Jury service is the great equalizer and a reminder that none of us is above the court sanctioned judgment of another. If you have never sat in on a jury trial -- pick one and go. It's a real eye-opener.
Jordan Flaherty | Posted 04.26.2012
In a 2-1 ruling today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeal reversed the conviction of former Waterproof mayor Bobby Higginbotham, and vacated his sente...
Lawrence D. Elliott | Posted 04.16.2012
The most amazing thing I've witnessed during this tragedy is the patience, restraint, and class of the family of Trayvon Martin. They've remained determined to get justice for their son, while carrying themselves with great class and dignity.
Posted 03.09.2012
Almost two years after he bought a winning lottery ticket and gave it to his boss to cash for fear of being exposed as an undocumented immigrant, Jose...
Posted 03.07.2012
An unusual trial opened this week at Judge Goerge F. Nunn’s courtroom in the Houston County Superior Court in Warner Robins, Georgia. A man sued ...
Mari Fagel | Posted 05.06.2012
While the defense may argue this as a case of hindsight is 20/20, I hope the 12 jurors see this is a clear case of common sense ignored.
AP | Posted 04.30.2012
TROY, Ohio -- An adoptive father in western Ohio has been accused of raping three children and allowing other men to have sex with one of them, allega...
Katy Welter | Posted 04.03.2012
In less than the time it takes to make an ATM withdrawal, Cook County Bond Court judges make decisions affecting individual liberty and the public safety. This way of transacting justice exacts a dear convenience fee.
Aaron Sankin | Posted 01.04.2012
Jury selection began today in the triple murder trial of an undocumented immigrant whose story ignited a firestorm of controversy around San Francisco...
Henry J. Stern | Posted 02.21.2012
While only a relatively small portion of elected officials are criminals, still the frequency of arrests and indictments of members of the political class causes people to doubt the integrity and validity of the legislative process.
Rep. Hank Johnson | Posted 02.12.2012
This week, U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich (NM-1) and I sent an urgent letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders and conferees opposing provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act.
HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 11.29.2011
Michael Jackson's personal physician was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment in an L.A. County jail on Tuesday, capping a more than two-year legal journ...
Posted 01.08.2012
A lawyer for Conrad Murray says that the former doctor to Michael Jackson will appeal yesterday's conviction of involuntary manslaughter, the Associat...
Posted 01.08.2012
Dr. Conrad Murray has reportedly been placed on suicide watch after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. ...
HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 01.07.2012
LOS ANGELES -- UPDATE: 4:18 p.m. -- Dr. Conrad Murray, the former personal physician of Michael Jackson, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter ...
AP | By RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 01.05.2012
FORT DODGE, Iowa -- A prosecutor told jurors Friday that a woman killed her 20-year-old neighbor during a staged home invasion as part of a plot to fr...
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 12.21.2011
I would have liked to see Muammar Gaddafi before a court, indicted for the crimes he committed against his country. I think the violent deaths of the satraps only gives them an aura of martyrdom they do not deserve.
PA | Posted 12.21.2011
Joanna Yeates's killer has been accused of strangling her for sexual thrills. Vincent Tabak denied claims he was aroused and gr...
AP | Posted 12.03.2011
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A judge denied a defense motion for a mistrial Monday after a supporter of the victims...
AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 11.27.2011
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A 17-year-old girl who died in a gruesome home invasion that also killed her sister and mother likely took up to several minu...
AP | By MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 11.25.2011
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A millionaire developer who lived in the same central Florida neighborhood as Tiger Woods and other celebrities was convicted Saturda...
Posted 11.15.2011
Update: The U.S. Attorney's Office issued a statement Thursday in response to news reports about former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's possible s...
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 11.07.2011
Using the hashtag, #MyQ8, Kuwaiti netizens are protesting against Kuwaiti lawyers who plan to join the defense team for Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
AP | By JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 11.01.2011
By JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A gay former Army lieutenant who handcuffed himself to the White House fence to protest the milit...
Sam Sommers | Posted 10.31.2011
The legal complications of the constructive nature of memory are clear: being an accurate eyewitness is far more difficult that we give it credit for.
Diane Dimond | Posted 05.30.2012