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When a married Kentucky resident is alleged to have committed a crime, their spouse has something called spousal immunity for most types of offenses. Spousal immunity means that the spouse does not have to testify against their spouse who is charged if they learned...

Sources reported on Nov. 20 that federal drug agents used potentially illegal wiretaps to take individuals from across the nation, including Kentucky, into custody. Authorities in Riverside, California, took more than 300 people into custody by using wiretaps....

One thing those accused of criminal activity often have a great deal of anxiety about is the possibility of having to serve time in prison.The most obvious way to avoid a prison sentence is to not be convicted. However, a conviction does not automatically mean prison...

The Kentucky State Police are investigating an unusual crash. According to police reports, a 46-year-old man recently slammed his vehicle into the back of a county sheriff's cruiser while the officer was stopped on U.S. 60 to assist a driver. The man who lives about...

One of the many national pastimes we have in America is to keep a close eye on national figures to see if they get special treatment when they bend or break the law. Here in Kentucky, we recently got an up-close opportunity to watch as Sen. Rand Paul's 22-year-old son...

Joe Nacchio was once the head of a major communications company before being convicted on federal charges and sent to prison for six years. Now back on the outside, the man convicted of insider trading (Nacchio insists to this day that he was innocent) writes about...

If you're driving home from visiting your Benton physician and you have taken a dose of prescribed Adderall, it's possible that you could face charges of driving under the influence -- even though the prescription is legal and appropriate and taken in the proper...

A long time ago, you could listen to a radio broadcaster named Paul Harvey, who would give his plain-spoken, often heart-warming take on the day's news. The legendary broadcaster often focused on what he called "the rest of the story"; the side of the news often...

The stories of overzealous laws and prosecutors pop up a bit more frequently these days in news outlets here in Kentucky and across the nation. The articles detail the too-frequent injustices of mandatory minimum sentences imposed on people convicted of nonviolent...

The half-hour drive from Benton northwest to Paducah is one many of us have made many times. It's there in Paducah that a young man faces serious charges after allegedly using social media to try to sell a prescription medicine.Police say the 19-year-old posted on an...