"Serious readers should be reading [Scott] Turow, because he is not just one of our best crime novelists; he is also one of our better novelists," declared writer/critic Wendy Lesser in the New York Times Book Revie w. Lesser went on to...

A defendant can avoid the state's death penalty if only one juror believes the suspect has shown he or she is mentally retarded, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.The 4-2 decision by New Jersey's highest court clarified an October decision in which the same court...

Good news for fans of Scott Turow's "Presumed Innocent": Rusty Sabich is back on the jobTurow, speaking to The Associated Press on Saturday at BookExpo America, said he has written about one-quarter of a novel featuring the famed chief deputy prosecutor who investigated, and was...

A media watchdog on Thursday urged the U.S. military to show good cause for the detention an Associated Press photographer in Iraq, and described his incarceration as "unjust."Military officials have alleged that Bilal Hussein, who has been detained for 19 months, had links to terrorist...

Derek Jeter settled his case with tax officials, who had said the New York Yankees captain should have paid three years of taxes as a New York state resident.A state official confirmed the settlement, which was first reported in Tuesday's New York Daily News. The...