Mo. kidnap case challenges young lawyers
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The two young lawyers who have taken on the defense of alleged child abductor Michael Devlin are eager but they're being seen as underdogs in a costly and complex case.
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Defense lawyers on Wednesday sought to poke holes in a government witness&#39;s story of an angry confrontation with a former Enron Corp.
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In a stinging legal challenge to the administrationâs detention policies, a ruling requires virtually all information to be shared with defense lawyers.
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By JOHN MILBURN  By John Milburn  The Associated Press  TOPEKA, Kan.  A man accused of kidnapping and killing a suburban Kansas City teenager pleaded no contest as a 15-year-old to threatening his sister at knifepoint, according to court records.   Edwin R.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Lisa Montgomery whispered her answers to a federal judge Thursday as a packed courtroom collectively focused on the woman accused of kidnapping resulting in death.
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A lawyer for a German man who was abducted by the C.I.A. urged an appeals court to reinstate his lawsuit.
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Officials in New Jersey who are struggling to combat witness intimidation have long been concerned about cases involving one lawyerâs clients, many of them gang members.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- One of the biggest capital punishment cases to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in a generation was put together largely by a young, fresh-out-of-law-school member of Kentucky's overworked and underpaid corps of public defenders.
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Communities in Kan., Mo. Struggle With Shocking Death of Pregnant Woman Whose Baby Was Stolen. This is an undated photo showing Lisa M. Montgomery, a resident of Melvern, Kan.
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New Jersey officials trying combat witness intimidation are concerned about cases involving one lawyerâs clients.
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In a high-stakes drama of legal gamesmanship, prosecutors and defense lawyers in the Michael Jackson child molestation case are battling over still secret evidence that might
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Lawyers for a Georgia school district  and a group of parents clashed on Monday over the  constitutionality of placing stickers that challenge the theory  of evolution on textbooks.
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In a high-stakes drama of legal gamesmanship, prosecutors and defence lawyers in the Michael Jackson child abuse case are battling over still-secret evidence that might make or break the case against the pop star.
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One of the nationâs best-known plaintiffâs lawyers, Richard Scruggs, is ensnared in legal drama involving federal conspiracy and bribery charges.
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A 30-year-old woman is suing her adoptive parents for kidnapping in a case that opened in an Argentine court Tuesday, becoming the first child of disappeared political prisoners to press such charges.
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Lawyers for two Americans facing charges of kidnapping in Afghanistan release a video showing them being greeted by senior officials.
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Defense attorneys for a polygamous-sect leader charged with sex crimes in the arranged marriage of a 14-year-old girl and her older cousin began their case Tuesday, trying to debunk the contention that his church places women in submissive roles.