More judges are trying to protect themselves from a growing number of threats. CNN's Jeanne Meserve reports.
When you think of high-risk jobs, you probably do not think of judges. But perhaps you should.
The federal judge whose husband and mother were slain in their family home in Chicago, Illinois, four years ago was honored Monday by U.S. marshals charged with combating a growing number of threats to the judiciary.
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay reacted angrily Thursday to this week's episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" for what he called a "manipulation of my name" in the show.
A judge's pleaupdated: Wed May 18 2005 17:54:00
Shadowed by a U.S. marshal as she entered a Senate chamber, U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow described a void since the day her husband and mother were murdered -- a day she calls her family's personal 9/11.
Federal Judge Joan Lefkow, whose husband and mother were killed by a man police believe appeared in her courtroom, asked a Senate committee on Wednesday to fund home security for judges and to repudiate slurs against the judiciary that could incite violence.
It started as a routine traffic stop in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin suburb.
Investigators still don't know who is responsible for the murder of a Chicago judge's husband and mother on Monday, but white supremacist Web sites are applauding the killings.
Chicago police Wednesday night released composite sketches of two men they want to talk with regarding the shooting deaths of a judge's husband and mother.
Law enforcement officials were tight-lipped Tuesday about what evidence they have been able to gather in the killings of a federal judge's mother and husband.
A federal judge who was once targeted for death by a white supremacist leader found two people dead inside her Chicago home when she returned Monday evening, police said.
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