguns, knives and other weapons in his Chicago home last week…
Mar 24, 2010 4:56 PM CDT
Emotionally disabled after a murder defendant leaving the witness stand attacked her with a homemade knife, a now-retired California judge is suing the San Joaquin County sheriff’s department over the…
Mar 4, 2010 11:20 PM CST
For at least the second time in a little over four months, an inmate has escaped from a New York criminal court by assuming someone else’s identity.
Despite new security…
Feb 10, 2010 6:06 PM CST
The chief justice of Israel’s Supreme Court took a direct hit between the eyes from a hurled tennis shoe during a court session on medical marijuana on Wednesday.
The impact…
Jan 27, 2010 3:35 PM CST
A defendant awaiting a court appearance in bond violation matter concerning an aggravated battery case wound up in a lot more trouble yesterday after he allegedly tried to sprint away…
Jan 15, 2010 9:25 PM CST
The 66-year-old man who walked into a Las Vegas courthouse and opened fire had served six years in prison for killing his brother in 1974.
Johnny Lee Wicks Jan 6, 2010 1:14 PM CST
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