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WREX.com – Rockford's News LeaderAppeals court in Va. tosses 2 Abu Ghraib lawsuits
(AP) - A federal appeals court in Virginia has dismissed two lawsuits by former Iraqi detainees who claimed they were tortured at the Abu Ghraib prison. A divided three-judge panel of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Wednesday with two
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:25P
Tories plan timely release of elusive ombusman report
OTTAWA — Dogged for withholding a pair of annual reports from the federal ombudsman for victims of crime, the government finally released them this week — the day before tabling its controversial omnibus justice reform bill. Coincidence? Probably not.
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:25P
Death-crash trial set to be heard earlier
Judge Hawkesworth said a High Court judge would be sitting at Cambridge in the week beginning October 10 and that Aldubaili's case could be brought before him at short notice. The court had already fixed a provisional trial date for November 28 but the
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:25P
Judge rejects request for stay, Davis declines recorded statement
Today's court filing in the Superior Court of Butts County, home to Georgia's death row, says ballistics evidence used to convict Davis during the 1991 trial has been discredited as has testimony from a woman who said she was an eyewitness to the
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:25P
Judge rejects request for stay, Davis declines recorded statement
Today's court filing in the Superior Court of Butts County, home to Georgia's death row, says ballistics evidence used to convict Davis during the 1991 trial has been discredited as has testimony from a woman who said she was an eyewitness to the
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:25P
Post-9/11 healing began at Dover
12, 2001, Dr. Doug Arendt sat in his car, stuck in traffic as he crept east out of the Washington, DC, area toward Dover, Del. The day before, the US Navy captain had just reported to his job at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology when the 9/11
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:25P
Lehman estate drops $11bn Barclays suit
Lehman Brothers' estate abandoned an $11bn lawsuit against Barclays on Wednesday, providing a boost for the UK bank and bringing the most expensive US bankruptcy of all time closer to resolution.
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:25P
Lehman estate drops $11bn Barclays suit
Lehman Brothers' estate abandoned an $11bn lawsuit against Barclays on Wednesday, providing a boost for the UK bank and bringing the most expensive US bankruptcy of all time closer to resolution.
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:25P
Former SEC Lawyer Denies Conflict in Madoff Case
This could be a criminal conflict of interest, Kotz said, referring his investigation to the Justice Department. In his testimony, Becker said, "I had no financial interest in the position that the commission took," adding, "it never occurred to me to
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:24P
Top court hears murderer's appeal
Greenville circuit court Judge Ned Miller sentenced him to death in the 2009 trial over Souers' death. Inman did not appear in court in Columbia on Wednesday, and arguments centered not on the facts of the actual case, but whether prosecutorial
Updated: 09/21/2011 05:24P
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