When Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other terrorism suspects arrive in New York for trial from the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, David Raskin, at least figuratively, is…
In an unusual move intended to give the Arizona Supreme Court time to weigh in on the controversial bribery and obstruction prosecution of a state-court judge over his court rulings,…
Three memos issued this week by the Department of Justice, in response to criticism of federal prosecutors concerning the disclosure of exculpatory evidence in the high-profile prosecution of former Sen.…
An Iowa county has agreed to pay $12 million to two men who claimed in a pending U.S. Supreme Court case that prosecutors framed them for murder during the investigation,…
Threats and other “inappropriate communications” made to federal judges and prosecutors have more than doubled over a six-year period, and additional efforts are needed to contain them, according to a…
A federal appeals court has affirmed the conviction and life sentence for co-conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, despite claims that he didn’t receive a fair trial concerning his guilty plea to six…
Already in custody on charges related to an earlier drug case, authorities say a Nebraska man ran a multimillion-dollar marijuana operation from the Douglas County jail last year, with the…
A South Dakota woman reportedly found slumped behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle by state troopers on Dec. 1 apparently set a new state record when, authorities say, her…
After an inspector general’s report that castigates a New York state police forensic scientist for faulty work that went undetected by his supervisors over…
Duquesne University law professor Ken Gormley has written a new book about the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky investigations that alleges near-indictments, prosecutorial mishaps and another affair by former President Bill…
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