Alaska corruption trial winds down
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A former state lawmaker made drunken boasts about his legislative maneuvers on behalf of an oil field services company but did not swap official acts for bribes, his attorney said in closing arguments Monday.
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Israel's attorney general is expected to drop a corruption case against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon but could still charge his son in connection with illegal campaign funding, judicial sources said on Thursday.
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EAGLE, Colo. - The criminal case against Kobe Bryant case collapsed Wednesday as prosecutors dropped the sexual assault charge against him, saying they had no choice because the NBA star's accuser no longer wanted to participate...
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By Rindi White, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Dec. 9--PALMER -- South Palmer residents were ecstatic Friday when word went out that a gravel pit three miles south of the quaint farming town was no longer being considered a potential spot for the largest prison in Alaska.
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What will likely be one of the last major trials for WWII crimes is scheduled to end in early October with the verdict to be delivered on October 19.
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MANNHEIM, Germany - Prosecutors yesterday reduced charges against a US military policewoman accused in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal as a set of pretrial hearings wrapped up at an American base in Germany.
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It was a case that showed all the difficulties of prosecuting child sexual abuse cases in the American courts. Yesterday morning, a grand jury indictment was unsealed charging retired Massachusetts
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A verdict in the case of Lt. Col Steven Jordan ends the last military prosecution in the prison abuse scandal. But sources tell TIME that charges could be brought for the first time against civilian contractors
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The prosecution in Russiaâs trial of former Yukos leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky adjourned proceedings on Tuesday until Nov. 9, Reuters reported citing court sources.
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By Megan Holland, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Sep. 22--A grand jury has indicted two Alaska men on charges that they collected ivory and bone parts of walruses found washed up on state beaches, falsified documents, then illegally sold walrus parts for thousands of dollars.
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A judge dismissed grand jury indictments Friday that accused a Texas Supreme Court justice and his wife of involvement in an arson at their home, but prosecutors noted the couple had not been absolved and the investigation was continuing.
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KUALA LUMPUR : Prosecutors fabricated evidence in the corruption trial of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, his lawyers charged as they made a final bid to clear his name in Malaysia&#39;s highest court on Wednesday.
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Federal prosecutors in Washington are scrutinizing Sen. Ted Stevens' home remodeling project as part of a spinoff of an Alaska corruption investigation that has led to charges against lawmakers and contractors.
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With a military espionage trial against a former Air Force translator at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, set to begin Tuesday, the Air Force has backed off much of the evidence against him.
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U.S. prosecutors on Friday dropped criminal securities fraud charges against a former New York Stock Exchange floor trader, after dropping a similar charge against another defendant late last month.
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Prosecutors dropped murder charges Tuesday against a Texas man who spent 17 years on death row for a crime he may not have committed.
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The biggest corruption trial in Macau's history was set to conclude Wednesday, threatening to expose the murky underworld behind the booming gambling city's gleaming facade.