Lawyers

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  Alaskan Ex-Con Woman Kills Man Less Than 2 Days After Court Appointed Him Her Supervisor

  An Alaska woman has been convicted of murdering a man less than two days after he was appointed as her court supervisor as a condition of her bail.

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  Tennessee Man Beat His Wife to Death on Their Fiji Honeymoon, Attempted to Flee in a Kayak: Police

  A Tennessee man has been convicted of murder after he reportedly beat his wife to death on their honeymoon in Fiji and attempted to flee in a kayak.

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  Career Criminal with 59 Convictions Insists He's Done Breaking the Law After Latest Punishment: 'This Time I Have Really Learned My Lesson'

  In his latest court appearance, Michael O'Driscoll, a 26-year-old man with a staggering 59 previous theft convictions, told a judge that he has changed this time.

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  Las Vegas Woman Notoriously Nicknamed 'Black Widow' After Being Accused of Killing Husband Has Conviction Dismissed After Decades in Prison

  A woman once dubbed "The Black Widow" in connection with the 1994 death of her husband had her murder conviction dismissed Monday after two decades in prison.

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  Woman donates $24K to save convicted women-killer Wade Wilson from the death penalty as judge weighs his sentence

  In total, the 'Save Wade Steven Wilson' FUNDLY campaign has raised more than $70,000. A woman donated a whopping $24,000 to a fundraiser aimed at saving convicted killer Wade Wilson from the death penalty and affording him a new defense team.

• Wilson Murder Conviction: Messel Faces New Charges On The Day Of Appeal

  Daniel Messel, who received an 80-year prison sentence last fall for killing IU student Hannah Wilson, appears in court for new sexual assault charges on the same day he files an appeal over the murder conviction.

• New Plymouth Pharmacist Convicted For Child Pornography

  A New Plymouth pharmacist convicted of possession and knowledge of child pornography is censured and struck off as a pharmacist by the Health Practitioners Tribunal.

• Judge Expunges Kanye West's Conviction to Battery Charge Clearing Rapper's Criminal Record

  A California judge granted Kanye West's request to clear his record from a battery charge conviction last 2014. The criminal blank slate comes almost three years after West attacked a cameraman outside LAX airport in July.

• Woman Convicted of Fraud Over Fake Cancer Diagnosis to Assure Tax From Abortion

  An Arizona woman was charged of fraud and other cases for falsifying documents stating that she needs abortion as this puts her life at risk since she has sarcoma that is needed to be removed. She also forged a letter from a doctor to continue with her scheme just to secure tax-funded abortion.

• Subject of spy probe seeks new trial in child porn conviction

  A target of an espionage case who was convicted of child pornogaphy is asking the court to grant him a new trial. He claims the warrant for his conviction was obtained for a crime for which he was not charged.

• New York prison escapee, David Sweat, sentenced to life in prison; Apologized for the trouble he made

  David Sweat, the convicted killer and escapee was given maximum penalty by the Clinton County Court. After the hearing, Sweat apologized for the fear and trauma he caused to the community.

• Amanda Knox acquitted of murder by Italy's top court

  Italy's top court on Friday annulled the conviction of American Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher and, in a surprise verdict, acquitted her of the charge.

• Louisiana AG disagrees with ruling that would free 'Angola Three' inmate

  Louisiana's attorney general disagreed on Friday with a federal court ruling overturning the conviction of the last of the prisoners known as the "Angola Three," who has spent 42 years in solitary confinement.

• In Barry Bonds appeal, U.S. judges take swings at Justice Department

  Several U.S. appeals court judges appeared skeptical on Thursday about the Department of Justice's attempt to preserve a criminal conviction against baseball home run king Barry Bonds that resulted from a steroids probe.

• Deutsche Bank AG Japan salesman pleads guilty to bribery

  Shigeru Echigo, Deutsche Bank AG Japan salesman plead guilty to bribery but said such activities were condoned and even encouraged in the brokerage firm.

• Case on appeal in New York to cast long shadow on insider trading convictions

  A case on appeal would need to determine if there is a need to prove benefit redounding to tipper to be known by tippee in order to be convicted of insider trading.

• Astor's Son Prison: Anthony Marshall Loses Appeal, NY State Upholds Fraud Conviction

  A New York state appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Anthony Marshall, who was found guilty in 2009 of siphoning millions of dollars from socialite Brooke Astor's estate.

• Newborn Twin Deaths: Lindsey Lowe Found Guilty of Murder, Will Serve Minimum of 51 Years in Prison

  Lindsey Lowe, the Tennessee woman who admitted to killing her newborn twin sons, was convicted of first-degree murder on Tuesday.

• T.J. Lane Verdict: Ohio Teenager Gets Life Imprisonment

  The Ohio teenager charged with the murder of teenagers in his high school may face life imprisonment after the scheduled Tuesday's hearing.

• Kilpatrick Convicted: Ex-Detroit Mayor Found Guilty of 24 Federal Corruption Charges

  Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted on a host of federal corruption charges - guilty of 24 criminal counts, including racketeering, extortion and bribery.

• Chuck E. Cheese Killer: Nathan Dunlap Loses Final Appeal, Inches Closer to Death Penalty Sentence

  The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from an inmate, Nathan Dunlap who killed four people at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in 1993, giving a Colorado judge the ability to schedule the state's first execution in 15 years. The court's rejection has ended Dunlap's guaranteed appeals, and sends the case back to Colorado's 18th Judicial District, where a judge will set a time frame for execution.