The move came after prosecutors strongly opposed his offer to make an Alford plea, which would maintain he was innocent but concede prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him at trial.

It is called an Alford plea meaning that Biden admits there is enough evidence for a conviction. This is not the same as a plea agreement where Biden would plead guilty to some charges so others ...

"We will not accept an Alford plea," federal prosecutor Leo Wise told Scarsi earlier today at the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. "It's against the public interest — it's an injustice." ...

In September, Hunter Biden also offered a surprise guilty plea in his tax evasion case. He was charged with three felony tax ...

SCHOMBERG TOOK AN ALFORD PLEA, MEANING SHE MAINTAINS HER INNOCENC An Iowa woman will avoid prison after admitting to shooting her husband in Madrid last year. Court records show Miranda Schaumburg ...

Political observers suggest the outgoing president has nothing to lose and may be ready to take the heat to spare his son a prison sentence.

Michelle Baldwin, 60, made what’s called an Alford plea to five charges in two cases Monday, the day her trial was scheduled to begin. The plea covered two felony aggravated assault and three ...

Jury selection was set to start Thursday in the second trial this year for Hunter Biden -- this time for federal tax evasion. But the president's son requested to change his plea several times ...

A Greensboro man entered an Alford plea for sexual abuse of a minor and reckless endangerment at a pre-trial hearing last ...

Christopher Morris, 52, waived his right to trial by entering an Alford plea, which is a plea of guilty containing a protestation of innocence, on 37 counts of child sex abuse. Morris was ...

Wednesday, Gray entered an Alford plea in both DUI cases. An Alford plea means he doesn’t plead guilty but admits prosecutors have enough evidence for a conviction. In each case, he received a ...

The move came as a surprise to the court, as the president’s son had earlier intended to plead not guilty. The trial was set to begin jury selection on Thursday morning. “This is the first we ...