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Byline: Lauren Aratani A Detroit judge who briefly detained a teenage girl who fell asleep in his courtroom during a school field trip to learn about the justice system was [...]

Byline: Hugo Lowell in Washington Special counsel prosecutors asked a federal appeals court on Monday to reinstate Donald Trump 's criminal case over his retention of classified documents, arguing the [...]

Taoiseach Simon Harris and Minister for Justice Helen McEntee have today (Wednesday) announced Government approval for new legislative proposals to give judges the discretion to recommend minimum periods in prison [...]

Byline: SEAN SILCOFF; Staff A California judge has dismissed three of eight claims by a former BlackBerry Ltd. female executive suing the company and CEO John Giamatteo for sexual harassment, [...]

Byline: Will Bolton CRIME CORRESPONDENT LUCY LETBY was yesterday told by a judge 'she will be in court' for sentencing for her latest conviction and must not remain in her [...]

Byline: Hugo Lowell in New York Donald Trump is determined to avoid jail, but if he does get handed a prison sentence after his conviction on 34 felony counts in [...]

Byline: Nick Vadala PHILADELPHIA A Philadelphia judge has substantially reduced a $2.25 billion verdict against agricultural giant Monsanto, ruling that a Pennsylvania man who contended he developed cancer from the [...]

Judge Aileen Cannon has given sober consideration to arguments that some experts say should have been promptly dispensed with, leaving a backlog of pretrial issues without a trial date in [...]

Byline: Charles Hymas Home AffAirs editor THREE men accused of stabbing a man to death should be retried after the jury forewoman got 'stage fright' and delivered the wrong verdict [...]

Byline: Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent The UK's first transgender judge is seeking leave to join the litigation in a crucial supreme court case that could significantly affect legal protections for [...]

Byline: Karon Monaghan Nobody sensible believes that judges do not bring their prejudices to work but we, as lawyers, and no doubt the public, expect that judges will make an [...]

Aileen Cannon has yet to set a trial date in the complex case accusing Donald J. Trump of mishandling classified materials, and has stirred confusion with some decisions. Two and [...]

Aileen Cannon has yet to set a trial date in the complex case accusing Donald J. Trump of mishandling classified materials, and has stirred confusion with some decisions. Two and [...]

The appeals court that https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/business/appeals-court-first-amendment-social-media.html on the Biden administration’s communications with social media companies has a reputation for issuing decisions too conservative for the Supreme Court, which is itself tilted [...]

Byline: Guardian staff and agency A man who stormed the US Capitol with fellow Proud Boys far-right extremist group members was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison after [...]

Byline: Kyle Melnick Five days after Deobra Redden leaped over the bench to attack a Las Vegas judge, he stood before the same woman - only this time, the 30-year-old's [...]

Byline: Praveena Somasundaram A sentencing hearing in Las Vegas turned chaotic Wednesday morning when a judge suddenly tried to scramble out of her chair as a defendant hurled himself over [...]

The judge, Arthur F. Engoron, used the denial as an opportunity to defend his handling of the case. The former president’s allies have accused him of political bias. The New [...]

Byline: Christopher Knaus The federal government is preparing to introduce reforms granting greater protections to inferior court judges after a landmark case in which a wrongfully imprisoned man successfully sued [...]

Byline: Peter Stone As Donald Trump faces 91 criminal charges including 17 for his multifaceted drive to overturn his 2020 election loss, and a high-stakes civil trial, he has launched [...]

Byline: Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent A man who prompted a row about lenient sentencing for young offenders when he avoided jail after his conviction for raping a 13-year-old girl has [...]

Byline: Richard Ackland Federal circuit judges are nervously looking over their shoulders. A number of them will not hear cases where there is uncertainty about their jurisdiction -- resulting in [...]

The delay came as federal prosecutors pushed back against the former president's efforts to attack another judge in his election interference case in Washington. Donald J. Trump has sued the [...]

