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Mel Gibson to plead no contest to misdemeanor battery
"I know from almost 20 years as a criminal defense lawyer that sometimes justice can come for a client at too high a personal price," Gibson's lawyer Blair Berk said in a statement Wednesday. "That is particularly so for Mel, whose right to due process
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:56P
PA SERS Fund gains 11.9% in 2010
Acting Chief Investment Officer Thomas F. Brier said the third and fourth quarters of 2010 made up the bulk of the year's returns. Inflation protection investments, including commodities, provided the year's strongest performance, up 19.9 percent for
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:55P
Taylor's trial 'neo-colonialist'
“It is to the shame of this prosecution that it has besmirched the lofty ideals of international criminal law by turning this case into a 21st Century form of neo-colonialism,” he said. He also said the release of US diplomatic cables by Wikileaks last
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:54P
Sheriff sued for barring ACLU of Ala. from Fayette County jail
Shepherd said the sheriff's office told the ACLU they were not allowed inside the jail because only criminal defense attorneys were allowed, and the inmates would have to see "any other types of lawyers" on their own time. "What 'their own time' means
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:53P
Sheriff sued for barring ACLU of Ala. from Fayette County jail
Shepherd said the sheriff's office told the ACLU they were not allowed inside the jail because only criminal defense attorneys were allowed, and the inmates would have to see "any other types of lawyers" on their own time. "What 'their own time' means
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:53P
Quinn abolishes death penalty in Illinois
Pat Quinn abolished the death penalty Wednesday, more than a decade after the state imposed a moratorium on executions out of concern that innocent people could be put to death by a justice system that had wrongly condemned 13 men.
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:53P
Ex-Judges vs Akala: Hearing Date Fixed
PM NEWS gathered today that the state's Chief Judge, Bolajoko Adeniji, has assigned Justice Muktar Ladi Abimbola of High Court three to adjudicate in the matter. The retired judges, comprising three Chief Judges, two acting Chief Judges and six other
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:52P
Maximum sentence in killing, beheading
"Justice demands that you receive nothing less than the maximum possible sentence," Franczyk said, adding he had no doubt Hassan's action was a "premeditated act of violence." Hassan, 46, was convicted of luring his wife to the couple's Buffalo-area
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:52P
Maximum sentence in killing, beheading
"Justice demands that you receive nothing less than the maximum possible sentence," Franczyk said, adding he had no doubt Hassan's action was a "premeditated act of violence." Hassan, 46, was convicted of luring his wife to the couple's Buffalo-area
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:52P
Wife of former Desert Hot Springs mayor free on bail after suspected bank robbery
Carol Jean Bias was released from custody late Tuesday after posting a $25000 bond. Her bail amount was cut in half during a court appearance hours earlier. By Staff, City News Service A 69-year-old bank robbery suspect who's married to a former Desert
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:52P
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