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District Attorney Neil McLean Jr. hopes to resolve 1,400 to 1,500 cases starting May 15.

A multi-day, pre-trial hearing for two former JEA executives facing federal charges is expected to include testimony from a range of current and former officials with the city of Jacksonville and JEA, later this month.

An Orange County sheriff's sergeant is accused of intentionally listening in on calls between an inmate he'd help put in jail and his attorney.

IF counts I to XII are not dismissed, former Gov. Ralph DLG Torres will be tried for offenses that were not properly alleged as they omit the essential “mens rea”

A Supreme Court ruling ensured that the right enjoyed in the federal system by people facing jail or prison time should also apply at the state level.

Defense attorneys for Alex Murdaugh, who was convicted by a Colleton County jury on March 2 of murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul, are asking a judge to allow them to access more of his funds to help fund an appeal of those convictions.

A coalition of 30 news organizations launched another effort Monday to get a gag order lifted in the criminal case of a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death.

More than two years ago, when the Colorado Supreme Court found that juries, not judges, must decide if people accused of felony drunk driving are repeat offenders, it prompted defendants found guilty of other offenses to wonder whether their own prior convictions were something prosecutors must prove to juries beyond a reasonable doubt.

Sometimes what you don’t know can hurt you -- and your family -- a lot. Imagine that after almost 10 years at your company, you’ve been promoted to supervisor of the finance department. Lately you’ve heard through the grapevine that the company is the subject of a federal criminal investigation, but you know you’ve done nothing wrong.

The hearing centers on whether federal prosecutors may have violated the constitutional rights of former JEA CEO Aaron Zahn and CFO Ryan Wannemacher