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JACKSON, MS (AP) - A federal appeals court tossed out bribery charges against a wealthy ex-lawyer and two former judges Friday, but upheld most of the convictions in a high-profile judicial corruption scandal in Mississippi.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the law under which former state Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch was charged-- a federal mail and wire fraud provision-- was unconstitutionally vague.
U.S. Supreme Court justices of all stripes appeared sharply critical on Tuesday of the federal law that makes it a crime to "deprive another of honest services," leaving the often-used prosecutorial tool in serious doubt.
Conrad Black's ego could swell even larger if he succeeds as the convict who opened the cells of some of the most notorious white-collar criminals jailed in the past decade. The imprisoned former publisher, who still sits in the British House of L...
One of the attorneys urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down an anti-corruption statute told the justices on Tuesday that the law used in the case against a former Alaska lawmaker is "vague, amorphous," and "open-ended."
Ohio has executed a killer through the first U.S. lethal injection using a single drug, a longer but supposedly less painful method than previous executions that required three drugs. Kenneth Biros was pronounced dead at 11:47 a.m. Tuesday, about 43 minutes after he entered the death house at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
Joseph Kindler, a notorious Northeast Philadelphia man convicted of kidnapping and bashing an accomplice with a baseball bat and drowning him in 1982, may die by injection after all.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday that a federal judge’s decision releasing documents created by Mohawk Industries’ lawyer could not be immediately appealed. It was Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s first opinion as a Supreme Court justice.
First-Ever Death by Lethal Injection using One Drug, Instead of Three
The Supreme Court dismissed a case pitting innocent property owners against Chicago police and prosecutors who held seized autos and other property for years under a controversial Illinois forfeiture act.
In his quest to overturn his fraud conviction, jailed media mogul Conrad Black challenged the validity of honest services fraud, the federal law used to put three Palm Beach County commissioners behind bars.
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday examined controversial graft law in a case that has given a former Enron boss and the disgraced Anglo-Canadian media mogul Conrad Black hope for another day in court.
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a case that tests the constitutionality of a federal anti-corruption law that makes it a crime to deprive shareholders of honest services. The law has been used to prosecute public officials and corporate executives. Opponents argue that the law is too broad.
When the Supreme Court spotlight fell on our little fishing village, newspapers from across America opined on the beach restoration issue that has divided the Destin area for more than a decade. In lieu of your regularly scheduled editorial, we at...
A lawyer for former media baron Conrad Black urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn his fraud conviction, and several justices asked whether the federal law at issue was too vague.
The Supreme Court appeared inclined Tuesday to limit federal prosecutors' use of a fraud law that has helped win convictions of high-profile corporate executives and public officials, or throw out the law altogether.
