A former Southern California attorney was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 2008 financially motivated murder ...

Michele Beckwith had led the 34-county Eastern District for six months before she was abruptly terminated this week.

Even as district attorneys in Texas’ other biggest cities signed the letter vowing not to prosecute abortion, Harris County DA Kim Ogg, who represents Houston, has been more circumspect.

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer forced out a high-level prosecutor who was trying to protect lower-level colleagues who had suffered serial sexual harassment by another supervisor ...