Fortunately, it wasn’t a real gun. But a series of security lapses ensued after a Florida woman forgot about the pistol-shaped cigarette lighter she had confiscated from her nephew, out…
In a historic moment, the U.S. Senate today voted 68-31 to confirm President Barack Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Asked to make a recommendation to the state’s top court about allegations that two corrupt judges might have influenced the result of a $3.5 million libel verdict against a Pennsylvania…
After a Friday ruling by Pakistan’s supreme court that former President Pervez Musharraf acted illegally by imposing emergency rule in November 2007, the country’s current president has suspended 76 judges…
A Texas judge facing ethics charges for refusing to accept a late-filed emergency appeal to delay an inmate’s imminent execution is targeting defense lawyers who sought…
A federal judge has rejected a plea deal that calls for 87-month sentences for two Pennsylvania judges who pleaded guilty in an alleged scheme to steer juveniles to for-profit detention…