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Judge acquits Alabama man in bride's honeymoon death
He hugged his mother and father, who blamed the prosecution on Alabama politics, and his second wife, who accompanied him throughout the trial. Watson's former father-in-law, Tommy Thomas, appeared shell-shocked. "It should have gone to the jury for
Updated: 02/24/2012 10:20A
Judge dismisses 'honeymoon death' case for lack of evidence
Those could have helped show that Watson wanted insurance money, he said. Nail also refused to let prosecutors show jurors videotape of a police re-enactment of the dive and barred them from seeing a surveillance video of Watson removing flowers from
Updated: 02/24/2012 10:17A
Jamaica Seizes Over $8M in Assets, Looks to Expand Money Laundering Law
The seizures, a result of 14 orders obtained last year by the country's Financial Investigations Division (FID), came under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) that was enacted in 2007 and gives the state powers to seize property and finances obtained
Updated: 02/24/2012 10:13A
Justice for Gordon Wood but at a price
After Mr Wood's legal team had argued the 2008 jury verdict was flawed and unsafe, the Court of Criminal Appeal agreed. A bench of three judges said that because suicide could not be excluded, the murder case could not be supported beyond a reasonable
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:59A
Jamaica Seizes Over $8M in Assets, Looks to Expand Anti-Laundering Law
The seizures, a result of 14 orders obtained last year by the country's Financial Investigations Division (FID), came under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) that was enacted in 2007 and gives the state powers to seize property and finances obtained
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:52A
SENATE THROWS OUT DE LIMA TESTIMONY/ JPE: THIS IS NOT A CRIMINAL TRIAL
[PHOTO - Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile talks with Justice Secretary Leila de Lima during Day 23 of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona on Thursday. POOL PHOTO] MANILA, FEBRUARY 25, 2012 (MANILA TIMES) Written by : RITCHIE A.
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:44A
First they came for the journalists... - the protections offered by
The overwhelming majority of victims are local and national journalists who are denied both the protection and justice by their own governments. Today, we are honouring their memory but also making a determined statement of intent to make the end of
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:40A
Judge acquits man in bride's honeymoon death
Credit: AP Gabe Watson stands during a break in his capital murder trial at the Mel Bailey Criminal Justice Center in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. An Alabama judge acquitted Watson, accused of drowning his newlywed wife during a honeymoon
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:38A
U.S. attorney general defends financial crime record
NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - US Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday defended the Justice Department's record of financial crime enforcement, while acknowledging that some of the behavior that sparked the financial crisis did not rise to the level
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:29A
Judge acquits Alabama man in bride's Australian honeymoon death
by AP Gabe Watson, second left, hugs members of his defense team after the charges in his capital murder trial were dismissed at the Mel Bailey Criminal Justice Center in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/The Birmingham News,
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:10A
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