The jury both believes in the legally-established guilt of the perpetrator—that the act did indeed happen—and nevertheless decides to free them of penalty. In delivering a verdict of not guilty, the ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Reports of scam calls made to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office are on the rise. The agency put out an alert saying scammers are claiming to be law enforcement and ...

A former Mississippi sheriff was found guilty after federal prosecutors said he accepted bribes from a convicted felon. Getty ...

legal counsel Greg Jones explained that the jury doesn't have to fill the clerk of court position because Louisiana law automatically has the deputy clerk serve until an election. Hooter ...

In the video, Prosen explains that he had checked and it was "not illegal" to dress in drag for jury duty. "My friend is a judge, and I asked him if dressing up in drag was against the law.

Burgess said the frequent resets help add new citizens, remove those who have moved out and add updated addresses to the jury system. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonalez warned there have been some ...

Civil rights attorneys say the fallback to common law is designed to keep law enforcement officers immune from civil claims ...

Three judges from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal judge trying the case made mistakes handing a juror who was dismissed after saying she was suffering from anxiety ...

Sara Sharif's father - who is accused of her murder - has told jurors he "takes full responsibility" for the death of his daughter. Minicab driver Urfan Sharif, 42, called police in the early ...

Andrade’s wife currently makes about $62,000 a year in a law-related position with the Secretary of State, records show. Neither she nor Andrade is expected to be called as a witness.

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the judge trying Russell Laffitte’s case made mistakes handing a juror who was dismissed after saying she was suffering from anxiety during ...