Crown Office drops Kerelaw cases
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The Crown Office announces it will not take further action over 10 allegations of abuse at a home for vulnerable children.
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NEW YORK -- A federal judge dismissed charges Monday against 13 former KPMG employees in what the government had described as the largest criminal tax case in U.S. history.
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A judge on Tuesday dismissed charges against two Rider University officials in a case involving the drinking death of a fraternity pledge.
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Prosecutors dropped charges Friday against a nurse accused of failing to report bruises on a child who was later shaken to death by his foster father. The case led to an overhaul of Missouri's child-welfare system.
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Defence lawyers for seven descendants of the 18th-century Bounty mutineers accused of sexual assault on remote Pitcairn Island moved to halt the trials of the men today, claiming judicial bias.
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Charges against the man leading an investigation into alleged corruption by South Africa's police chief Jackie Selebi have been dropped, SAPA news agency reported on Monday.
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Reports that CS gas may have contributed to the death of a police officer have been dismissed by the Metropolitan Police.
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A judge dropped murder and arson charges against a man accused of setting his house on fire, killing his wife and son, because prosecutors failed to bring him to trial quickly.
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British prosecutors announced on Friday they would not file charges after a 16-month police inquiry into alleged political corruption that overshadowed former Prime Minister Tony Blair's last months in office.
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Yukos drops the threat of legal action against five banks it had accused of involvement in the sale of its key unit.
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A judge on Tuesday dismissed a civil lawsuit filed against William Kennedy Smith by his former personal assistant who alleged he sexually assaulted her.
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South African authorities on Wednesday abruptly dropped criminal charges against a Pretoria man charged last week with possessing components for the construction of nuclear weapons.
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A judge throws out  the corruption case of former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
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The Crown appeals the decision to dismiss charges against the owners of a home where 14 people died in a fire.
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The 53-year-old system under which fingerprint evidence is presented in Scotland's courts is abolished.
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Charges are downgraded against ten men accused of plotting to murder Fiji's military leader.
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A FORMER judge yesterday denied stealing a sample of his blood after he crashed his car. NSW Supreme Court judge Jeff Shaw quit last Friday and the NSW Police Integrity Commission is investigating how he got