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.
Casey Anthony, a Florida woman accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, doesn’t want her parents at her trial, and argued to keep them out, on the basis of her right…
Anticipating that the upcoming trial of Casey Anthony for the 2008 murder of her two-year-old daughter will be the biggest courtroom media event in state history, a Florida judge is…
When Wisconsin lawyers don’t adequately support their appellate briefs with requisite documentation, they are hit with public fines of $150. Last year, a record 17 so-called summary sanctions were issued,…
A federal appeals court has directed a lower court to consider DNA evidence and witness statements in an appeal by the Army doctor convicted of murdering his wife and two…
Corrected: A veteran Boston municipal court judge known as “Judge Let Me Go” is coming under scrutiny for being overly lenient, prompting a local district attorney to wage an unusual…
A San Antonio-area prosecutor believes a full-page newspaper ad taken out by two defense lawyers is misleading because it doesn’t communicate that there are consequences if suspects refuse blood-alcohol testing.
In a closely watched case, lawyers for death row inmates who were cleared for trial by a Texas psychologist reprimanded for his methods are hopeful their clients will avoid lethal…
A federal appeals court ruled (PDF) that a former Dallas mayor pro tem violated a gag order and thus gets another 30 days on top of the 18-year prison…
Arguing that the state of Pennsylvania should either pay private defense attorneys adequately for taking on court-appointed capital cases or abolish the death penalty, a group of lawyers has filed…
In what is billed as a first-of-a-kind law enforcement effort in Jasper County, Mo., prosecutors and judges will be joining police at drunken-driving checkpoints, starting tonight, to enforce a new…
A police officer and a county judge in South Florida worked together with prosecutors to develop a Skype-based booking system for the town of Palm Bay that operates as a…
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