The jail in Hamilton County, Ohio, is already overcrowded. But that didn’t stop a local municipal court judge from setting a $1 million bond for Gary Weaver. So what is…
Bolstered by support from the legislature, prosecutors in Georgia are mounting a full assault against the state’s system of judicial review panels that, in some cases, reduced prison terms.
With a decision that came as a surprise to both sides, a federal judge in Brooklyn ruled Thursday that the son of a reputed Gambino consigliere can’t represent his father…
A majority of the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appear to support the idea that judges can bar mentally ill defendants from representing themselves, even if they are deemed…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled a trial court erred when it allowed a prosecutor to remove a black juror partly on the ground that he appeared nervous.
After repeated press accounts about charges that Richard “Dickie” Scruggs conspired to bribe a judge, the plaintiffs lawyer finally has some good news.
Weighing in on an issue that has created concern among lawyers, journalists and human rights advocates, among others, the American Bar Association has filed a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief…
The president of the American Bar Association has written the president of the United States, expressing concern that six terrorism suspects detained at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay…
Lawyers for Britney Spears persuaded a California judge today to postpone a misdemeanor traffic case against the troubled pop star, saying that she isn’t able to participate fully in her…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled its criminal procedure decisions can be applied retroactively under state laws or constitutions, even when federal courts follow a different standard, SCOTUSblog…
After being flown in from Texas and held in a Florida jail for two months, protesting all the while that he was not the man authorities thought he was, the…