Michael Wade Nance, on Georgia's death row for a 1993 murder, argued that lethal injection could cause him severe pain due to ...

Judge Michael Behrens cut an impressive figure in the courtroom during his 10 years as a District Court Judge in Wellington ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Jurors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's corruption trial ended their eight day of ...

The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois ...

A jury has delivered a split verdict against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, finding him guilty on 11 of 23 ...

A former Navy detective and El Cajon police officer who choked a sailor to the point of unconsciousness was sentenced ...

Michael Wade Nance argued that because of his medical history an injection could cause him severe pain in violation of his constitutional rights.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Maryland followed that up with an injunction keeping it on hold long-term ... Associated Press writer Michael Kunzelman contributed from ...

Following a mistrial last year, a judge determined trying Damien Taylor again on rape charges would constitute a double jeopardy violation.

The jury deliberating the case of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and his longtime political associate Michael McClain submitted a note to the judge on Friday asking for call transcripts.

Shortly after former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction on federal corruption charges, the leaders of Chicago’s top federal investigative agencies appeared in the lobby of the Dirksen U.S.