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Mother Convicted of Murder After Killing Son in Botched Exorcism
After deliberating for five hours, a jury convicted Latisha Lawson of murder, neglect and battery charges – rejecting dense attorneys' claim that Lawson was delusional and incapable of understanding right from wrong. The verdict was handed down Friday.
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:39P
Photo-snapping SkyExpress bus passenger arrested at crash scene
Immediately after the crash, the man "insisted on standing in the I-95 travel lanes (which were still open with passing traffic) and taking photographs of the crash scene," Geller said. The troopers told the man to move out of the travel lanes and to
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:39P
Barletta introduces bill to punish 'sanctuary' cities
To illustrate how his bill could fight fraud, Barletta pointed to a well-publicized incident of a man arrested in Beaver Meadows during a traffic stop on May 2. The man was found to be an illegal immigrant with an arrest record; he had no job,
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:38P
Barletta introduces bill to punish 'sanctuary' cities
To illustrate how his bill could fight fraud, Barletta pointed to a well-publicized incident of a man arrested in Beaver Meadows during a traffic stop on May 2. The man was found to be an illegal immigrant with an arrest record; he had no job,
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:38P
Risto admits to taking Ratu Tevita to Kadavu
Leweniqila has told Radio Australia that his client was held in police custody for a week before being charged with obstructing to defeat the course of justice. He also confirms that Harmat is not denying that he took Mara to a resort in Kadavu.
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:37P
John Jay College Senior Julia Szendro Wins Fulbright Award to Hungary
"Julia Szendro, a senior in the CUNY BA program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, has been awarded a prestigious J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship to study in her native Hungary. Ms. Szendro joins the ranks of
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:36P
Jury calls for death penalty for businessman who arranged wife's murder
Fayed, 48, showed little emotion when the verdict was read but later described his journey from millionaire to condemned inmate as "a downfall of mythic proportions," one of his attorneys, Steve Meister, told reporters. Meister said that long delays in
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:36P
Andal Sr. pleads not guilty in Maguindanao massacre case
With the help of a court interpreter, Andal Sr. entered his plea before Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 in Taguig City. The relatives of the victims who were in the court loudly cried in anguish as Andal Sr.
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:36P
Delhi court orders trial of Bangaru
Initiating the trial against the former BJP leader, the court has ordered him to face the trial in the case, saying that “the intention and act of the accused were real.” The politician was caught on camera allegedly accepting money in a 2001 sting
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:36P
One firm responsible for 33 of 39 hurricane suits filed in Orleans Parish in 2011
A majority of the cases indicate that the plaintiffs were former members of a proposed federal class action lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The federal lawsuit came as a result of the flooding allegedly caused
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:35P
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