A federal appeals court has ruled that a defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights were violated when a policeman followed the suspect into his mother’s home and seized a cellphone containing nude…
Some jurors liked former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. But one found him manipulative. An alternate noted he remembered everything for his lawyers but seemed to remember nothing when questioned by…
Lawyers from Michigan-based 1-800-LAW-FIRM have filed a federal racketeering suit against international sensation Lady Gaga, claiming the entertainer improperly profited from “We Pray for Japan” charity wristbands sold on her…
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was tried on 20 criminal counts ranging from wire fraud to conspiracy to soliciting a bribe, was convicted on 17 of those counts this…
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s demeanor during a lunch with his daughter after an alleged attack on a hotel maid could become important evidence in the case against him.
A senior prosecutor was arrested and charged with drunken bicycling this week on the grounds of a resort where a conference for North Carolina district attorneys is being held.
Apparently rejecting a New Mexico man’s arguments that he has a free-speech right to put up a billboard in Alamogordo’s main thoroughfare concerning his views on abortion, a state-court judge…
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