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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sitting in London Monday upheld the sex abuse convictions of six men for committing rapes and sexual assaults against women and underage girls on the British...

A judge in Kentucky Thursday dismissed with prejudice charges against Gov. Ernie Fletcher in the wake of a settlement agreement, meaning that prosecutors are barred from continuing the criminal case against Fletcher in connection...

A judge in Kentucky ruled Friday that executive immunity protects Gov. Ernie Fletcher from prosecution for alleged corrupt hiring practices while he is in office. Fletcher pleaded not guilty in June to charges...

Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of criminal conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination stemming from an investigation into the governor's hiring practices . Fletcher's attorney entered...

Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky has been charged with criminal conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination as part of an ongoing investigation into the governor's hiring practices . In a press release responding to the...

The six men convicted in October 2004 of committing sexual abuse against women and underage girls on the British possession of Pitcairn Island over a period of 30 years have lost their latest appeals. Appearing...

Oregon Circuit Judge Joseph Guimond heard oral arguments Monday in the latest case to challenge the constitutionality of Measure 36 , a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage approved by Oregon voters on November 2, 2004. Representing...

Leading Tuesday's states brief, a Baltimore Circuit Court Judge today heard arguments concerning the constitutionality of the state's same-sex marriage prohibition. The plaintiffs allege that a 1973 state law which states that only a marriage between a man and...

Leading Tuesday's states brief, North Carolina lawmakers have selected Democrat June Atkinson as the State Superintendent of Public Schools , resolving the country's last undecided statewide election from 2004. After Atkinson beat Bill Fletcher in the 2004 election,...

Leading Monday's states brief, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ordered its criminal practice committee to assess whether financial records should be given more protection as a matter of public policy. In upholding the conviction of a...