Louisiana Judge

A Louisiana judge asked a rape survivor an unusual question when he was sentencing her attacker: Would she accept $150,000 from the man in exchange for reducing his 12-year sentence? State District Judge Bruce Bennett's question surprised the district attorney's office, according to East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore.

The judge in the Colorado movie massacre trial asked jurors on Monday if they saw reports of last week's deadly shooting at a Louisiana cinema, and whether they could remain impartial as they decide the fate of Aurora gunman James Holmes.

A US federal judge ordered Monday the release of the country's longest-serving solitary confinement prisoner, who was imprisoned as such almost 43 years.

A U.S. judge has decided that BP Plc was "grossly negligent" and "reckless" in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill four years ago, a ruling that could add nearly $18 billion in fines to more than $42 billion in charges the company took for the worst offshore environmental disaster in U.S. history.

A U.S. appeals court judge known for his outspoken views described arguments by Wisconsin and Indiana defending bans on gay marriage as "totally implausible" on Thursday, in a ruling in favor of same-sex couples.

A Louisiana judge asked a rape survivor an unusual question when he was sentencing her attacker: Would she accept $150,000 from the man in exchange for reducing his 12-year sentence? State District Judge Bruce Bennett's question surprised the district attorney's office, according to East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore.

The judge in the Colorado movie massacre trial asked jurors on Monday if they saw reports of last week's deadly shooting at a Louisiana cinema, and whether they could remain impartial as they decide the fate of Aurora gunman James Holmes.

A US federal judge ordered Monday the release of the country's longest-serving solitary confinement prisoner, who was imprisoned as such almost 43 years.

A U.S. judge has decided that BP Plc was "grossly negligent" and "reckless" in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill four years ago, a ruling that could add nearly $18 billion in fines to more than $42 billion in charges the company took for the worst offshore environmental disaster in U.S. history.

A U.S. appeals court judge known for his outspoken views described arguments by Wisconsin and Indiana defending bans on gay marriage as "totally implausible" on Thursday, in a ruling in favor of same-sex couples.