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The accusations that Mayor Sheila Dixon used holiday gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees may sound like a minor embarrassment at worst, a small-time case of a politician enjoying the perks of power.
Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors always were honest about the risks of investing in securities linked to the volatile subprime mortgage market, a defense lawyer told a jury on Friday.
The former manager of a kosher Iowa slaughterhouse that was the site of a massive immigration raid says he never intentionally violated federal laws.
A jury has found an Iowa woman guilty of killing her 2-year-old son and seriously injuring his older brother when she slit the boys' throats before cutting her own neck last year.
The United States expressed disappointment over an Italian court's conviction of 23 Americans in absentia of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street.
Poultry giant Tyson Foods Inc. cared more about preserving its public image than protecting a million-acre watershed from environmental pollution, attorneys for the state of Oklahoma claimed Tuesday.
An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world against people involved in the CIA's extraordinary renditions program.
After being duped by false leads and chastised by a court for its handling of polygamist sect children, the state of Texas has won a criminal conviction in its first trial of a sect member charged with sexually assaulted an underage girl.
Four years after two former utility company executives were last tried, federal prosecutors are trying to get their case back on track.
Italian news reports say Premier Silvio Berlusconi is seeking to postpone the resumption of his fraud trial in Milan.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals will get a new trial to determine if the drugmaker should pay punitive damages to a woman who got breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
A former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager accused of defrauding a bank was incompetent and in over his head, a plant employee testified Monday.
An attorney for the Minnesota businessman accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme attacked the credibility of the prosecution's star witness Wednesday, playing recordings in which she and other key figures in the case speculated about how much he knew about the scam.
The lawyer for an investment company that paid former state Senate leader Joseph Bruno to generate business testified Wednesday that company files did not contain disclosure statements the lawmaker was required to present to clients.
A southwest Ohio pediatrician convicted of sex crimes involving former patients has been found guilty of drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
A former kosher slaughterhouse supervisor has testified the plant scrambled to get workers new identification documents the night before a massive immigration raid.
A Rwandan man who was the first person convicted under a law allowing people in Canada to be tried for war crimes committed abroad has been sentenced to life in prison.
A federal deputy marshal was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for leaking information about the government's star witness at Chicago's biggest organized crime trial in decades.
More than 6,000 people crowded outside a Tokyo courthouse Monday as Japanese actress Noriko Sakai pleaded guilty to drug use and prosecutors sought a prison sentence in a trial that has caused a media frenzy.
Prosecutors say Petters Co. Inc. was just a common Ponzi scheme at its core.
Jurors in a Minnesota businessman's fraud trial heard Friday how one hedge fund was fooled into losing $60 million in what prosecutors call one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever uncovered.
A woman was convicted of conspiracy and false imprisonment after she harbored a 6-year-old boy who was snatched by her friend to protest what the women claimed was lax security at a Nevada elementary school.
A 38-year-old man from a polygamist sect sexually assaulted a teenager less than half his age at the Yearning For Zion Ranch, a prosecutor charged Wednesday to open the first criminal trial since the ranch was raided.
One of Kenya's most prominent white aristocrats was released from prison Friday after more than three years in jail for killing a black poacher on his vast family estate.
A former Arkansas poultry company executive testified Thursday that he wrote a memo in 2005 warning of the environmental dangers of spreading too much chicken waste on farmland in certain areas.
"Stinky Rapist" found guilty again Another guilty verdict for the so called "Stinky Rapist," Jerrod Pass.
Woman Faces 9 Molestation Counts For Sex With 2 BoysCLARK COUNTY, Ind. -- A woman charged with having sex with two 12-year-old boys is now on trial.
Disputed evidence in spotlight as Amanda Knox trial nears endCNN) -- Within weeks of British student Meredith Kercher's death in the vibrant college town of Perugia, Italy, prosecutors and police declared the case closed.
