Randy and Evi Quaid were in Santa Barbara Superior Court Monday pleading not guilty to defrauding an innkeeper. The case started last year when the Quaids reportedly left the snazzy San Ysidro Ranch / Resort in the Montecito foothills south of Santa Barb… more »

Two men who once attended church together were charged Sunday with intentionally burning down a church in east Texas and are suspected in a string of similar church blazes, authorities said.Jason Robert Bourque, 19, and 21-year-old Daniel George McAlli… more »

Jane Laut, widow of Olymp[ic Medalist Dave Laut and accused of murdering him, has a bail reduction hearing scheduled today in Ventura County, California Superior Court. She is charged with first degree murder and her bail is set at $3 million.She has b… more »

A Pakistani court on Wednesday rejected bail applications for five Americans suspected of plotting terror attacks, a court official said. The prosecution argued the men should not be granted bail because Pakistani anti-terrorism laws forbid it for de… more »

Jane Laut, 52, accused murderer of 1984 Olympian shot putter and bronze medalist medalist husband Dave Laut, pleaded not guilty to first degree murder charges in Ventura County Superior Court  yesterday. Bond was not reduced from the $3 million set earli… more »

Did you know, that bail in the US has roots in English law dating all the way back to the Magna Carta? This English document touted revelries of individual freedoms from its inception. The old adage, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corru… more »