An appellate judge in Afghanistan and his 8-year-old daughter or niece were shot and killed Saturday or Sunday. According to a government spokesman, the attack occurred when their vehicle was…
A Texas judge is recommending that a special court of inquiry consider allegations that a former prosecutor withheld exculpatory evidence, contributing to a wrongful murder conviction.
Updated: A Spanish judge famous for his indictments of notorious international wrongdoers has lost his judgeship, but he still has the support of thousands of people who marched in his…
The U.S. Supreme Court may have moved too quickly when it found a constitutional right to abortion in Roe v. Wade, according to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The Mississippi Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on the constitutionality of outgoing former Gov. Haley Barbour’s mass pardon of state prison inmates.
A former state trooper who is now a Texas judge was arrested on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge on Monday evening in a hotel room in College Station.
A Michigan judge, booted off the bench last month by the state supreme court for a slew of transgressions, was charged this week with four felonies for some of those…
A federal appeals court has affirmed the life sentences given to seven participants in an international child pornography trafficking ring, but it has vacated a $3.3 million restitution award against…
The ABA House of Delegates has approved a resolution that affirms the power of federal magistrate judges to conduct proceedings in civil matters with the consent of the parties.
The ABA House of Delegates has approved a resolution supporting the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act governing the authentication and preservation of laws, court decisions and other legal materials published…
The ABA House of Delegates has adopted new standards for court interpreter services and approved a resolution urging adequate funding to implement them.
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