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The Arkansas Court of Appeals released opinions Wednesday. The court's ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here. The full opinions and other court proceedings, including per curiam ...

A trial date has been set for the man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in Mississippi. According to the Forrest County ...

Following the Revolutionary War and the creation of Rockingham County, a need arose to appoint a group of men as justices for the first Rockingham County Court.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A former Clark County Council member will stand trial for charges stemming from the Jamey Noel investigation, a judge ruled Monday. The conflict of interest charge against ...

The Supreme Court appeared swayed by a Texas death row inmate’s argument he has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws ...

“Bricen Rivers is guilty of murdering our daughter Lauren Johansen.” the elder Johansen said. “He deserves execution by ...

Several Supreme Court justices worried that a low-profile death penalty appeal could upend fundamental judicial principles.

Ruben Gutierrez is one of a rare group of death row inmates who have been granted repeated review by the high court.

Bricen Rivers pleaded not guilty to three charges related to the murder of his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend Lauren Johansen.

Ruben Gutierrez was convicted of capital murder and other charges tied to the 1998 robbery and killing of 85-year-old Escolastica Harrison ... U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit created ...