Mixed reactions were seen inside and outside the courtroom, upon the announcement of Casey Anthony found not guilty of first-degree murder of her daughter Caylee. Casey burst into tears, hugged her lawyers, and could not hide her smile after being released from the stressful trial. The peaked nationwide attention, however, may not cease to swirl around Anthony.
Prosecutors in New York now doubt the credibility of the hotel maid who alleged that Dominique Strauss-Kahn raped her, but the evidence surrounding the rape itself are still solid, her lawyer says.
After six weeks of testimony, the high-profile Casey Anthony's trial is expected to end next week with both the prosecutor and the defense lawyers set to submit their closing arguments on Sunday.
Seven state prisons, camps, and work release facilities will close within 60 days, due to the state’s declining inmate population - something that will save the state millions of dollars, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday.
An unnamed Palestinian prostitute accused of prostitution and identity theft was finally sentenced to one year in prison today in Dubai, according an article from The National.
During the appeals trail of the Amanda Knox case in Italy, current prison inmates talked about their connections to the murder.
Monday morning, after Casey Anthony's adequate competency to proceed in trial was confirmed, the first-degree murder trial has resumed in the midst of national attention, or rather addiction, to the unfolding mystery of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony's death.
Nicholas Brooks the man who prosecutors say strangled his girlfriend in the bathtub of a SoHo House hotel room is contemplating taking a plea deal instead of going through with a trial.
Judge Belvin Perry announced the Casey Anthony trial will recess to 9 a.m. Tuesday, giving no clear explanation. However, he scolds both defense attorney Jose Baez and prosecutor Jeff Ashton for their “gamesmanship”, which made him so bored.
A study found that death penalty prosecution in California costs up to 20 times as much as a life-without-parole case.
There have been numerous speculations and allegations regarding the reality of North Korean regime through multiple reports, especially defector’s testimonies, but none have been fully verified. However, a leaked official police manual published by the North Korean government officially confirms actual inside stories of the reclusive nation.
A North Korean police report has confirmed that cannibalism, drugs and counterfeit cases are rampant, according to Korean newspaper Kukmin Ilbo. It's the first time that North Korea's living conditions have been confirmed by North Korea's official government data, Kukmin Ilbo reports.
Leaders from both sides of the immigration debate traded barbs over a controversial bill that would allow immigration judges to have the authority to determine if the illegal immigrant parents of children who, having been born in the United States, are American citizens should be ordered removed or deported from the U.S.
Casey Anthony's trial entered its 20th day with Jose Baez, Casey's lawyer trying to shred the prosecutor's evidence into pieces by suggesting that the allegation that Casey had used a duct tape as a murder weapon to suffocate her 2-year old daughter Caylee is false even as the toddler's father's identity came into focus.
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed a law to take agricultural jobs from illegal immigrants, only to give them to prisoners on probation.
A 12-year-old boy, Cristian Fernandez, could be locked away in prison, if he is convicted of killing his 2-year-old half-brother.
Alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic, who is facing charges of genocide at a court in The Hague after extradition from Serbia, has had his army pension unblocked, according to his attorney
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, plead not guilty in a 4 minute arraignment at Manhattan Supreme Court.
Federal prosecutors were looking to make a deal with former Senator John Edwards; they would accept his plea of guilty to three misdemeanor campaign finance violations allowing him to avoid a felony conviction and the ability to keep his law license.
Iraqi authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the head of one of the nation's biggest banks, which is under investigation for alleged irregularities, a government source and the bank's lawyer said on Sunday.
Prosecutors decided to hold off on indicting an Egyptian businessman accused of sexually assaulting a maid at the Pierre Hotel, Sunday.
The United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague awaits Ratko Mladic where he is going to answer charges of genocide in the Bosnia war on Friday.
