A former assistant chief counsel for U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for taking bribes to help immigrants fill out false…
After a 10-month investigation, the Justice Department on Thursday accused the New Orleans Police Department of racial profiling, using excessive force and arresting people without probable cause.
Seldom do alleged violations of government open meeting laws result in high-profile litigation. But a hard-fought battle to overturn decades of collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin is a rare exception.
The state attorney general may not have the power to contest the high salaries and loans that officials in a California city awarded to themselves, a Los Angeles County judge…
Developing: New charges in a case against five defendants accused of crimes related to an alleged conspiracy to kill the top federal judge in Alaska and his wife describe an…
Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, painting a dire portrait of how inadequate funding is adversely affecting the state’s judicial system, warned against more budget cuts.
Apparently seeing an opportunity in the wave of mortgage foreclosures, opportunists are using vacant homes as an invitation to work a scam, Florida officials say.
Terri Ann Hauge had her license to practice law suspended in 1995. But that didn’t prevent the former Minnesota attorney from getting a large guardianship business up and running, along…
Cristian Gheorghiu has only paid about $5,000 of the $28,000 in fines he got after being convicted of being one of the most prolific graffiti taggers in Los Angeles.
A defense lawyer says a “tainted” case should be dismissed against a sergeant accused, along with five other current or former New Orleans police officers, in the killing of civilians…
As state lawmakers debate whether food such as raw milk can safely be sold to informed consumers, the residents of a Maine community have seized the day and recognized a…
A federal appeals court considering a challenge to full body scanners on Thursday focused on government public comment rules rather than constitutional issues.
A former adjunct law professor at George Washington University is facing six felony charges in Florida based on allegations he attempted to seduce two “girls” online.
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