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Lightbourne hoped Dudus would have fought extradition
Attorney General and Justice Minister, Dorothy Lightbourne, said she had hoped former west Kingston strongman, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke would have fought his extradition in the local courts. Coke was apprehended weeks after the warrant for his arrest
Updated: 03/08/2011 05:45P
We shouldn;t be replacing history
In 2007, some legislators proposed removing a statue of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney on the State House grounds for one of Justice Thurgood Marshall. The reason: Taney's fateful Dred Scott decision declaring African-Americans
Updated: 03/08/2011 05:45P
Slain Designer's Mom: "Justice Will Be Done"
The mother of a swimsuit designer from northern Virginia found dead in a posh New York City hotel said she trusts "that justice will be done" after attending a court date for a songwriter's son, who is charged with murdering her daughter.
Updated: 03/08/2011 05:44P
Ex-DeKalb schools exec hires another criminal defense lawyer
Former DeKalb County schools chief operating officer Patricia Reid hired a new attorney to represent her in her criminal case. Defense attorney Tony Axam confirmed that he is now representing Reid. Axam represented the man who
Updated: 03/08/2011 05:43P
Former American Apparel Employee Sues Founder for $260M for Allegedly Forcing
A new lawsuit, however, goes far beyond all that: According to the Daily News, a former employee has filed a lawsuit in the Brooklyn Supreme Court that alleges Charney held her captive in his Manhattan apartment over a period of several hours and
Updated: 03/08/2011 05:43P
Driver involved in four-death crash wants conviction overturned
He is shown in this file photo from April 6, 2009, leaving BC Supreme Court during his trial. A lawyer for a man convicted in a high-speed crash that killed four men was in court Tuesday seeking to overturn the conviction.
Updated: 03/08/2011 05:43P
Marine's dad vows to defy Westboro church on court costs, lawyer says
By McClatchy-Tribune News Service WASHINGTON — The father of a Marine killed in Iraq won't pay the nearly $100000 in court costs charged by Westboro Baptist Church , which picketed his son's 2006 funeral, in the wake of his unsuccessful lawsuit against
Updated: 03/08/2011 05:43P
Ohio U professor settles lawsuit over allegations
Court records show the university will pay the professor and that he's agreed to drop his lawsuit against the school in southwest Ohio. The professor, Jay Gunasekera, was stripped of his role as a graduate student adviser in the mechanical engineering
Updated: 03/08/2011 05:43P
2 defendants dropped from college gang-rape suit
Two defendants have been dropped from a lawsuit filed by a teen girl who says she was gang-raped by members of the De Anza College baseball team. The San Jose Mercury News reports that plaintiff's attorneys have decided not to pursue negligence
Updated: 03/08/2011 05:43P
Marine's dad vows to defy Westboro church
8, 2011 03:28 PM WASHINGTON - The father of a Marine killed in Iraq won't pay the nearly $100000 in court costs charged by Westboro Baptist Church, which picketed his son's 2006 funeral, in the wake of his unsuccessful lawsuit against the group,
Updated: 03/08/2011 05:42P
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