Prosecutors will ask a grand jury to indict seven men for first-degree murder in the home-invasion slayings of a wealthy Panhandle Couple, a move that could allow them to seek the death penalty, a state attorney said Thursday. ...more

August 6, 2009

A psychological evaluation of Joshua Lee Altersberger was the testimony provided by expert witnesses in the beginning of the third day of his penalty trial. ...more

April 1, 2009

Paula O'Neil spent six years learning the inner workings of the office before running for Pasco County Clerk of Court last year. ...more

February 28, 2009

The investigation by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office into hidden cameras in offices of the Tenth Judicial Circuit Court here concludes that there was no wrongdoing on the part of court officials, said Detective Sgt. Darin Hood. ...more

February 18, 2009

President Obama ordered the detention facility at Guantanamo closed within a year. Prior to the announcement a terrorist known as Said Ali al-Shihri who was released after spending six years inside the U.S. prison camp and is now the number 2 of Yemen's al-Qaeda branch according to a purported internet terror network statement. Although al-Shiri was released in Nov. 2007 and transferred to his homeland, he ended up in Yemen and is now reported to be working for al-Qaeda again. ...more

February 15, 2009

The chief judge of the Tenth Judicial District Court said Friday he will review the policy on audio recordings in the courtrooms. ...more

February 14, 2009

Jury selection began this morning in the first-degree murder trial of Carl Roland, a sometime computer salesman who gained notoriety for perching himself atop a crane in Atlanta while fleeing Pinellas authorities. ...more

February 10, 2009

Jury decided Blair's fear of being attacked was reason enough to leave scene of fatal accident. ...more

February 3, 2009

Every president for more than three decades has had to talk with federal prosecutors at one time or another. President-elect Barack Obama may have set a land-speed record by giving his first interview to investigators even before taking the oath of office. ...more

December 26, 2008

Death penalty cases, by their very nature, are significantly different court proceedings than, say, a drug trafficking case. ...more

November 19, 2008