US JUDGE RECEIVES 28-YEAR JAIL TERM FOR HIS ROLE IN KIDS-FOR-CASH KICKBACKS

Ciavarella Jnr filled the beds of the private prisons with children as young as 10, many of them first-time offenders convicted minor crimes... READ MORE›

ON ELECTING PROSECUTORS, FOLLOW FLORIDA'S LEAD

Prosecutors can institute prebooking diversion programs that move low-level offenders away from the criminal justice system and into community-based services... READ MORE›

FORMER S.C. POLICE OFFICER TO PLEAD GUILTY IN FATAL SHOOTING CAUGHT ON VIDEO

Police officer to plead guilty in fatal shooting caught on video The inside track on Washington politics... READ MORE›

THE TAMIR RICE CASE SHOWS HOW PROSECUTORS TWIST GRAND JURIES TO PROTECT POLICE

If prosecutors believed she was killed, then they should have presented those charges to the grand jury... READ MORE›

EXPERTS: LACK OF REMORSE COULD BITE 'PHARMA BRO'

Martin Shkreli's lack of remorse could bite 'Pharma Bro,' experts say... READ MORE›

MICHAEL FLYNN IS PROBABLY HELPING MUELLER'S TRUMP-RUSSIA PROBE AND IT COULD BE A BIG BREAK FOR THE CASE

Michael Flynn is probably working with Mueller's Trump-Russia probe and it could be a turning point... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S CALL FOR THE DEATH PENALTY COULD HELP NEW YORK TRUCK ASSAILANT

President Trump's angry Twitter fusillade against New York City terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov could taint any future trial, experts say... READ MORE›

POLICE: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE CARRIER DELIVERED MORE THAN MAIL

ATTICA, Ind. -- U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Gabriel Anno found his workday interrupted Wednesday when police arrested him... READ MORE›

SOLDIER ACCUSED OF AUSTRIA GIRL RAPE

The soldier, who has not been named, was arrested on 29 November in Tyrol where he was taking part in mountain military exercises... READ MORE›

BLACK TEEN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER STORE EMPLOYEE 'SHOOTS HIM FOR STEALING 79-CENT PACK OF COOKIES'

Black teen in critical condition after store employee shoots him for stealing 79-cent pack of cookies... READ MORE›

PRO-BUSINESS SESSIONS WILL NOT GO EASY ON CORPORATE CRIME

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Sessions, a four-term senator from Alabama and former federal prosecutor, to lead the Justice Department... READ MORE›

SWEDEN TO DROP SEX ASSAULT INQUIRY

'Difficult and costly' Lawyers for Mr Assange say the allegations of sexual assault should have been dropped long ago... READ MORE›

ECUADOR MOVES ASSANGE QUESTIONING TO NOVEMBER

The questioning, led by an Ecuadorian prosecutor and originally scheduled for Monday, could help end a four-year-long deadlock since Assange took refuge in Ecuador's London embassy... READ MORE›

GRAVEYARD KILLING OF BELGIAN MAYOR WAS 'REVENGE'

Media reporting of this spare-time occupation during his decade as mayor had allowed the suspect to find Gadenne alone, RTBF said... READ MORE›

GERMAN TRIAL OVER PENSIONER LEFT TO DIE

Three people are going on trial in the German city of Essen for failing to assist a pensioner who had collapsed after entering a bank cashpoint... READ MORE›

SYRIAN REBEL GETS LIFE SENTENCE FOR MASS KILLING CAUGHT ON VIDEO

The former rebel, Haisam Omar Sakhanh, 46, was arrested last March in Karlskoga, Sweden, and charged with a crime against international law... READ MORE›

$65M AT STAKE IN FRAUD TRIAL FOR 'PHARMA BRO' MARTIN SHKRELI

Drug firm CEO Martin Shkreli could lose 65M stake in company if convicted of securities fraud... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA PROSECUTION TO DECIDE ON SAMSUNG CHIEF WARRANT BY WEDNESDAY

The office will decide at the same time on whether to seek arrest warrants for four other Samsung Group executives identified as suspects in its investigation... READ MORE›

Her ruling represented a victory for South African prosecutors who had suffered setbacks in two high-profile trials... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA'S FIRST FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TRIAL

So when she was called to give evidence against her mother in the supreme court, Emma was a reliable witness... READ MORE›

NEW YORK JUDGE FINDS DONALD TRUMP LIABLE FOR UNLICENSED SCHOOL

Trump Entrepreneur Initiative, New York state Supreme Court, New York County, No... READ MORE›

PREET BHARARA 'REFUSED TO TAKE CALL FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP THE DAY BEFORE HE WAS ORDERED TO RESIGN'

Mr Bharara instead informed Mr Sessionss office that he would not be returning the call because of protocols curtailing a presidents contact with federal prosecutors... READ MORE›

CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER SUES VICTIM'S FAMILY OVER SHOOTING

His lawyer, Basileios Foutris, said Mr Rialmo's lawsuit was a new low even for the Chicago Police Department ... READ MORE›

JULIAN ASSANGE MAY AVOID SEXUAL ASSAULT CLAIMS

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PARK GEUN-HYE'S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL STARTS IN SEOUL

Nearly a month after the national assembly voted to impeach President Park the constitutional court is at last hearing the arguments on both sides... READ MORE›

Execution Date Set for 'Delusional' Murderer Scott Panetti in Texas... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICA COFFIN CASE: WHITE FARMERS CONVICTED

As Judge Segopotje Mphahlele read out the guilty verdict in Middelburg Magistrates Court on Friday, supporters of the victim burst into songs of celebration... READ MORE›

EX-FAMU BAND MEMBER CONVICTED IN HAZING DEATH

EDT October 31, 2014 Dante Martin was convicted Friday of manslaughter and felony hazing in the death of Florida A M drum major Robert Champion... READ MORE›

DUTCH PORN MAKERS LET OFF FOR CHURCH SEX FILM IN TILBURG

Prosecutors have rejected a complaint from a church in the Dutch city of Tilburg after two actors were filmed having sex in the confessional box... READ MORE›

POLICE SHOULD HAVE STORMED CAFE SOONER, CORONER RULES

Cafe manager Tori Johnson died immediately when shot by Monis, New South Wales Coroner Michael Barnes said... READ MORE›