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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas jury will hear opening statements in the capital murder trial of an ex-software engineer charged with fatally shooting an Austin police officer in 2012.

Jordan Graham pleaded guilty to a second degree murder charge on Thursday (Dec. 12) in the death of her newlywed husband, Cody Johnson, at Glacier National Park.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The defense considers whether to produce more evidence as the capital murder trial of North Texas man moves closer to being handed to the jury. Testimony resumes Monday in state district court in Fort Worth after Steven Lawayne Nelson testified in his own defense...

Amarillo just saw a high profile court case moved to Lubbock. I didn't know there are trades in the legal system but in return we get to host Lubbock's terrorist trial of the Texas Tech student accused of attempting to have large quantities of a suspicious chemical shipped to his address.

Sandusky's lawyers and prosecutors had late night negotiations in which they opted for an abbreviated preliminary hearing in the child sexual abuse case that has been brought against Former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky.

Amanda Knox, the American woman convicted of murder by an Italian court in 2009, has been freed after an appeals court overturned the decision on Monday. Her co-defendant and former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, was cleared as well.

Casey Anthony was accused of killing her 2 year old daughter Caylee was found not guilty today. She walks free. After jury deliberation, and listening to testimony for weeks, they delivered this verdict. It shows that people can be swayed by distraction and in this case it seems to have worked...

As the trial enters the second day, speculation rises about Casey Anthony's carefree activities after her daughter's disappearance. Ultimately, will a jury be swayed by testimonies by those who know her, or will fact speak higher.

The trial has begun and the prosecutor has already exposed more lies that Casey Anthony has begun to weave. Also, it turns out that Anthony has been sharing information (that only police know) with inmates about her daughters death. The details shared show that Casey Anthony knows even more about her daughters death.

This is a story from California.