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Yang Guilty on All Counts
The announcement of a verdict came at about 6 pm, roughly four hours after the jury was given the case. In their closing arguments earlier in the day, prosecutors said the shooting of Rhoni Reuter was "a well-planned, thought-out execution.
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:45P
US backs Sikh prisoner's right not to trim beard
LOS ANGELES — The US Justice Department has sued the state of California in defense of a Sikh prisoner's right to practice his religion, including by not cutting his beard. Backing legal action taken on inmate Sukhjinder S. Basra's behalf,
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:45P
Death threats lead Mexican activists to seek US safe haven
Cipriana Jurado has spent a lifetime fighting for justice in Juarez. Now, she says she is fighting for her life and the lives of her two sons. In her lawyer's office in El Paso, she lists the reasons she is seeking asylum. She also lists the names of
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:43P
Lionsgate Pairs with Janet Jackson on Film Project
In addition to her work in such Tyler Perry films as "Why Did I Get Married," Jackson starred in John Singleton's “Poetic Justice.” The deal was negotiated by Robert Melnik, Lionsgate's executive vice president of business & legal affairs,
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:42P
House panel directs AG to challenge casino contract
A Kansas House panel wants to require the Kansas Attorney General to file a lawsuit challenging an Iowa company's contract to build a state-owned casino in south central Kansas. House Resolution 6015, approved by the House Federal and State Affairs
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:41P
Judges are not backing down
Zedalis has practiced law in Florida for nearly three decades. She is serving her third term on the Florida Bar's Executive Council of Criminal Law Section. She also heads the law school's Trial Practice Program and regularly works alongside and
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:41P
Mass. ports argue in court against fish regs
"We are going to see the small boat owner disappear," Ouellette told Judge Rya Zobel during oral arguments in his clients' federal lawsuit. The plaintiffs also argued the rules change required approval of fishermen in a vote that never happened.
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:41P
Hearing on lower Manhattan Islamic Center reignites debate
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) filed suit last year, challenging the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission's (LPC) decision not to landmark the building at the proposed site for the Islamic cultural center project,
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:39P
Yang guilty in ex-Bears' girlfriend's murder
Following a dramatic 11-day trial, the jurors reached their verdict after four hours of deliberation today. Yang, Gayle and Yang's mother Francine Merar all were stoic as the verdict was read. Members of Reuter's family cried quietly.
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:38P
Prove you've suffered REAL damage, Clarke tells rich and powerful in shake-up
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke also proposes to end the scandal of 'libel tourism' in which powerful foreigners use British courts to silence their opponents at home. And amid concern that libel law is being used by commercial interests to silence
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:37P
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