CRIMINAL LAW

Amanda Knox will be retried for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, the Italian Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

The Amanda Knox case was in front of the Italian Supreme Court on Monday as prosecutors appealed the ruling of the appellate court, which overturned Knox's conviction.

A Montana man accused of waterboarding four children as a "learning experience" will receive probation as part of a plea agreement.

An Oklahoma mother was arrested for failing to report child abuse after her 11-year-old son allegedly raped her 6-year-old daughter.

Lindsay Lohan was reportedly offered a house arrest deal, but the actress is considering refusing the plea bargain, meaning she could face jail time. Again.

Blade runner Oscar Pistorius accused of killing his girl friend Reeva Steenkamp was charged with premeditated murder Tuesday for the purpose of bail, judge ruled while hearing a bail petition by the accused, NCA News reported.

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. is expected to plead guilty to charges associated with alleged misspending of $750,000 in campaign funds.

The fifth-graders had their alleged murder plot thwarted last week when a fourth-grade student told his teacher that he saw one of the boy’s with a knife.

Police in Papua New Guinea have arrested 100 people for last week's witch burning and rescued two more women.

The Pirate Bay is suing an Finnish anti-piracy site for trademark infringement, a knowingly ironic move that comes after The Pirate Bay has for years been the prime target of organizations who say the site facilitates illegal media downloading.

A new campaign asks its viewers to stomach the unintended consequences of the death penalty.

An Australian tourist visiting New York City was raped after heading to a Manhattan nightclub, police said.

The manhunt for fugitive ex-LAPD cop Christopher Dorner may have ended Tuesday afternoon in the mountains of Southern California, but the outcome is still unclear.

The Amish sect leader, who is a bishop in Bergholz, was one of 16 Ohio Amish sentenced in federal court in Cleveland Friday.

The media is shining a spotlight on sex trafficking at the Super Bowl, a longtime but little-talked-about issue.

Rios Montt, Guatemala's brief military dictator from 1982 to 1983 is set to go to trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Lawyers for accused Sept. 11 attack conspirator say information obtained from him under torture is unreliable and urged government to discuss detention facilities.

Argentina and Iran have agreed to set up a judicial commission to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.

A Venezuelan prison riot has left dozens dead, with estimates ranging from 54 to 93 killed, as the violence stretched into its second day Saturday.

A former top bodyguard of Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony was killed in Central African Republic in what some view as a sign that Ugandan forces are getting close to the elusive warlord.

A court in Britain heard the details of the sufferings of six girls who were sexually abused by nine men.