Ryan Skipper case: 2nd man convicted in slaying of gay man A Polk County jury Tuesday convicted William Brown Jr. of first-degree murder in the killing of a 25-year-old gay man in 2007.
Sheriff's deputy sentenced to 15 years for molesting teenA former Marion County deputy has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual misconduct with a teenager.
C.I.A. Rendition Trial Nears VerdictMILAN — A verdict is expected as soon as Wednesday in a landmark case in which 26 American officials are charged with kidnapping a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan more than six years ago.
Plea deal in abortion scuffleOne of two women accused of scrapping with an anti-abortion protester in front of Flagstaff City Hall has decided to accept six months of unsupervised probation to make the charges go away.
THE PAPERLESS TRAIL TO THE NEW JERSEY'S GOVERNER'S MANSION: THE VOTING MACHINE DILEMMA By Karen DeSoto In a press release last week, Jon Corzine was quick to point out that you need to vote because "every vote counts".
Child rape, abduction suspects guilty on all counts -- OrlandoSentinel.comTwo men arrested in the kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old as she headed to school are guilty on all charges, an Orange County jury decided this afternoon.
PepsiCo Loses $1.26 BILLION Lawsuit After Failing To Show Up For Trialthe lawsuit sat in North Carolina for months and months. Finally, in the face of PepsiCo's silence, a default judgment was entered, and a damages award tallying $1.26 billion (yes, $1.26 billion) was entered on Sept. 30.
Man Throws Feces In CourtroomSAN DIEGO—A man who sneaked a bag of his feces into a San Diego courtroom during his home-invasion robbery trial, smeared it on his lawyer and threw it at jurors has been sentenced to 31 years in prison.
82 Year old Mom in child porn case, accused of witness tamperingThe 82-year-old mother of a man accused in a bizarre child porn and sex case was charged with witness tampering after the victim reported being threatened following a court hearing this week.
Tattoos at issue in mob caseThe former mob hit man accused of attacking two men in a fracas over a calzone at his now-defunct Goomba's pizzeria said recently he was just defending himself from a pair of "goons" with tattoos on their arms.
Minister wants prison, not house arrest for child rapeA Fort Lauderdale minister has decided he'd rather go to prison for 18 months than be under house arrest for two years, OrlandoSentinel.com reports.
Major French smear trial closesThe trial of former French PM Dominique de Villepin, accused of conspiring to damage Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential bid, has ended. Defence lawyers in Paris made their final arguments in the highly-charged case on Friday, and a verdict is due on 28 January.
Ex- Sheriff's Deputy accepts plea deal for sexual assaultA former Hillsborough County deputy accused of forcing a woman to perform oral sex on him in his patrol car has reportedly agreed to a plea deal that would require him to serve five years in prison.
Argument over dominoes led to 3 deaths including toddlerA DeKalb County detective has testified that a September shooting that left three people dead, including a toddler, resulted from an argument over a game of dominoes.
"Foot fetish" convict: Man who admits to "foot fetish" convicted for breaking into a home to touch boys' feetA 35-year-old man who told authorities he had a "foot fetish" and broke into a home to get sexual pleasure from touching the feet of sleeping children was recently convicted of burglary and lewd conduct charges, according to the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office.
Fort Lauderdale minister who had sex with girl is given two years house arrestShe was looking for a father figure. She called him "daddy."
Former prosecution investigator convicted in child porn case A former investigator for the Orange-Osceola state attorney's office was today convicted by an Orlando federal jury of possessing child pornography.
Texas man faces execution after jurors consult Bible to decide fate Amnesty International has appealed to the state to commute the sentence on Khristian Oliver, 32, who is due to die on November 5.
Sisters tell rape trial of abuse hell by brother TWO sisters yesterday revealed a litany of sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of an older brother.
Immigrant gets two life sentences in shooting of police detective Velislav Matzov could have run for it. Or he could have put his hands up and just given up.
Man gets 35 years after shooting neighbor over parking spaceA Tampa man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for fatally shooting his neighbor last year.
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