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Facebook, Twitter To Screen Jurors
Los Angeles (CNN) -- After approximately a week of poring over 145 jury questionnaires, lawyers in the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor are due in court Wednesday to discuss removing jurors whose answers they believe should disqualify them from
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:59P
Jurors have yet to reach verdict in alleged sexual abuse case
A jury charged with deciding the guilt or innocence in a case of alleged sexual abuse spent the afternoon deliberating today but have yet to reach a verdict. After a day and a half of testimony in the trial of Ronald Smith, the jury heard closing
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:58P
Two dozen gather at City Hall vigil for Troy Davis
Part vigil, part protest, death penalty opponents and Davis supporters prayed for strength and held signs with slogans such as “Execute justice, not people,” and “An eye for an eye makes the world go blind.” The Rev. Southall Brown Sr., pastor emeritus
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:58P
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMFeds won't target unwitting owners of illegal wood
"The federal government focuses its enforcement efforts on those who are removing protected species from the wild and making a profit by trafficking in them," the US Justice Department and the Interior Department wrote to US Rep.
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:57P
'CM believes Lokayukta has anti-Guj friends'
AHMEDABAD: Chief minister Narendra Modi does not want justice RA Mehta to be appointed as Lokayukta because of his proximity to people who have been dubbed by his government as 'anti-Gujarat'. Modi had written a confidential letter to the Gujarat high
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:57P
Troy Davis Is A Justly Convicted Cop Killer
Only two of the seven alleged “recantations” (out of 34 witnesses) actually recanted anything of value — and those two affidavits were discounted by the court because Davis refused to allow the affiants to testify at the post-trial evidentiary hearing,
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:57P
2 rescue workers hurt in Madison Regatta crash file suit
Two of the three volunteer rescue workers injured in a boating accident at this year's Madison Regatta have filed a lawsuit against the organizers of the race and the connections who own and sponsor the boat that caused the crash.
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:57P
PHC says KP govt violating employees appointment policy
A two-member bench of the high court comprising Justice Dost Muhammad Khan and Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth issued directives to the Additional Advocate General Lal Jan Khattak to ensure production of the service tenure record of all employees of the
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:57P
Judge rules Hicks does not meet residency requirements
The ruling by Judge Leon Emanuel came in a lawsuit filed by incumbent Roy Burrell's campaign manager. Rudolph Morton said in the lawsuit that Hicks hasn't lived in the district for a year as required by state law. Emanuel agreed, saying Hicks had
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:57P
SIALKOT LYNCHING INCIDENT
Human right activist and filmmaker Samar Minnallah said that Sialkot lynching incident has been one of the worst mob justice incidents among so many others. What made it worst was the involvement of police as silent bystanders. I consider all villagers
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:57P
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