A bench trial scheduled Tuesday in connection to the October shooting at “The Pit” in Pinson did not take place after Joshua ...

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Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of running down her boyfriend, is going on trial for murder again, a year after her first trial ended in a hung jury — and threw her case into an even ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Feb. 11 in the double-murder conviction appeal of disgraced former lawyer Richard Alexander "Alex" Murdaugh, and it was clear that the majority ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate who was joined in his bid to have his conviction thrown out by the state's Republican ...

Members of a three-judge panel on Tuesday asked repeatedly how they can know former ComEd officials and lobbyists, including ex-ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and lobbyist Michael McClain, weren't ...

As the music mogul’s federal trial for sex trafficking and racketeering continues in New York City, Judge Arun Subramanian delayed the June 18 proceedings due to a juror who fell ill. “We have a sick ...

The Supreme Court’s attempt to probe a four-decade delay in a criminal trial led to an unexpected moment of institutional introspection, as it emerged that the proceedings had effectively remained ...