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High Court denies stay of execution for Troy Davis
Though Davis' attorneys say seven of nine key witnesses against him have disputed all or parts of their testimony, state and federal judges have repeatedly ruled against granting him a new trial. As the court losses piled up Wednesday,
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:52P
High Court denies stay of execution for Troy Davis
Though Davis' attorneys say seven of nine key witnesses against him have disputed all or parts of their testimony, state and federal judges have repeatedly ruled against granting him a new trial. As the court losses piled up Wednesday,
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:52P
US Supreme Court Weighs Request to Spare Life of Death Row Inmate Troy Davis
And they said no trial court could ever consider the hearsay from the other witnesses who blamed the other man for the crime. US District Judge William T. Moore Jr. sided with them. He said the evidence presented at the hearing wasn't nearly enough to
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:52P
Jury deliberates in child sexual abuse case
By Justin Graves The Cullman Times CULLMAN — A man accused of sexually abusing a young girl took the witness stand in his Cullman County Circuit Court trial Wednesday. Bobby A. Runnels, 63, of Gold Ridge, was indicted by grand jury in June 2010 of
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:51P
Redmond Rejects Red-Light Cam Petition
In Bellingham, voters will get to vote on a similar anti-traffic camera measure, but it won't have legal standing after a panel of Court of Appeals judges ruled earlier this month that the measure isn't valid. (See attached PDF for the complete ruling.
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:51P
NYTimes: Supreme Court Will Not Stop Davis Execution
"We're calling on everyone to stay calm," said Benjamin T. Jealous, president of the NAACP Mr. Davis's lawyers had asked the court to examine what they said were “substantial constitutional errors” in the murder trial. Throughout the evening, police
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:51P
DIU arrests in DeKalb 'lowest in four years'
DeKALB | DUI arrests in the DeKalb are the lowest they have been in four years, according to the DeKalb Police Department's 2010 annual report. The report states there were 133 DUI-related arrests in 2010, a decrease of 24 from 2009.
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:50P
'What strike? We're resting'
The traffic department has declared the strike illegal and immoral, and a team has been formed to crackdown on errant autowallahs. But so far neither move seems to have worked. To get a feel of ground reality, this correspondent decided to survey the
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:50P
Attorneys argue about landfill case
Attorneys for landfill developer Conecuh Woods and the Conecuh County Commission argued Wednesday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit against the project, in part because plaintiffs have other recourse to oppose the landfill before it would receive
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:49P
ACCC loses misleading ads case against Google
The ACCC sued Google and Trading Post in 2007 after it discovered the latter was placing advertising on Google's search engine that used competitor car dealers' names. This meant that those searching for the car dealers were instead directed to the
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:49P
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