US federal prosecutors drop seven of 21 criminal charges against Texas financier and former cricket promoter Allen Stanford.

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Seven Stanford charges abandoned

In yet another controversy to hit the state of Arizona, federal prosecutors and the ATF allowed hundreds of weapons like AK-47s to “walk” into the hands of suspected drug lords and gunrunners, according to interviews and internal agency memos obtained…

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U.S. Weapons Fall Into Hands of Mexican Gunrunners

At the request of federal prosecutors, Jared Lee Loughner’s trial will be held in Tucson rather than Phoenix, as previously planned. The move was requested to make it easier for victims of the shooting and witnesses to attend the trial. Loughner is…

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Loughner’s Trial Moved to Tucson

The USA Today series on the systematic misconduct of federal prosecutors continues today, with an examination of the consequences that prosecutorial misconduct has for criminal defendants. It considers the case of James Strode: . . .

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SCOTT HORTON—How Prosecutorial Misconduct Helps Criminals Get Off

Accused “barefoot bandit” Colton Harris-Moore was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in connection with a series of airplane and boat thefts in the Pacific northwest, federal prosecutors in Washington state said.

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Alleged ‘barefoot bandit’ indicted

The company joins a growing list of pharmaceutical companies that have been accused by federal prosecutors of illegally promoting drugs for off-label purposes.

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Novartis Pays $422.5 Million in Settlement

The Karzai family’s dealings may be catching up with them. The Wall Street Journal says that federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have opened a corruption probe of Mahmood Karzai, brother of Afghan President Hamid. Officials tell…

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U.S. Prosecutors Probe Karzai’s Brother