From the start, life had been cruel to Martha Garretson Savacool Place. She was born poor, grew up plain, and by 30, was on the verge of spinsterhood. That year, she managed to snag a husband, but he ...

Dorthy Moxley, the mother who fought for decades to bring her teenage daughter's killer to justice in a roller-coaster Connecticut murder case that captured the nation's attention for years, has died.

Former Chief Superior Court Judge Martha Christian of the Macon Judicial Circuit died Thursday night, officials confirmed. She was 75. Christian became the first female Superior Court judge for the ...

Though Martha P. Grace served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Juvenile Court for 11 years, she hadn’t planned to pursue a legal career when she graduated from Smith College. From age 8, she had ...

The Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ), popularly known as the Office of the Ombudsman, has summoned ten members of ...