Judge Orders Release of Lennon FBI Files
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A federal judge has ordered the FBI  to turn over files on John Lennon to a California professor who  said the documents show Britain's domestic spy agency shadowed  the late Beatle's political activities.
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A federal judge in Washington yesterday ordered a court hearing Friday to examine whether the CIA violated a judicial order by destroying videotapes showing harsh interrogation methods, rebuffing pleas from the Bush administration that he stay out of the matter while the executive branch's own probe...
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The FBI must turn over the remaining secret files on Beatle John Lennon to a professor who has waged a more than 20-year legal battle to get the documents, a judge ruled.
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A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday lifted an order that kept former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's body from being buried, saying that sufficient DNA required for a legal battle over her infant daughter was obtained during the autopsy.
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The judge in the case against pop star Michael Jackson in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday ordered the release of part of the state attorney general&#39;s report.
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JOHN Lennon&#39;s killer, Mark David Chapman, will remain in prison for at least two more years after being denied parole because of the &quot;extreme malicious intent&quot; he showed in gunning down the former Beatle in 1980.
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New York: Mark David Chapman, the man convicted of murdering John Lennon outside the former Beatle&#39;s Manhattan apartment building, was denied a request for parole on Tuesday, officials said.
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A federal judge ordered the Bush administration yesterday to tell him whether two CIA interrogation videos destroyed in 2005 were relevant to a case before him.
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ATTICA, NY John Lennon&#39;s killer will remain in prison for at least two more years after being denied parole today. The New York state parole board cited the &quot;extreme malicious intent&quot; Mark David Chapman showed in gunning down Lennon.
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HARTFORD, Conn.  - A federal judge Monday ordered  a hearing on the mental competence of serial killer Michael  Ross, a move that could delay his scheduled execution, which  would be the first in New England in 45 years.
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The judge in the now-dismissed rape case against NBA star Kobe Bryant said Friday that nearly 60 sealed court documents will probably be released to the public after his staff redacts sensitive information.
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Mark Chapman, John Lennon&#39;s murderer will make his third appearance before a parole board this week to appeal for his freedom.
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&#151; The FBI said Friday it had completed a DNA analysis of eight-month-old evidence that could help solve the mystery of the disappearance of Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa.
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A federal judge has ordered the Labor Department to share with the public the results of years of toxic substance sampling in American workplaces. Federal officials said Monday they were reviewing the decision. The decision, by U.S. District Judge Mary L. Cooper, came in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by former Labor Department official Adam Finkel, who now is a whistleblower.
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The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case tentatively ruled on Monday that dozens of items of evidence seized at the singer&#39;s Neverland Valley Ranch and a private
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The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case tentatively ruled on Monday that more than three dozen items of evidence seized at the pop star&#39;s Neverland
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John Lennon&#39;s killer will remain in jail for at least two more years after being denied parole because of the &quot;extreme malicious intent&quot; he showed in gunning down the former Beatle in 1980.