A federal district judge in Texas was indicted today on charges of abusive sexual contact and aggravated sexual abuse, based on complaints made by his former case manager.
In another signpost of stepped-up immigration enforcement, federal agents raided a Mississippi factory yesterday, detaining at least 350 workers who allegedly are in the country illegally.
Lawyers from two of the most prominent firms in Dallas squared off in a federal courtroom packed with other distinguished attorneys today in a high-profile client conflict argument that could…
A convicted “spam king” who walked away from a minimum security federal prison camp earlier this month has reportedly committed a murder-suicide while on the lam.
It costs more to treat the mentally ill in jail than in a hospital setting. But jail offers the only treatment alternative for many, due to a lack of psychiatric…
Albert Woodfox, a former member of the Black Panthers, has been held in solitary confinement for more than 35 years for the 1972 murder of a Louisiana prison guard.
A state court judge has withdrawn the scheduled July 22 execution date for Lester Bower, Texas’ longest-serving death row inmate, in order to address Bower’s long-standing request for DNA testing…
A part-time Houston municipal judge and Texas Southern University law professor who is one of five plaintiffs in a federal civil rights suit against Harris County apparently spent at least…
Updated: Famed Mississippi plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, ashamed and shaking, was sentenced to five years in prison today for his role in a conspiracy to bribe a state judge.
Updated: A former client of Kaye Scholer has sued the New York law firm for legal malpractice, contending that discovery errors forced it to enter into a $107 million antitrust…
Although recommending no civil or criminal penalties, a federal judge didn’t hold back when he criticized Mississippi’s attorney general, Jim Hood, in a written opinion issued yesterday. In no uncertain…