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UP Legal Services Authority aims speedy justice to litigants
Recently, under the supervision of executive chairman of UPSLSA Justice Amitava Lala, legal training for senior and junior judicial officers, lawyers and law students was organised at Noida. SLSA is trying to create awareness among the people,
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:38P
Accused wants Foley assault trial stayed
Lawyers for a man accused of assaulting Labor frontbencher Kevin Foley have asked for his trial to be abandoned because a key prosecution witness no longer remembers the incident. Ante Grgich, 30, is on trial in Adelaide Magistrates Court charged with
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:37P
Report: Nine in 10 safety seats in Indiana misused
Thacker@newsandtribune.com INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute is asking Hoosiers to have their child's safety seat inspected this week during National Child Passenger Safety Week. The institute reports that nine out of 10 child
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:37P
Convicted killer appealing conviction
The current appeal isn't the first time William Keitel has sought to get a new trial since his conviction, however, it's the first time he's pursued the issue in federal court. Keitel's attorney, Chris Rand Eyster, said his client has appealed to the
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:37P
Lawsuit calls for removal of federal protection of gnatcatcher habitat
(Photo by Daniel Cooper) A small songbird that makes its home in sage scrub habitat on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and elsewhere on the Southern California coast should no longer be protected by federal law, a new lawsuit argues.
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:37P
Vancouver man gets two years jail for racially-linked attack
In June, following a two-week trial, a BC Supreme Court jury found Kyle James Stalker, 22, guilty of the aggravated assault of Jason Bedi, 26, at the Wild Coyote night club in February 2009. Stalker was also found guilty of assault with a weapon and
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:36P
Court orders Drew Peterson to remain jailed
Defense attorneys said the delays caused by prosecutors' appeals — which began 14 months ago, stalling Peterson's scheduled 2010 trial — mean he should be freed from custody until trial. An Illinois Appellate Court ruling in July limited the amount of
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:35P
Eight Offshore Banks Under Grand Jury Investigation Over Taxes, U.S. Says
Eight offshore banks are under federal grand jury investigation for facilitating tax evasion by US citizens as part of a probe the Justice Department said has dealt “fabled Swiss bank secrecy a
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:35P
Attorney General Schmidt challenges new EPA regulations
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed a lawsuit Monday to ask a federal appeals court to block new regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to a press release from the attorney general's office.
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:35P
Walter Marsh claims an 'Irish organisation' gave him permission to kill former
Former US Marine Walter Ciaran Marsh is standing trial for the murder of Nurse Michelle Beets. Picture: Craig Greenhill Source: The Daily Telegraph WALTER Marsh told his wife he had been given permission from an Irish organisation to kill his former
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:35P
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