A plea deal appears to be in the works for a Chinese scientist who is charged with conspiring to raise a toxic fungus at a University of Michigan lab.

The report says that Hardin appeared via Zoom, waived his formal arraignment, and entered a plea of not guilty.

An Alford plea is when someone acknowledges the state has enough evidence to convict them of the crime but they do not admit to doing it.

Family members of a woman who was killed last year in a crash on the U.S. 60 in Mesa are outraged over a plea deal that's been offered to the suspect.

Adam Machida, 34, of Bedford, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison following a guilty plea to murder in the September

Teo, mother of Sebastian Igafo-Teo who was stabbed to death in 2023, said she needed to do something after she felt the justice system was failing her son by allowing one of his accused killers to plead to a lesser charge.

A Miami Gardens pastor who just last week rejected a plea deal in a high-profile fraud case did a complete about-face in Miami-Dade court on Monday.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A man accused of attacking a Burlington police officer has taken a plea deal. Michael Gbenusola of Swanton has now pleaded guilty to assaulting the officer. Police say in July, Gbenusola punched the officer unprovoked after the officer asked if he needed help. The officer was taken to the hospital.

A Burrillville man charged with kidnapping an elderly woman in Coventry last year, and leaving her to die in a wooded area of Smithfield has changed his plea

Despite Orlando Brown going on an unwarranted tirade demanding that Raven-Symoné divorce wife Miranda Maday, the That’s So Raven star is blissfully celebrating their five-year wedding anniversary.