Those four figures and their pardons aren't the only evidence of a Justice Department de-emphasizing public corruption cases.

BOISE, Idaho -- Attorneys for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students have asked that his trial be delayed, citing in part a recent NBC “Dateline” special that they called ...

And the man’s mother in tears recalling her son, a Boston police officer whose death is at the heart of a trial gripping the nation. The first full day of testimony concluded on Wednesday.

And while this might seem difficult to believe, disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich told The New York Times he’s considering a possible U.S. Senate candidacy next year in his home state of ...

MUSKEGON, MI – Shanda Vander Ark, the woman convicted of murder for torturing her teen son to death, is asking for a new trial in one of Muskegon County’s most horrific child abuse cases.

Karen Read‘s second trial in connection with the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, was expected to continue Tuesday in Dedham’s Norfolk Superior Court before Judge ...

On Wednesday morning, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was called as a witness in the corruption trial of former governor Rod Blagojevich. He took the stand for just a few minutes. Emanuel answered a ...

She said that both sides performed well Friday and credited Hank Brennan, the special prosecutor brought in to handle Read's retrial, with devising a new strategy after the first trial ended in a ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted he was a “little nervous” in the run-up to his criminal trial, as the hip-hop mogul looked into the eyes of the potential jurors who will render a verdict on ...

NEW YORK -- The sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs started Monday -- beginning the first courtroom test of whether one of hip-hop's most important figures used power and wealth amassed in ...

A decade ago, when Microsoft Corp. was reined in by the Justice Department, a prominent Silicon Valley attorney popularized a theory about antitrust cases: “The trial is the remedy.” ...

“So we would, of course, expect her to be a witness at her trial.” When reached for comment on Thursday, Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said, “Although obviously uncomfortable for the ...