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Jail Time Just Keeps Extending for Gayus
Gayus, who was sentenced to seven years in January of bribing a judge and two police investigators to beat an earlier embezzlement rap, had his appeal turned down on Wednesday by the Supreme Court, which upheld the guilty verdict and extended his
Updated: 07/27/2011 10:25P
Man convicted of killing woman, dumping body in Southern California mountains
The Daily Breeze of Torrance says the jury took less than a day to reach its verdict, finding Tony Lopez Perez guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the death of Cori Desmond. Prosecutors say Perez approached the 28-year-old woman after she left a
Updated: 07/27/2011 10:19P
No word from Costa jury
After nearly a week of deliberations, the jury in the murder case against Marcos Costa, the driver of a brakeless big rig that killed two people in La Caada in April 2009, retired Wednesday without announcing a verdict.
Updated: 07/27/2011 10:15P
EFFINGER: ACLU offers "democratic" head-fake
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is pretending to study an alternative redistricting map handed them in the eleventh hour by the ACLU in a show of magnanimity, with the intent of rendering their verdict on its fate next week.
Updated: 07/27/2011 10:04P
News briefs: Rangers honor new Hall of Famer Blyleven
SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to honor a jury's verdict finding baseball great Barry Bonds guilty of obstruction of justice. Prosecutors filed court papers late Wednesday opposing Bonds' demand that the verdict be tossed out
Updated: 07/27/2011 09:56P
Feds argue Bonds received fair trial, urge judge to honour guilty verdict on
(PAUL SAKUMA / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES) SAN FRANCISCO - Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to honour a jury's verdict finding baseball great Barry Bonds guilty of obstruction of justice. Prosecutors filed court papers late Wednesday opposing
Updated: 07/27/2011 09:52P
Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy
Smith is the same performer who created a shattering series of monologues, also based on interviews, in the wake of the riots following the Rodney King verdict, called Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. That piece was indeed topical, an entry into larger
Updated: 07/27/2011 09:41P
Prosecutors urge judge to let Barry Bonds conviction stand
In court papers, prosecutors asked US District Judge Susan Illston to reject Bonds' bid to set aside the obstruction conviction, saying that "sufficient evidence supports this verdict." Illston is scheduled to hold a hearing in late August on a move by
Updated: 07/27/2011 09:41P
Not guilty verdict for man accused of killing PA man in Cayman Islands
The crown successfully appealed the initial verdict and the Cayman Court of Appeal ordered a new trial. The report said the crown's case was based on fingerprint and footprint evidence that placed Perez at Gareau's home. The defense argued the prints
Updated: 07/27/2011 09:36P
Cori Desmond Trial Verdict: Murder 1
His only criminal record was a DUI. “He would give you the shirt off his back,” she said. “I'm here so he knows we still love him. I'm not here to judge him. There's a God and a judicial system to place judgment.” Two other relatives, his sister and a
Updated: 07/27/2011 09:35P
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