According to reports, a private clinical drug trial in France went terribly wrong last night, landing at least six of its subjects in the hospital, with one patient confirmed brain dead.
Former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi was sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Egyptian court Tuesday for charges connected to the 2012 killing of protesters outside his presidential palace.
A former CIA officer who leaked classified documents to a New York Times reporter was convicted of espionage today in federal court and could potentially face decades in jail.
Jonathan Koppenhaver, the mixed martial arts fighter known as "War Machine," was admonished in a Las Vegas courtroom yesterday for laughing during the testimony of alleged victim Christy Mack. Koppenhaver's lawyer denied his client had laughed at all, causing judge Melanie Andress-Tobiasson to respond, "I watched him
Yesterday, Maureen McDonnell's former chief of staff, Mary-Shea Sutherland, testified in the federal corruption trial against McDonnell and her former-Virginia-governor husband Bob. Sutherland had some colorful things to say about the first lady.
Yesterday, a federal judge handed down an acquittal on the highest charge against Gilberto Valle, the NYPD officer who was convicted last year for a plot to kidnap, rape, kill, and chow down on several women.
Today marked the opening of court proceedings for 15 crew members from the Sewol, the South Korean ferry that sank off the country's southwestern coast in April, killing more than 300 people. According to Reuters, the captain entered the courtroom to a shout of "murderer!"
State legislators in New Hampshire are considering a law that would have judges in all criminal cases instruct juries on their right of "nullification"—that is, the jury's right to ignore the law. Is this really wise?
The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been jailed for five years for supposedly embezzling from a timber company. Navalny has denied these allegations and claims that the trial and jailing were politically motivated. His supporters and foreign dignitaries also contend these are trumped-up charges.
A mere two days after finding George Zimmerman innocent of the murder of Trayvon Martin, juror B37 in the case has signed on with a prominent literary agent, as a prelude to a book deal. This juror is a woman who hates the media and went into the trial mistakenly believing there were "riots" over the case.
Did you know the Justice Department sponsored protests against George Zimmerman? They didn't, really—but this is the new conspiracy theory being passed around the internet gutter as Zimmerman's trial comes to a close.
Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of murdering her roommate while studying in Italy, is back on television. Amanda Knox, who was exonerated of the charges, has an anticipated tell-all memoir coming out. Amanda Knox, tabloid obsession, is being tried again for murder in Italy. Amanda Knox has a lot of…
The 16-year-old girl at the center of the rape trial of two Ohio high-school football players learned of the assault over text messages the next morning, it was testified this week. The trial is focusing primarily on text messages, cell phone pictures, and social media surrounding the alleged crime.
The trial of two high-school football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last year begins today in Steubenville, Ohio, following months of social media-fueled speculation and accusation. Trent Mays and Malik Richmond, two 16-year-olds who play for Steubenville High's massively popular Big Red…
The Cannibal Cop, suspended NYPD officer Gilberto Valle, was found guilty of conspiracy to kill and cannibalize women on Tuesday morning. Valle had connected with other liked-minded people on fetish websites to torture and consume women he knew, including his wife. While his lawyers argue that this was just…
Guys, the '90s are back. First Joey Buttafuoco decides to write a tell-all two decades after the fact. And now, 17 years since the O.J. Simpson trial, former prosecutor Christopher Darden is ready to blow the lid off this whole thing.
A silent seven-second call may prove crucial to the defense of James Holmes, the gunman charged with opening fire on a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises in July.
The Amish people may have a reputation for being peaceful folk, but that doesn't mean they won't throw down.
The blinks of a 35-year-old man, paralyzed and dying from a gunshot wound, may help convict his killer.
At a hearing today, lawyers for Aurora mass shooter James Holmes said their client is mentally ill. Many have speculated that this will pave the way for a "not guilty by reason of insanity" defense.
