Sheila Murphy was a Cook County public defender, a private criminal defense attorney and Cook County’s first female presiding judge.

CoreCivic, one of several private prison giants that stands to gain from President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to carry out “mass deportations” of undocumented immigrants, wrote a $500,000 check ...

Judges serve for 10 years, then must run for retention to remain on the bench. The position pays $227,411 annually. Meet the candidate Candidate: Lauren Marks, 44, Lower Heidelberg Township.

Trump has railed against many of those judges and suggested they should be punished. For instance, he has derided Justice Juan Merchan, the New York trial judge who presided over the hush money ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Monday that the Justice Department can release special counsel Jack Smith’s investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump’s 2020 election ...

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WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for the U.S. Justice Department to publicly release a portion of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on President ...

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We welcome diverse viewpoints. Judge Juan Merchan has delivered his sentencing in New York, if you can call it that. Once again, Donald Trump will not be held accountable for his crimes.

Judge Merchan highlighted the exceptional legal protection for the presidential office but emphasized the seriousness of Trump's actions. Trump will be the first felon to assume the presidency ...

Trump's sentence, which Judge Juan Merchan announced on Jan. 10 ... Those who brought these fake political charges need to be held accountable! — Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) January 10, 2025 ...

President-elect Donald Trump has publicly criticized Judge Juan Merchan, labeling him as "corrupt," following the judge's decision to proceed with sentencing in Trump's hush money case.