JUDGE TELLS TRUMP UNIVERSITY LITIGANTS THEY WOULD BE WISE TO SETTLE

In the tentative ruling Curiel, based in San Diego, said Trump's lawyers can renew objections to specific campaign statements and evidence during trial... READ MORE›

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›

TRUMP DUE IN COURT BEFORE OVAL OFFICE

Lawyers for the students have argued the comments could help jurors assess Trump's credibility as a witness... READ MORE›

ANTI-ISLAM DUTCH MP GEERT WILDERS FOUND GUILTY OF HATE SPEECH

Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis said the court would not impose a sentence because the conviction was punishment enough for a democratically elected lawmaker... 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›

PROBE INTO POLICING OF 1984 MINERS' CLASH RULED OUT

About 10 000 strikers and 5 000 police were involved in what became known as the Battle of Orgreave in June 1984... READ MORE›

PISTORIUS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER BY APPEALS COURT

Mr. Pistorius was released from prison in October after serving about one year of his five-year sentence... READ MORE›

GERMAN-IRAQI BOY, 12, 'TRIED TO BOMB CHRISTMAS MARKET'

A 12-year-old German-Iraqi boy tried to blow up a Christmas market in the town of Ludwigshafen, prosecutors say... READ MORE›

EGYPT SENTENCES AL JAZEERA JOURNALISTS TO 3 YEARS IN PRISON

Mr. Fahmy, who holds Canadian citizenship, could still be deported under the same decree, but Mr. Mohamed, an Egyptian citizen, would not be eligible... READ MORE›

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION EXPLORED WAYS TO BYPASS SMARTPHONE ENCRYPTION

The forced backup also has drawbacks, law enforcement officials said... READ MORE›

TIANJIN EXPLOSIONS: POLICE ORDER MASS EVACUATION AMID CONTAMINATION FEARS

No people or vehicle allowed within the area, the police officer reportedly said... READ MORE›

DECADES IN JAIL FOR ANOTHER MANS CRIME

Robert Jones was accused of being behind a crime spree of rape, robbery and then the murder of holidaymaker Julie Stott in New Orleans in 1992... READ MORE›

LEGAL AID WORK REFUSED BY LAW FIRMS IN CUTBACKS PROTEST

She said firms in Merseyside, Manchester, Yorkshire, Newcastle, Durham and London were refusing to take work funded by legal aid from 1 July... READ MORE›

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL INVESTIGATE PRACTICES OF CHICAGO POLICE

McCarthy and Mayor Rahm Emanuel in Chicago on April 21, 2014... READ MORE›

HIGH COURT GETS FIRST FEMALE CHIEF JUSTICE

Justice Kiefel's success should serve as an inspiration to all young people considering a career in law, president Stuart Clarke said... 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›

THE DESPERATE HUNT FOR LI HEPING, CHINA'S MISSING HUMAN RIGHTS WARRIOR

Ma's first act in Beijing was to visit Li Heping's local police station... READ MORE›

BRITAIN ACCUSES SPAIN OF 'VIOLATING ITS SOVEREIGNTY' AS POLICE CHASE DRUG TRAFFICKERS INTO GIBRALTAR'S WATERS

Video Britain accuses Spain of 'violating its sovereignty' as police chase drug traffickers into Gibraltar's waters... READ MORE›

PRO-REFORM JORDAN GROUP CRITICISES DETENTIONS

His lawyer said he would have to wait until Tuesday to meet his client to find out what happened... READ MORE›

'YOUR SKIN IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE'

Last month a grand jury declined to indict police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, last August... 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›

All four officers involved in the New York City incident had recently graduated from the city Police Academy... READ MORE›

WOMAN GETS 'GAG LAW' FINE FOR FACEBOOK PHOTO OF POLICE CAR IN DISABLED SPACE IN SPAIN

Woman gets gag law fine for facebook photo of police car in disabled space in spain... READ MORE›

Michael Brown shooting Video shows witness saying Ferguson teen had his hands up when police shot him... READ MORE›

TRUMP SUPPORTERS' FALSE CLAIM THAT TRUMP U JUDGE IS A MEMBER OF A PRO-IMMIGRANT GROUP

To recap this simple fact San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association ? National Council of La Raza... READ MORE›

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

AUSTRALIAN TEENAGERS ATTACK ON POLICE WORKER CALLED ACT OF TERRORISM

The police in Australia have been on high alert since a lone gunman took hostages in a cafe in central Sydney in December last year... READ MORE›

HIGH COURT RULES RUSHED SPYING BILL, DRIPA, IS ILLEGAL, GOVERNMENT GIVEN UNTIL MARCH TO FIX

To allow the Government time to fix the bill, the High Court has given them a deadline of March 2016, after which the bill will become invalid... READ MORE›

US MAN WHO LEFT SON TO DIE IN HOT CAR WHILE 'SEXTING' SENTENCED TO LIFE

Looking exhausted and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit in the courtroom, Harris said only "yes" and "no" in response to Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley Clark... READ MORE›

BALTIMORE COPS' ATTORNEYS WANT FREDDIE GRAY CASE MOVED OUT OF CITY

Goodson, who drove the police van, is charged with second-degree depraved heart murder, involuntary manslaughter and other charges... READ MORE›