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Appeals court: Convicted terror planner's sentence was too lenient
There was no immediate reaction to the appeals ruling from either Padilla's legal team or the Justice Department. During the trial, prosecutors played more than 70 intercepted phone calls among the defendants for jurors, including seven that featured
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:59P
Appeals court: Convicted terror planner's sentence was too lenient
There was no immediate reaction to the appeals ruling from either Padilla's legal team or the Justice Department. During the trial, prosecutors played more than 70 intercepted phone calls among the defendants for jurors, including seven that featured
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:59P
Lawyers see red over green slip profits
The NSW Bar Association has called for the State Government to hold an independent inquiry into personal injury laws. The association says only 10 per cent of people involved in road accidents receive compensation for pain and suffering, while insurers
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:59P
Retired Harvard prof pleads guilty in fatal crash
Kearney died at a Boston hospital after the July 8 accident. Prosecutors said Vagts' car was partially in the opposite travel lane of Ward Street when it struck Kearney, who was thrown more than 80 feet. Vagts was a law professor at Harvard for more
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:59P
Man Dies In UTV Accident on Wedding Night
DUTCHESS COUNTY—A bridegroom died in a UTV accident on his wedding night Saturday and his brother has been charged with driving while intoxicated as a result of the incident. State Police responded to the report of a UTV accident Saturday about 11:20
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:58P
Justice Dept. opposes new Texas congressional map
The Department of Justice on Monday expressed its opposition to the congressional map devised by Texas Republicans, claiming it does not meet the requirements of the Voting Rights Act and needs to be redrawn.
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:58P
New Zealand denies claims it's biased towards Fiji's judiciary
This comes after a Fiji judge Justice Salesi Temo was quoted by the website Fijivillage last week that New Zealand is against Fiji's judiciary and that there is no co-operation from New Zealand in judical matters. Justice Temo made the comment while
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:58P
Officials release name of East TN man who died in Montana crash
Officials have released the name of an East Tennessee man who died in a rollover accident in Montana on Friday. The driver overcorrected causing the SUV to spin across the road and roll onto its top. Bissonette and 53-year-old Margaret Labonte of Kodak
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:58P
US court rules Padilla terror sentence too lenient
"The district court attached little weight to Padilla's extensive criminal history, gave no weight to his future dangerousness, compared him to criminals who were not similarly situated, and gave unreasonable weight to the conditions of his pre-trial
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:58P
Notice to judge for changing order
The petitioner, Ghulam Ahmad Chishti advocate, said that his political opponent had involved him in a murder case and he secured pre-arrest bail from trial court on August 3. He said the court adjourned the hearing till August 24 and issued notice to
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:57P
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