Two Baton Rouge judges ascended to higher benches Friday after qualifying unopposed for judicial races, Louisiana Secretary of State records show.

The pope’s address came on the 10th anniversary of two papal documents that aimed to make the Catholic Church’s marriage ...

Los Angeles-based Judge and Jury Records has built an in-house production and songwriting team to work with the likes of ...

Lucas Finton covers crime, policing, jails, the courts and criminal justice policy for The Commercial Appeal. He can be ...

Judge Andrew Carruthers — the longest serving judge and the first criminal law magistrate in Bexar County — retires this week.

Because he betrayed Jesus, some scholars have suggested that Iscariot is not Judas’ surname but rather a corruption of the ...

He dips into his office and emerges wearing his black robe. He's ready to take the bench at 9 a.m. "Let's get it done," he says. After 35 years of public ...

If they can't afford their bail and don't plead guilty, a trial date is set with preference given to individuals still in ...

Members of a fringe faith-healing congregation accused of fatally withholding a young girl’s lifesaving medicine have been found guilty of her manslaughter – with the father and leader of the “church” ...

A judge has returned a bombshell verdict in the trial of 14 members of a cult-like religious circle who were accused of ...

In a new court filing as part of an ongoing lawsuit against Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters and the Oklahoma State ...

For centuries, houses of worship have served as havens for people needing refuge — and, in recent decades, sanctuary from the ...