The placement of a screen to shield a child-abuse victim in court might violate the constitutional right of a defendant to face their accuser, high court says.

A fleeing defendant is taken to the ground in the courthouse hallway on Sep. 5, 2025. Photo courtesy of a witness. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you ...

A 24-year-old man briefly escaped custody in a Brazos County courtroom Wednesday after being sentenced to five years in ...

A courtroom assault disrupted trial proceedings Thursday morning in Cuyahoga County when a defendant allegedly punched the prosecuting attorney in the face, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.

Police say Morgan Geyser was unmonitored for two hours before the Department of Corrections reached out to check on her after her ankle monitor alerted them to a “malfunction.” ...

John Price is pictured with his attorney, Razmi Tahirkheli, on March 10, 2025, in Douglas County District Court. A Douglas County jury on Monday found itself in the unusual position of convicting a ...

A defendant had a salty way of telling an Oregon judge that the magistrate had made a mistake. An appeals court agreed with his premise -- while not his language -- and overturned four contempt ...

Claire Waxman said some victims were waiting as long as seven years between reporting an offence and the case coming to trial ...

A local man convicted of murder in the death of Ashlevy E. Neville, 40, at her home near Azalia in 2023 has a scheduled ...