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Motorists issued a traffic ticket will have to pay money to the state whether or not they committed the alleged crime. According to a state supreme court ruling handed down, fees are to be imposed even on those found innocent.
A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a whopping $675,000 file sharing verdict that a jury levied against a Boston college student for making 30 tracks of music available on a peer-to-peer network.
To all appearances, that's why he cited two fellows named Mark Schmidter and Julian Heiklen for contempt of court when they refused to bow to his illegal decree not to exercise their First Amendment rights on the public plaza outside the petty dictat
As many of us know, this is not something new; it is just becoming more and more prevalent. Judges are granting through their decisions greater immunity to law enforcement and this surely seems to be an historic theme of tyranny and one that we shoul
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A former Pennsylvania judge who rendered guilty verdicts in exchange for over $1 million in kickbacks from a for-profit youth rehabilitation center will spend up to 28 years in prison, following his sentencing hearing last Thursday.
Drivers have no recourse if police say the tape from a dashboard-mounted video camera is not available, according to a ruling Wednesday from the Texas Court of Appeals. Mark Lee Martin wanted to defend himself against drug possession charges filed in
Former Luzerne County Juvenile Court Judge Mark Ciavarella, 61, accepted nearly $1 million.. Under the "kids for cash" scheme, thousands of juveniles were shipped to the private center on minor or questionable charges by Ciavarella and another former
The Justice Department is warning a federal appeals court not to disclose classified information about the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance programs during upcoming arguments on a lawsuit challenging the NSA's effort.
Call it bullying or call it horseplay. Either way, a state appellate court panel says roughhousing with a sexual connotation by a pair of 14-year-old Somerset Co. boys was a crime that requires them to register as sex offenders for the rest of their
It's already extremely hard for rape victims to come to court and testify. This alleged rape victim says the only reason she came back was to make sure this doesn't happen to anyone else.
When the Indiana Supreme Court decided that Brenda Moore had indeed committed the crime of being drunk in public by riding shotgun in a car driven by her sober friend, a thousand public service announcements about designated drivers turned sour.
Rhonda Hollander, a female traffic magistrate in South Florida, apparently believes she has the right to walk into men’s public bathrooms and photograph them while urinating because the bathrooms are, well, public. The attorney obviously missed th
Adam Mueller, aka Ademo Freeman, stood inside the Keene District Courthouse in New Hampshire, awaiting Judge Edward Burke to step inside so he could ask him a question. Less than two minutes later, he was arrested for threatening the judge
After 10 years of incarceration, and seven years after a jury sentenced him to die, 30-year-old Cory Maye will soon be going home.
In a case that became a national sensation on TV, Casey Anthony was acquitted Tuesday of murdering her 2-year-old daughter in what prosecutors portrayed as a cold-blooded attempt to free herself to party and be with her boyfriend.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's motorcade of 5 hulking black vehicles pulled into prime spots on Market Space yesterday. The availability of the spaces wasn't a fluke. Each meter had had a paper sign taped to it stating it was reserved for th
Johnson’s trial was delayed 680 days. The "justices" opinion concedes Johnson proved 3 of 4 factors for a speedy trial claim in his favor– the delay was well past the 8 month period that was presumptively prejudicial, he made timely demands for a t
A federal judge has found that Google can be held liable for damages for secretly intercepting data on open Wi-Fi routers.
The Jury is out after 2 long days of trial; the second day running all the way to 10PM on Thursday June 30th. John Kurtz has been convicted of resisting arrest without violence. John’s sentence, 30 days in a concrete cage, 7 days already served and 1
Benjamin Felix is alleged by the government to be a Mexican drug kingpin. He's somebody the government really wants to convict. Felix, disinclined to be convicted, retains a lawyer on his behalf. That means the government really wants his lawyer of
At the heart of the dispute is Operation Streamline. Under that system, a group of up to 70 people accused of misdemeanor violations of illegally entering the United States have their initial appearance, guilty pleas and sentencing in a single hearin
"The trial was postponed due to officer not showing up or something like that." "The trial was continued as there are depositions the defense needs to take before proceeding."
The soccer player was granted a super-injunction, a stringent and controversial British legal measure that prevents media outlets from identifying him, reporting on the story or even from revealing the existence of the court order itself. But tens of
After Strauss-Kahn spent nearly a week in police custody and then jail, a judge agreed to free him on $1 million cash bail plus an additional $5 million bond — provided he's confined to a NY apartment, under armed guard and electronic monitoring.
A special type of government search warrant that allows authorities to search homes without informing the owner for months is becoming more common. Imagine someone walking through your neighborhood, coming into your home and rifling through your inti
The Indiana Supreme Court ruling stating cops can illegally enter your home and it is illegal to resist are not the first such ruling. I remember a currently siting U.S. District Judge in Arizona who so ruled in 1990.
My overall experience with the City of Tolleson Court House has been ridiculous. On September 20, 2010 I received a citation for failure to stop at a red light. I received my paper work in the mail and read through it thoroughly. On Fri
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A former juvenile court judge who sent large numbers of children to detention centers was convicted of racketeering for taking a $1 million kickback from the builder of the for-profit lockups, in what prosecutors said was a "kids for cash" scheme tha
The news brings almost routine stories about wrongfully convicted prisoners who are exonerated by DNA testing, but they often have traveled widely divergent paths to freedom. In some states, only prisoners facing execution have the right to DNA te
FIJA Seeks Peaceful, Lawful Resolution of Rights Violations Pursuant to the Administrative Order issued by an Orlando, Florida judge banning FIJA volunteers from handing out educational literature at the Orlando Courthouse, FIJA director Iloilo Ma