Judge Aileen M. Cannon, under scrutiny for past rulings favoring the former president, has presided over only a few criminal cases that went to trial. Aileen M. Cannon, the Federal [...]

Byline: Rozina Sabur WaShington Editor THE judge who may oversee Donald Trump's classified documents case was appointed to the role by the former president and has previously given rulings in [...]

A state district judge on Thursday approved a settlement for cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' 10-year-old son in a wrongful-death lawsuit over Hutchins' fatal shooting in October 2021 on the Rust movie [...]

Hong Kong’s High Court has dismissed a bid to drop the national security case against publishing mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying after finding the proceedings entailed no apparent bias towards his [...]

LORD CARSWELL, who has died aged 88, was Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2004, and for 20 years presided over 'Diplock courts', trying terrorist cases without [...]

Byline: Narelle Towie Terence Darrell Kelly has appealed his sentence for kidnapping four-year-old Cleo Smith from her family's tent at a remote Western Australian campsite, arguing the sentencing judge failed [...]

A magistrate judge in Massachusetts did not immediately rule on whether to release Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman, to his parents before his trial. WORCESTER, Mass. — Jack [...]

Byline: Robyn Vinter and agencies A peer who sexually assaulted a boy and attempted to rape a young girl when he was a teenager has had his jail term cut [...]

Byline: Phaedra Haywood phaywood@sfnewmexican.com ***** A story on Page A-1 published Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, about the fallout of Magistrate Judge Dev Atma Khalsa's arrest on a DWI charge incorrectly [...]

Byline: Helen Pidd North of England editor The judge who sentenced Jeremy Vine's stalker to five and a half years in prison made a mistake and could have given Alex [...]

A pastor has been jailed for a year for making “unfounded” ­claims against the city’s judges and challenging a court officer overseeing a high-profile trial in breach of a colonial-era [...]

Byline: Christopher Knaus The judge presiding over the Bruce Lehrmann trial has told the jury there is 'no rush' after it questioned whether there were 'time expectations' on reaching its [...]

Byline: Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman and Spencer S. Hsu WASHINGTON - Opening statements are underway in the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and other members of the extremist [...]

Prosecutors had charged Shelley M. Richmond Joseph, a district court judge in Newton, Mass., with allowing an undocumented immigrant to sneak out the back door of a courthouse in 2018. [...]

A ruling by a judge appointed by former President Donald J. Trump surprised specialists and could slow the documents investigation. WASHINGTON -- A federal judge's extraordinary decision on Monday to [...]

Byline: Faiz Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO - A Delaware judge granted Elon Musk additional data in his dispute with Twitter over ownership of the website, ruling Thursday that Twitter should hand [...]

Byline: Josh Dawsey and Perry Stein WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A federal judge is hearing arguments on Thursday about whether to unseal the affidavit central to last week's FBI [...]

The Times's Houston bureau chief tapped into a previous reporting trip to understand the small-town politics of America's least populated county. Times Insider explains who we are and what we [...]

Byline: Coral Murphy Marcos A Michigan district court will implement reforms that will force judges in Detroit to state on record how implementing cash bail will protect the community. The [...]

Byline: Marina Lopes The 10-year-old rape victim was pregnant, and asking a court to authorize an abortion. She found herself sitting under a crucifix in the courtroom in Southern Brazil, [...]

A Beijing court will decide on the appeal of a coal magnate who disappeared three years ago after accusing China’s top judge of tampering with a case, but who was [...]

A former food delivery worker jailed under Hong Kong’s national security law for chanting independence slogans at protests merely spouted “empty words” without intending to advocate the city’s secession from [...]

Byline: Casey Parks A Texas judge on Friday issued a temporary injunction blocking Gov. Greg Abbott's, R, order to treat gender-affirming care as child abuse. The decision by Judge Amy [...]

Byline: Jeremy Barr A judge allowed an election technology company's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News to proceed on Tuesday, though he dismissed specific claims made against host Jeanine [...]