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  • 2 charged in pastor's wife killing say little in court

    2 charged in pastor's wife killing say little in court

    Criminal Law 11/28/2015

    Two young men charged in the shooting death of an Indianapolis pastor's pregnant wife gave brief answers to a judge's questions Tuesday during their first court appearance since their arrest. Marion County Superior Court Judge Grant Hawkins entered n...

  • Detroit-area ex-officer found guilty in videotaped beating

    Detroit-area ex-officer found guilty in videotaped beating

    Criminal Law 11/22/2015

    A white, former Detroit-area police officer was found guilty Thursday of assault and misconduct in the bloody beating of a black driver during a traffic stop that was captured on video.   Wayne County jurors handed down the verdict in the case a...

  • Rancher pleads guilty to falsely claiming cattle losses

    Rancher pleads guilty to falsely claiming cattle losses

    Court Alerts 11/21/2015

    A South Dakota rancher has pleaded guilty in federal court to falsely claiming he lost more than a hundred cattle during the autumn blizzard of 2013 that left ranchers in the state reeling with financial losses.   Karl Knutson pleaded guilty Fri...

  • Lawyer: Don't judge Chicago officer based on shooting video

    Lawyer: Don't judge Chicago officer based on shooting video

    Headline News 11/20/2015

    An attorney for a white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times says his client acted lawfully and urges the public not to rush to judgment based solely on a video of the shooting that's to be released within days. Attorney Dan Herb...

  • Perry's indictment in hands of top Texas criminal court

    Perry's indictment in hands of top Texas criminal court

    Lawyer Blogs 11/20/2015

    Attorneys for former Texas Gov. Rick Perry urged the state's highest criminal court Wednesday to dismiss felony abuse-of-power charges that the Republican blames in part for foiling his short-lived 2016 presidential run. After two hours of arguments,...

  • Texas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children

    Texas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children

    Criminal Law 11/19/2015

    A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15 years ago. Raphael Holiday, 36, became the 13th convicted killer put to death this year in Texas, w...

  • Snowboarders fight ban at Utah resort in appeals court

    Snowboarders fight ban at Utah resort in appeals court

    Criminal Law 11/17/2015

    A group of snowboarders who argue a ban on their sport at Utah's Alta Ski Area amounts to discrimination are set to present their case Tuesday to a federal appeals court in Denver. The lawsuit, filed in early 2014, brought renewed attention to the lo...

  • Kansas court's approval of death sentence not seen as shift

    Kansas court's approval of death sentence not seen as shift

    Lawyer News 11/15/2015

    Even though the state Supreme Court recently upheld a death sentence for the first time under the state’s 1994 capital punishment law, Kansas isn’t likely to see executions anytime soon or a shift in how the justices handle capital murder cases. “Sym...

  • Ruling gives Sandusky back $4,900-a-month Penn State pension

    Ruling gives Sandusky back $4,900-a-month Penn State pension

    Law & Politics 11/14/2015

    The state must restore the $4,900-a-month pension of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky that was taken away three years ago when he was sentenced to decades in prison on child molestation convictions, a court ordered Friday. A ...

  • Court won’t hear case over grant to Planned Parenthood

    Court won’t hear case over grant to Planned Parenthood

    Court Alerts 11/13/2015

    The Supreme Court has rejected an anti-abortion group’s bid to force disclosure of confidential Planned Parenthood and federal government records about a contract for family planning services in New Hampshire. The justices on Monday let stand a rulin...

  • Lufthansa cancels 930 flights Wednesday due to strike

    Lufthansa cancels 930 flights Wednesday due to strike

    Court Alerts 11/12/2015

    Lufthansa has canceled 930 flights scheduled for Wednesday at three hubs in Germany after efforts failed to halt an ongoing strike by flight attendants. The cancellations affect 100,000 travelers going to or from Frankfurt, Munich and Duesseldorf. Th...

  • Mississippi Supreme Court narrowly grants same-sex divorce

    Mississippi Supreme Court narrowly grants same-sex divorce

    Business Law 11/06/2015

    The Mississippi Supreme Court voted to allow a lesbian couple to seek a divorce, even as two justices questioned the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage and suggested that landmark ruling has no constitutional basis.   The dec...

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