CRIMINAL LAW

A Food and Drug Administration chemist and his son accused of making millions of dollars with inside information about drug approvals are close to reaching plea agreements, according to court papers.

Arraignment was postponed for a second time on Monday for a California mom accused of dropping her 7-month-old baby to his death from a hospital parking structure.

A California mom accused of dropping her 7-month-old baby to his death from a hospital parking structure was due in court on Monday for her arraignment on murder charges.

The jury in the upcoming involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor will not be sequestered, despite a request by defense lawyers who expect the case to be the most publicized in history.

Casey Anthony, who was voted as the most hated women in America, has received security measures from the Florida Department of Corrections, according to a probation spokeswoman Thursday.

The arraignment for a California mom accused of pushing her 7-month-old baby to his death from a parking structure was postponed on Thursday after a doctor found her mentally unfit to go to court.

Florida has provided extra security measures to Casey Anthony as she is one of the most hated women in America, a probation spokeswoman said on Thursday.

A Mississippi teenager who intentionally ran over a black man in an apparent hate crime and bragged about the incident to a friend will be charged with capital murder, which can attract death sentence or life in prison.

Kashif Parvaiz. 26, was arrested in connection with the murder of his 27-year-old wife, Nazish Nooran.

James Desborough is the thirteenth arrest

Jose Baez, Casey Anthony's lead attorney, is under investigation by the Florida Bar Association.Wednesday, Anthony's lawyers appealed court to overrule an order requiring Anthony to return to Orlando to serve a year of supervised probation on a check fraud conviction.

Casey Anthony's attorney Jose Baez, who had successfully defended her against charges of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, is being investigated by the Florida bar.

Defense lawyers argue that Anthony served probation while in jail.

A Florida Judge has ordered Casey Anthony to return to Orlando within two weeks in order to serve a year's probation for check fraud on Friday.

A Florida judge has ordered Casey Anthony back to the state by Aug. 26 to serve a probation period for the 2010 check fraud conviction. Judge Belvin Perry rejected claims by Anthony's lawyers that the she already served her probation while in jail waiting for the murder trial for allegedly killing her 2-year-old Caylee in 2008.

Judge orders her to report by Aug. 26.

Lynne Gravier run an 'animal hippie commune and shack-out pad'

In an effort to protect crime victims and discourage further criminal activity, Facebook has teamed up with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to remove illegal inmate accounts from the social networking Web site.

Levi Aron, the man accused of killing and dismembering a Brooklyn boy on July 11, was found competent to stand trial and pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Thursday morning. Defense lawyer Pierre Bazille said he may still pursue an insanity defense. "We believe him to have some psychiatric disorder." After all, police records indicate Aron saying "I'm famous" after his arrest.

Levi Aron, the man accused of killing and dismembering a Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky on July 11, has been found competent for trial and entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment Thursday morning.

Weeks after her acquittal in the Caylee Anthony murder case and subsequent release from jail, Casey Anthony has been spotted for the first time in public. Casey's public appearance coincided with her lawyers presenting a motion in the Orange County Court house to quash and throw out an order made by Judge Stan Strickland asking her to serve a one-year probation in Florida.