Discovering that his gavel was missing, Magistrate Daniel Cook of Lorain, Ohio, concluded that someone had to have stolen it from his small claims court.
A federal shutdown involving building closures, layoffs and other emergency measure appears likely, as lawmakers admit there appears to be little likelihood of reaching agreement on the budget before a…
A conservative incumbent justice took the lead in a Wisconsin Supreme Court election on Thursday after the county clerk in Waukesha said workers found more than 14,000 uncounted votes.
A former New Jersey prosecutor and chief municipal judge in the state’s biggest city has pleaded guilty to accepting a $3,500 payment in exchange for arranging for an innocent man…
A potential juror who made racist statements on her jury questionnaire was dismissed from the death penalty trial of an alleged mob boss on Tuesday, but she will still have…
A new report by the defense bar warns that judicial independence and integrity are threatened by court funding cuts and the increasing flow of money into judicial elections.
A 29-year-old man accused of plotting to kill the Florida judge who barred him from visiting his 14-month-old daughter has been charged with corruption by threat against a public servant…
In what is billed as a first-of-a-kind law enforcement effort in Jasper County, Mo., prosecutors and judges will be joining police at drunken-driving checkpoints, starting tonight, to enforce a new…