Russia’s Supreme Court today ordered a new trial for two Chechen brothers and a former police officer who were acquitted on charges they helped in the assassination of investigative journalist…
In a decision that resurrects a convicted sex offender’s lawsuit against a Las Vegas detective and local prosecutor, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has said the…
A woman who is reported to have hidden from authorities rather than testify against her husband at a sexual assault trial last year has been charged with failing to appear…
In a 6-3 ruling this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court closed the door, but didn’t slam it shut in the case involving a former Enron executive who is fighting government…
A Michigan appeals court has overturned an involuntary manslaughter conviction because a judge forgot to list “not guilty” as an option on a jury verdict form.
The solicitor general is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a 1986 decision that restricts police questioning of suspects who have asked for a lawyer.
There were apparently just one too many outbursts from Nicklas Frasure for a southeast Idaho judge to tolerate. So he ordered that Frasure, who has a history of mental illness,…
After days of deliberation, a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida returned a verdict on Thursday in a tax evasion case against Michigan attorney Alan Miller. But it…
A federal judge in Chicago has refused a request by the former governor of Illinois to travel to Costa Rica to appear on a reality TV show, suggesting he may…
The only Somali pirate who survived the hostage-taking incident involving ship captain Richard Phillips smiled as he was led into a federal building today.
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