The man prosecutors have called a suspect in the disappearance and slaying of Jennifer Denise Johnson was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for violating his probation on an unrelated drug charge. ...more

November 24, 2008

Judge Michael Hunter has granted Leon Davis' motion to dismiss his standby counsel, Stephen Fisher, in a pair of cases involving five slayings. ...more

November 20, 2008

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to the Bush administration's strategy to keep terror suspects locked up without charges. ...more

November 20, 2008

Former Newsome High School girls soccer coach Ronald Eugene Lewis was placed on a year of house arrest and nine years of probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex with a 17-year-old student. ...more

November 13, 2008

Former Newsome High School girls soccer coach Ronald Eugene Lewis was placed on a year of house arrest and nine years of probation today after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex with a 17-year-old student. ...more

November 12, 2008

The people who answer the phone at Land O' Lakes Jail know Donnalee Johnston's voice. ...more

October 23, 2008

Chaos erupted Monday as a group of 86 people, including former army officers, a best-selling author and an ultra-nationalist lawyer, crowded into a prison courtroom for trial on charges of conspiring to overthrow Turkey's Islamic-oriented government. A panel of judges adjourned the proceeding, which later resumed with fewer suspects. ...more

October 21, 2008

Judge orders psychiatric assessment. ...more

October 14, 2008

A capital murder trial will be put off at least until November so doctors can determine whether the defendant is psychologically competent to face a jury. ...more

October 14, 2008

Physician Drew Pinsky, who led Tampa singer Jessica Sierra through her attempted rehabilitation on the television show "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew," will dispense advice on sex and drug abuse tonight at the University of South Florida. ...more

October 8, 2008