The sweeping gambling indictment that has engulfed the NBA, bringing two separate scandals together, could soon be streamlined. Via NBCNews.com, court records show that multiple defendants are ...

A: Here in California, and across the land, a judge can reject a plea bargain in a criminal case. There are a number of factors that may result in the plea agreement being rejected: (a) A victim’s ...

Federal investigators are reviewing Fairfax prosecutor Steve Descano over alleged immigration-based plea bargaining and ...

Vermont's justice system was built on the principle that your guilt is decided by your peers, not by a single prosecutor with a crushing caseload and every incentive to cut a deal.

An execution-style double murder in 2013 concluded Wednesday with the two defendants taking plea deals instead of going to ...