The man accused of killing a teacher before her body was allegedly dumped in a bin has revealed plans to fight the charge, a ...

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday.

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals heard arguments Tuesday on whether the sentence of the man who confessed to the 1997 murder of an Oklahoma woman should be upheld.

Louisiana school districts must comply with a ruling barring Ten Commandments displays despite contradictory guidance from a ...

Aaron Gunches asked the Arizona Supreme Court to issue an expedited execution warrant for him more than a decade after he was sentenced to death for murder.

An appellate judge denied Trump’s bid to delay sentencing, but he may appeal further as he seeks to avoid becoming the first president with a felony record.

Members of Congress, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries have gathered at the U.S. Capitol for a lying-in-state ceremony ...

At a public investiture ceremony Tuesday, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Joe Deters took the oath of office and also criticized "judicial activism." ...

Jimmy Carter’s final journey to the nation’s capital Tuesday was a solemn affair, a vivid if rare reminder that the ...

A lawyer for Donald Trump on Tuesday failed to convince a New York appeals court to stop his sentencing from going ahead this ...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an Oregon law banning most secret recordings of oral conversations, rejecting a ...