A federal grand jury in Arizona has issued a sweeping new superseding indictment against suspect Jared Lee Loughner, who is accused in a January supermarket parking lot shooting rampage in…
A Pennsylvania judge today declared a mistrial in the case of a state lawmaker and ex-prosecutor accused of conspiring with a sister to illegally use her staff to help another…
Former attorney general Phill Kline went on the offensive today during a lunch break in his legal ethics trial, blasting the Kansas Supreme Court for what he called obstruction of…
A New Orleans prosecutor has challenged local judges to double the number of jury trials they oversee each year, pointing out that he himself had a reputation as a trial…
Court fees—and bankruptcy fees in particular—could help keep all federal courts open if the government shuts down temporarily during budget battles in Congress.
Federal court officials are developing contingency plans,…
Despite an unusual court order last month intended to prevent such a wardrobe malfunction, a reputed former mob boss with a reputation as a fashion plate wound up without a…
Former Alapaha Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Brooks E. Blitch III was disbarred in a Georgia Supreme Court opinion (PDF) that also sent a cautionary message to the state’s…
The Supreme Court’s two newest justices are more forceful in oral arguments than their predecessors, making for livelier discussions and a changed dynamic.
An initiative funded by a $400,000 Justice Department grant is intended to make a trip to criminal court more pleasant, partly by teaching judges and court personnel how to be…