The foreman of the jury that rendered a split decision in the landmark trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan said ...

“The Madigan verdict by a jury of everyday Illinoisans is an important message to anyone in government — or those thinking about public service — that if you choose corruption you will be found out, ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the state’s most powerful politician during his nearly four-decade reign, was found guilty on federal corruption charges in a split verdict.

The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some ...

Turning now to this month’s topic, “’Judicial discretion is a phrase of great latitude; but it never means the arbitrary will ...

Richard Snyder, a town justice in upstate New York, said he could not serve as an impartial grand juror because he believed ...

Promises by the state to uncover decades of sexual abuse by the clergy never got off the ground in a court fight that was ...

An unsealed court ruling shows why a judge blocked a long-promised grand jury investigation of sexual assault by New Jersey ...

The case appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of sending abortion pills to another ...

A Las Vegas grand jury indicted a man prosecutors referred to as a “serial rapist” with a criminal history in California.