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.

Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to Congress about his work on a possible Trump real estate project in Moscow. Here is a what he told the ...

We just landed a copy of Madoff's plea allocution -- the document he read during today's hearing. Click here for a PDF. It reads, in full: Your Honor, for many years up until my arrest on December 11, ...

From U.S. v. Johnson, decided Thursday by Judge Paula Xinis (D. Md.): On March 27, 2021, Johnson was involved in a car accident on the Suitland Parkway. Johnson was taken to the hospital where blood ...

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 ...

Judge May Require Oath for Allocution, Third Circuit Says 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 ...

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 ...