As lawmakers throughout the country struggle to make ends meet in difficult economic times, many are seeing the courts and legal services as an area in which cuts can and…
Unhappy about a judge’s jail sentence or fine in a misdemeanor harassment case, a defendant recovering from a broken hip with a cast on his leg reportedly began swinging his…
A Pennsylvania state court judge has dismissed criminal charges against an inmate accused of harassing and threatening the prosecutors who put him behind bars on a parole violation concerning an…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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