Recent Updates
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Court won't order immediate evaluation of mogul Redstone
US Legal News 12/21/2015A judge Monday declined to order a medical examination of Sumner Redstone but ruled that lawyers for his former companion can take the sworn testimony of two of the ailing media mogul's doctors. Judge David J. Cowan also ruled that Redstone's longtim...
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Detroit-area ex-officer found guilty in videotaped beating
US Legal News 11/22/2015A 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...
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Rancher pleads guilty to falsely claiming cattle losses
US Legal News 11/22/2015A 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...
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Kansas court's approval of death sentence not seen as shift
US Legal News 11/16/2015Even 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...
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Ruling gives Sandusky back $4,900-a-month Penn State pension
US Legal News 11/15/2015The 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 ...
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Kansas Supreme Court to take up school funding case
US Legal News 11/05/2015A case that has the potential to increase funding for Kansas schools goes before the state Supreme Court today, the same day that economists, legislative researchers and officials in Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration are expected to announce new, m...
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Federal court programs aim to keep defendants out of prison
US Legal News 10/19/2015Angelique Chacon had emotionally girded herself to spend six years behind bars for selling methamphetamine when her attorney gave her a way out — a new rehabilitation program in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that might allow her to avoid prison....
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Quaid expected in Vermont court to face charge
US Legal News 10/12/2015Actor Randy Quaid is expected to be arraigned in Vermont in connection with a California vandalism case. The 65-year-old Quaid was taken into custody Friday night while trying to cross into the United States from Canada. He was detained by troopers i...
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Arkansas court tosses conviction in woman's meth case
US Legal News 10/10/2015The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison after giving birth to a baby with methamphetamine in his system. Melissa McCann-Arms, 39, was convicted by a jury in Polk County after...
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Court fines Washington state over education funding
US Legal News 08/16/2015Washington officials are considering a special legislative session after the state Supreme Court issued daily fines a of $100,000 until lawmakers comply with a court order to improve the way the state pays for its basic education system. Thursday's o...
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Court fines Washington state over education funding
US Legal News 08/14/2015Washington officials are considering a special legislative session after the state Supreme Court issued daily fines a of $100,000 until lawmakers comply with a court order to improve the way the state pays for its basic education system. Thurs...
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Federal report finds bias in St. Louis County family court
US Legal News 08/01/2015The U.S. Department of Justice released a report critical of the St. Louis County Family Court on Friday, finding that black youths are treated more harshly than whites, and juveniles are often deprived of constitutional rights. Though unrelated to t...