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In most cities and states, vandalism, shoplifting, and loitering are misdemeanors - possibly involving community service, not jail time. But those who commit such low-level crimes in New York State may soon be required to give DNA samples to authorit
US District Judge Lake, who has been lauded for running an evenhanded and efficient trial so far, stunned the legal community when he told the jury it may find Enron founder Kenneth Lay and its CEO Jeffrey Skilling guilty of simply ignoring red flags
A Duke University lacrosse team captain became the 3rd player indicted in the rape scandal and the first to speak out, blasting the charges against him as "fantastic lies." "I look forward to watching them unravel in the weeks to come,
Before ending a historic term, the Supreme Court must resolve some potential blockbuster cases involving the president's wartime powers, capital punishment and political boundaries in Texas. Much attention this term has focused on the t
Attorney Joseph Cheshire said the tests showed genetic material from a "single male source" was found on a vaginal swab taken from the accuser, but that material did not match any of the players. "In other words, it appears this wom
A British court approved a request by the US to extradite an unemployed systems administrator who allegedly caused $700,000 in damage by hacking into U.S. military and government computers.
Prosecutors go after cab driver who is a defense witness in another high-profile case. A cab driver who has supported an alibi offered by one of the two Duke lacrosse players charged with rape has been arrested for shoplifting -- he had picked the s
A push to confirm 2 of President Bush's choices to be federal judges has revived the possibility of a Senate showdown over judicial nominations. A clash over judges tied the Senate in knots last year, when Democrats threatened a "filibuster
Federal prosecutors will retry an ice cream vendor on charges that he lied to the FBI about his son's attendance at a terrorist training camp, authorities announced.
A 14-year-old boy beaten by guards at a juvenile boot camp died because the guards suffocated him, a medical examiner said. The findings of the second autopsy conflict with the initial ruling from a different medical examiner that the boy died from c
Zacarias Moussaoui, sentenced to life in prison for his part in the September 11 plot, will almost certainly live out his days in a soundproofed cell, seldom having direct contact with other human beings. Moussaoui was expected to be sent as early
Rep. Patrick Kennedy crashed his car near the Capitol past midnight, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Officers were instructed by an official "above the rank of patrolman" to take Kennedy home. No sobriety tests were cond
Members of Congress aren't the only public officials who take lavish trips paid for by special interests with stakes in their decisions. Federal judges accept junkets, too. They're just better at keeping it quiet. From 2002 through 2004, 160
A federal appeals court ruled that lie detector tests can be used to ensure convicted sex offenders are obeying the rules of their probation and that a ban on Internet use is appropriate for some offenders.
Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui escaped the death penalty as a jury decided he deserved life in prison instead for his role in the bloodiest terrorist attack in U.S. history. "America, you lost," Moussaoui taunted. After seven da
A man whose son was convicted of supporting terrorism by attending an al-Qaida camp in Pakistan was released after nearly a year in federal custody. Umer Hayat, a 48-year-old ice cream vendor, had been held since he and his son, Hamid, were arrested
The Granny Peace Brigade waved canes in triumph and sang "God Help America" after a New York judge found 18 grandmothers innocent of disorderly conduct for protesting the war in Iraq.
A roundup of fugitives that law enforcement officials say snared more than 1,100 sex offenders. People wanted for federal, state and local crimes "targeted the worst of the worst," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said
The government had no clear evidence that Hayat had attended a camp, but prosecutors characterized their case as pre-emptive. "Our mission in the post-9/11 context is to prevent that crime from ever happening," US Attorney McGregor Scott sa
Execution by lethal injection may cause excruciating pain, contradicting its reputation as a humane and thus publicly acceptable way to impose the death penalty. Executioners fail to take the steps needed to ensure a painless death and use a drug tha
A police lineup is often the moment of truth in a criminal investigation. It's also, say many experts, highly fallible. Of the 175 convictions overturned by DNA evidence, 75% were convicted largely because of eyewitness testimony that turned out
WACO, Texas - Thirteen years after the Branch Davidians' armed standoff with federal agents ended in an inferno that killed nearly 80 people, six sect members who were sent to prison are about to be released from custody.
In Dec. federal jury in Tampa found Florida university professor Samial-Arian not guilty on 8 charges and failed to reach a verdict on 9 others after a 6-month trial. Al-Arian has pleaded guilty to aiding the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad and agree
The body of a 10-year-old girl was found in a plastic tub in her neighbor's closet, and police said her death was part of his elaborate plan to eat human flesh. {warning: gruesome tale}
License Plate Spray that thwarts red light and photo radar cameras. Also video highlighting municipalities shortening yellow light times for revenue increases This happened right here in Mesa, AZ as well as other local municipalities.
The average sentence for a national security or terrorism conviction last year was 58 months - about half of what drug violators received and a third of the average for weapons violators. Half of those convicted of terrorism or national security viol
Nearly 60 years after a white mob lynched two black couples on a summer afternoon and got away with it, the FBI is taking another look at the case. Civil rights activists have pressed witnesses to come forward and break the silence, which they say is
Supreme Court Justice Scalia on those who questioned his impartiality after he refused to recuse himself from a case involving his hunting buddy, Vice President Cheney. "For Pete's sake, if you can't trust your Supreme Court justice more
The F.B.I. agent who arrested and interrogated Zacarias Moussaoui just weeks before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks told a jury on Monday how he had tried repeatedly to get his superiors in Washington to help confirm his certainty that Mr. Moussaoui was
The jury deciding whether Zacarias Moussaoui should die heard the dramatic cockpit recording on Wednesday of passengers struggling to thwart hijackers in the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. [And this is still secret from pub
