Anna Kepner's stepmother appeared in court in an unrelated custody hearing nearly a month after the teen was found dead on a cruise Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. He ...

Anna Kepner's stepbrother has been under scrutiny in connection with her homicide on a cruise in early November Anna, an 18-year-old cheerleader, was on a family cruise with her grandparents, father, ...

A judge denied a father's emergency motion to remove his 9-year-old daughter from her mother's home. The motion was filed following the death of the child's 18-year-old stepsister, Anna Kepner, on a ...

Champaign County Judge Anna Benjamin put on her red robe to officiate eight of the 12 marriages held at the courthouse on Valentine’s Day this year. She plans to resign from the bench effective Jan.

U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken extended a temporary restraining order to prevent enforcement of "loud or unusual noise" ...

The Milwaukee County judge faces federal charges, but she has maintained her innocence. By Julie Bosman and Dan Simmons Reporting from Milwaukee On an April morning, behind the neoclassical facade of ...

The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Judicial Performance Evaluation has long relied on anonymous attorney ratings as a metric to rank judges in Clark County. This year, the Review-Journal is partnering ...

Lawmakers and the legal community are raising questions after a Minnesota judge took the uncommon step of overturning a unanimous jury verdict in a massive $7.2 million Medicaid fraud case, a move ...

Anna Kepner's stepmother appeared in court in an unrelated custody hearing nearly a month after the teen was found dead on a cruise Anna Kepner's stepbrother has been under scrutiny in connection with ...

Attorneys in Nevada can pay to remove a judge from a civil case through peremptory challenges, and data shows that a small group of Las Vegas judges has faced a large number of those challenges.

In a new recruiting campaign, the Department of Justice says it is looking for “deportation judges” to serve in the immigration court system. “If you are a legal professional,” Homeland Security ...