It is up to the sentencing judge whether a criminal defendant’s allocution is sworn or not, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled on an issue of first impression. Faced with the second ...

More than 90 percent of federal criminal convictions arise from a plea deal. Consequently, for almost every convicted defendant, the sole opportunity to address the court and share his or her story ...

Bryan Kohberger has one last chance Wednesday to give the grieving parents of four University of Idaho students he admitted to killing the answers they’ve desperately sought for nearly three years.

All criminals and lawbreakers must go before a judge in the court of law after authorities detain them or issue a promise to appear. The judge is the one who's ultimately in control. They will decide ...

ELK GROVE (CBS13) - A sudden turn in the murder case of an Elk Grove teen has his family speaking out. Nineteen-year-old Seth Smith was gunned down while away at college at UC Berkely. "He was just a ...