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Condemned Georgia inmate has much support, little hope
"Justice was finally served for my father," said Mark MacPhail Jr., who was an infant when his father was gunned down. "The truth was finally heard." As Davis' attorneys considered filing another appeal, his supporters planned vigils and rallies around
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:08P
Condemned Georgia inmate has much support, little hope
"Justice was finally served for my father," said Mark MacPhail Jr., who was an infant when his father was gunned down. "The truth was finally heard." As Davis' attorneys considered filing another appeal, his supporters planned vigils and rallies around
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:08P
Ottawa trial watches video footage of man having sex with Cabbage Patch doll
OTTAWA — It was about 20 minutes into the first of dozens of explicit masturbation videos that showed a man accused of making child pornography having sex with a children's doll when Ontario Court Justice Robert Fournier declared he had had enough.
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:07P
Ottawa trial watches video footage of man having sex with Cabbage Patch doll
OTTAWA — It was about 20 minutes into the first of dozens of explicit masturbation videos that showed a man accused of making child pornography having sex with a children's doll when Ontario Court Justice Robert Fournier declared he had had enough.
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:07P
King County creates treatment court for veterans
12 to create a special treatment court for veterans tangled in the criminal justice system. In a unanimous decision, council members established a yearlong Veterans Treatment Court pilot project as part of the existing Mental Health Court.
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:07P
Montana Supreme Court suspends public access rules
That change makes clear what is and isn't confidential information, whereas the suspended rules only limited access to court information because they were so onerous, Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike McGrath said Tuesday.
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:07P
Rethink Police Procedures to Save Innocent, Convict Guilty: View
As Chief Justice Stuart Rabner wrote, current rules on eyewitness evidence provide neither “adequate measure for reliability,” nor a sufficient deterrent to “inappropriate police conduct.” The failings have been exposed through some 2000 studies of
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:06P
Issa sinking his teeth into 'corruption'
Upton's committee is conducting its own investigation of the Solyndra bankruptcy. During a hearing last week, Republicans on the panel's investigative subcommittee blasted Energy Department and White House Office of Management and Budget officials over
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:06P
Issa sinking his teeth into 'corruption'
Upton's committee is conducting its own investigation of the Solyndra bankruptcy. During a hearing last week, Republicans on the panel's investigative subcommittee blasted Energy Department and White House Office of Management and Budget officials over
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:06P
As 'don't ask, don't tell' becomes history, feds ask appeals court to vacate
By AP SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Even as federal officials laud the end of the US military's ban on openly gay troops, Justice Department lawyers are trying to dissuade a federal appeals court from deciding if the "don't ask, don't tell" policy was
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:06P
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