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Justice and Todd Shepard
Shepard's revolution was supposed to bring about justice and equality for black people. After the closing argument by prosecuting attorney Bob McCullough, it took the predominantly white jury about an hour to return with their guilty verdict.
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:40P
Justice and Todd Shepard
Shepard's revolution was supposed to bring about justice and equality for black people. After the closing argument by prosecuting attorney Bob McCullough, it took the predominantly white jury about an hour to return with their guilty verdict.
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:40P
Gardere Named 'Star Volunteer' For Houston Pro Bono Work
“I'm proud of every lawyer at our firm who works to provide those in need with access to our justice system,” says Mr. Moll. “Having coordinated our firm's pro bono work for almost 15 years, I truly appreciate the good work HVLP does that allows us to
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:40P
Source: Mel Gibson to Plead in Domestic Violence Case
Gibson's attorney Blair Berk said in a written statement that Gibson sought an agreement to resolve the case with his children in mind. "I know from almost 20 years as a criminal defense lawyer that sometimes justice can come for a client at too high a
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:40P
Prosecution Finished in Smith Trial
The defense asked for a directed verdict based on the fact that there is not enough evidence to convict Shantiago Smith. The defense says evidence points to another man being guilty. Smith is talking to his attorneys now to decide if he will testify.
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:40P
Pilot in fatal Maine plane crash landed on frozen bog: cops
Toronto's Ryan Isaac broke his arm in the crash and was airlifted to a Quebec hospital. His passenger, 53-year-old Toronto real estate developer Paul Oberman, died in the accident. Isaac, 31, told Maine State Police the two men were flying back to
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:40P
Greed drove Rajaratnam's network: prosecutor
The US Justice Department has made insider trading probes into the secretive hedge fund industry a priority, and the Rajaratnam prosecution is its signature case. "Greed and corruption. This is a case about that man right there, Raj Rajaratnam,
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:40P
Political pendulum swings ever more wildly now
Ed Olson is head of the Political Science and Criminal Justice Department at Angelo State University. SAN ANGELO, Texas — When the Republican Party captured control of the Congress in the 1994 midterm elections, after languishing in the minority in the
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:40P
CM meets Radhika's family
But more than anything else now we want that my sister gets justice at the earliest,'' said Vipin Tanwar, brother of the deceased. Though all of Radhika's relatives are yet to see the sketch of the accused released by Delhi Police on Wednesday,
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:40P
Fraud suits piling up for Four Loko's Phusion Projects
Filed March 4 in the Southern District Court of California, the lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, accuses Chicago-based Phusion Projects of misleading and confusing consumers about the drinks' alcoholic and stimulant potency by making its
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:39P