Back in the 1960s, there was a major public uproar because residents in the Brooklyn borough of New York City didn’t immediately call police as Kitty Genovese was being murdered…
Prosecutors traditionally work hard and play hard. But because they enforce the law, they should be held to a higher standard, many believe. For that reason, prosecutors in Kane County,…
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a black death-row inmate because his lawyers and the trial judge failed to pursue a juror’s potential bias.
A former Justice Department official told the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday that he recruited job applicants from conservative groups such as the Federalist Society and Heritage Foundation.
Sentenced this week to five years in prison for extorting money from men who had affairs with his wife, a Texas attorney was unrepentent. “It is incredible to me after…
An advisory panel created to look into the Virginia Tech massacre will be counseled on a pro bono basis by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, officials announced today.
States are “outmanned, outgunned, and in the midst of a national crisis” of gang violence, as Sen. Dianne Feinstein puts it, requiring federal intervention and federalization of gang-related crimes, according…
An incumbent Pennsylvania prosecutor who is professionally known by her maiden name, Fox, pulled a fast one on him at election time, contends her rival, whose middle name is also…
A federal judge refused a former Enron executive’s request for a sentence of probation yesterday, imposing a sentence of two years in prison and a $125,000 fine.
A recent execution in Ohio took so long that the convict reportedly needed a bathroom break before he died. That’s just one reason why people need to know more about…
Former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby has been sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined $250,000 for lying to a grand jury and FBI agents.
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