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• Colorado lawmakers consider restorative justice

  February 8, 2011 3:55 PM

  DENVER (AP)-Colorado lawmakers will consider whether people accused of crimes should be given a chance to make amends instead of being sent to prison. A bill up for review in the House Judiciary Committee would emphasize the option known as "restorative justice," which favors restitution and encourages a dialogue... more »

• Justice Thomas' wife leaves voice message for Anita Hill

  October 20, 2010 11:50 AM

  The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is asking Anita Hill to consider apologizing for accusing the justice of sexually harassing her. The request came in a voicemail message left on Oct. 9, some 19 years after Hill made the accusation during the justice's confirmation hearing. Virginia Thomas... more »

• Three new judges appointed in El Paso County

  September 30, 2010 11:40 AM

  Gov. Bill Ritter appointed three new judges in El Paso County. Two will serve n the 4th Judicial District while the third will be a County Court judge. The appointments are as follows: · Michael Paul McHenry of Colorado Springs was appointed to become a District Court judge in... more »

• Sotomayor addresses diversity in Colorado speech

  August 26, 2010 10:03 AM

  The first Latina member of the U.S. Supreme Court is in Denver to talk to students about joining the legal profession. Justice Sonia Sotomayor is scheduled to address more than 250 high school and college students Thursday at a talk sponsored by the Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence. The... more »

• Colorado company settles kickback complaint

  June 9, 2010 4:55 PM

  A manufacturer of Cochlear implants has agreed to pay $880,000 to the U.S. government to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors. The U.S. Justice Department announced the settlement with Cochlear Americas on Wednesday. The company in Centennial, Colorado, is a subsidiary of Australia's Cochlear Limited and officials... more »

• State Grand Jury indicts three

  June 2, 2010 4:15 PM

  A Statewide Grand Jury has indicted three men suspected of running a $5.7 million investment-fraud scheme. Phillip R. Trujillo, David M. Piatt and Timothy B. Burk are suspected of defrauding 70 investors with promises that their investments would be free from risk and would generate generous returns. The trio also... more »

• U.S. launches criminal probe of BP spill

  June 1, 2010 4:23 PM

  Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that federal authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. Holder would not specify which companies or individuals might be the targets of the probe. He said federal clean air and pollution laws give him the... more »

• Justice Dept. confirms criminal probe of mine explosion

  May 14, 2010 5:21 PM

  The Justice Department is investigating whether there was "willful criminal activity" by the company that operates the West Virginia mine where 29 workers died in an accident last month. The U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of West Virginia says in a letter that investigators are looking into the... more »

• Obama picks Elena Kagan for Supreme Court

  May 10, 2010 11:27 AM

  President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, declaring she would demonstrate the same independence, integrity and passion for the law exhibited by retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. "Elena is widely regarded as one of the nation's foremost legal minds," said Obama. "She's... more »

• Obama to choose Kagan for Supreme Court

  May 10, 2010 8:15 AM

  The woman President Barack Obama is set to nominate to the Supreme Court is known as sharp, politically savvy and someone who has led a blazing legal career. Solicitor General Elena Kagan was the first female dean of Harvard Law School and the first woman to serve as the top... more »

• Teen raped, murdered--body stuffed in closet

  November 13, 2009 8:48 AM

  Baltimore police say they've arrested a man suspected of raping and killing a 15-year-old boy, whose body was found hidden in a closet. A Baltimore police spokesman says Dante Parrish was arrested last night in east Baltimore. Police had been searching for the 35-year-old Parrish in connection with the death... more »

• Jury weighs death penalty in TV anchorwoman case

  November 12, 2009 8:44 AM

  A jury that convicted a man of capital murder in the beating death of an Arkansas TV anchorwoman is now weighing whether to impose the death penalty. Jurors will meet again Thursday, a day after convicting Curtis Lavelle Vance of murder, rape and other charges. Jurors also could choose life... more »

• Obama: Justice OK to conduct interrogation review

  September 20, 2009 9:14 AM

  President Barack Obama says he has no plans to ask the Justice Department to end its criminal investigation into the harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the Bush administration. Seven former CIA directors have asked the president to do just that. In a letter to Obama on Friday, they warned... more »