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Married Teacher Couple Convicted of Group Sex with Underage Student

A married couple in Orange County, both of them teachers, or former teachers, have been sentenced on Thursday at the…

New York Bar Associations Move to Assist Sandy Victims

On Friday, New York State Bar Association President Seymour James talked with representatives of bar groups in New York City,…

Indiana Secretary of State Sued by Common Cause

A lawsuit was filed on Thursday that claims voters are robbed of a meaningful vote because of judicial elections. The…

Catholic-Owned Business Wins Exemption from Contraception Mandate

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland temporarily blocked the government from forcing the Catholic owner of Weingartz Supply Company,…

Boy Who Killed Neo-Nazi Father Wanted Abuse to Stop

On Wednesday, during the murder trial of a 12-year-old boy accused of killing his neo-Nazi father, emotions were high as…

Pledge of Allegiance Case to be Heard by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

A lawsuit was rejected back in the month of June by a Middlesex Superior Court judge that says the words…

South Dakota Executes for Rape and Murder

Donald Moeller, a South Dakota inmate was executed in October 2012 for the 1990 stabbing and rape which resulted in…

Sleepy Juror Does Not Merit Retrial of Murder Conviction

On Tuesday, the New York State Court of Appeals rejected the petition of a convicted murderer for a new trial,…

Supreme Courts Declines to Review ‘Personhood’ Ballot Measure

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the application by anti-abortion group Personhood Oklahoma to review the decision of the…

Hurricane Sandy Closes Down Courts

State and federal courts across the eastern seaboard remained closed on Tuesday due to Hurricane Sandy. Even the U.S. Supreme…

Former Scoutmaster Admits to Abusing Boys

A former scoutmaster, Thomas J. Menghi Jr., admitted that he was drunk when he would molest Boy Scouts in the…

Allan Ash Suing Grandson for Not Repaying Loan

Allan Ash, 95, has decided to sue his grandson for not repaying a loan of $950,000 that he gave him…