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At the federal bribery trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, a cooperating witness who pleaded guilty testified that he and others bribed her, while the defendants have pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors have charged Nancie Givens, the former head of the Arkansas Supreme Court's Office of Professional Programs, with 65 counts of tampering with a public record over alleged alteration of bar exam scores and deletion of files.
The Indiana Supreme Court suspended Marion County Superior Court 23 Judge Jose Salinas without pay for 45 days after the state's judicial qualifications commission charged him with five counts of misconduct.
A federal judge sentenced former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens to 41 months and former Jackson councilman Aaron Banks to 45 months after both pleaded guilty to bribery conspiracy, WJTV reports.
A report for the Virginia State Crime Commission found that 10% of 191 surveyed local law enforcement agencies self-reported unauthorized use of automated license plate readers, while prosecutors have charged only seven officers, Courthouse News reported.
The Bow School District agreed to a judgment declaring it violated spectators' First Amendment rights by barring pink "XX" wristbands at a 2024 girls' soccer game, and to pay $275,000 in fees and costs.
A federal indictment accuses Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy Paul Jessen Jr. of conspiring to commit extortion by accepting goods and services from a defense attorney in exchange for compromising DWI cases.
The Justice Department says a VA Community Care Program employee and a clinic CEO, both of Orlando, were sentenced to prison for a kickback and bribery conspiracy that steered veterans to the CEO's clinic.
A federal judge found Florida's domestic terrorist organization law likely violates the First Amendment as applied to legal advice for CAIR, while rejecting most of the group's other claims.
A former USPS letter carrier in Indianapolis was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and theft of mail.
A construction executive who pleaded guilty to bribing a former Connecticut school construction official received probation, while the official was convicted on 21 felony counts and sentenced in absentia to seven years after fleeing to Greece.
A former Kokomo, Indiana, police officer was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of violating a minor's constitutional rights, lying to investigators and deleting a messaging app.
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