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Appeals Court: Chicago terror plot sentence too low
The appeals court sent the case back for a new sentencing hearing. Padilla and two co-conspirators were convicted in 2007 after a three-month trial in which prosecutors said they sent money, recruits and supplies to Islamic extremist groups including
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:50A
Norway attacks suspect to stay in solitary
An Oslo court on Monday extended the custody and solitary confinement for the self-confessed perpetrator of attacks that killed 77 people, saying it aimed for his trial to begin early next year. The court ruled that Anders Behring Breivik,
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:50A
Kenya's Deputy PM to Appear Before ICC
The ICC panel will rule on whether there is enough evidence against the suspects to put them on trial. The ICC opened similar hearing earlier this month against three other prominent Kenyans. Former education minister William Ruto,
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:50A
Norway court extends confessed mass killer Breivik's detention, isolation
(AP Photo/Terje Bendiskby, Scanpix) NORWAY OUT OSLO - Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was ordered to remain in pre-trial detention for eight weeks Monday during a closed court hearing in which he was cut off from making statements
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:50A
The law student who's a human rights champion, a screenwriter ... and a
By Mike O'brien As a screenwriter who has worked in film and theatre and the leader of a movement promoting human rights and social justice in prisons, first-year law student Bruce Reilly has a pretty awesome resume. Reilly, 38, spent 12 years in jail
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:50A
CR&B alert case update—Seventh Circuit upholds lenders' credit bidding rights
In response to the secured lenders' objection to the proposed bid procedures, Bankruptcy Judge Bruce Black of the Northern District of Illinois ruled that the prohibition on credit bidding prevented the debtors' proposed plans from being confirmable,
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:50A
VIDEO: Texas tea party groups call on Perry, again, to call special session on
days left to tighten Texas' immigration laws, Republicans were slacking off. In the year Texas lawmakers passed the controversial voter photo ID law, and formalized requirements that drivers show proof of citizenship when applying for a license,
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:49A
Appeals court throws out 17-year terror sentence, says it's too soft
The appeals court sent the case back for a new sentencing hearing. Padilla and two co-conspirators were convicted in 2007 after a three-month trial in which prosecutors said they sent money, recruits and supplies to Islamic extremist groups including
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:49A
ACLJ Calls on U.S. To Reject United Nations Effort To Grant Palestinian
19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), today called on President Obama to follow through on the US promise to veto any resolution granting the Palestinian Authority statehood at
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:49A
Drunken Tractor Drive Results in DUI: Cops
he kicked an officer and head-butted a squad-car partition. Online court records don't list an attorney for Grove. He also did not immediately return a call for comment from The Associated Press after the Beaver County Times reported his arrest Monday.
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:49A
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