The request made in Michael Hurley’s case Monday by attorney Jordan Potts would exclude both still and video photographers as well as any microphones.

A new attorney for David Fortney, Ramon McGee, argued that Fortney was “an innocent third party” who was the only one suffering by losing $75,000 in property and argued that appellate courts have ruled on the excessiveness of similar rulings.

Vernon Jackson's escape after three days of trial but shortly before jurors declared they could not reach a verdict created a legal conundrum as to whether a pastor who paid Jackson’s $70,000 bond would have to forfeit it.

A Louisville minister forfeited a $70,000 bond Thursday because a defendant on trial for attempted murder fled before the jury reached a verdict, and, in doing so, violated the conditions of his release.

Did Vernon Jackson fulfill the conditions of his bond by showing up for trial, or does the man who put up his bond have to forfeit it because Jackson wasn’t there for the verdict?

In multiple instances in the past, Madden has been found incompetent and failed to meet Kentucky's criteria for involuntary hospitalization — meaning he repeatedly walked free — dodging both incarceration and mental health treatment.

John Johnson, who is already serving seven years in federal prison, was sentenced Thursday in Jefferson Circuit Court to one year in prison for pointing a rifle at five police officers during the Breonna Taylor protests in 2020.

"I am operating under the assumption based on the plain language of the (law) that these proceedings are meant to be confidential," Judge Annie O'Connell said.