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Deputy fined for vulgar language during lower house debate
Kratky can appeal the verdict within a 15-day deadline. He said he would consider appealing it. He said his words were not appropriate, but he was not satisfied with the committee's verdict. "Only whores and thieves" work at night, Kratky said during a
Updated: 10/06/2011 03:02A
Murder is still a horrible crime even if the defendants look good
She was 21 years old with dark, dancing eyes and glossy hair. She was clever and determined - she worked for months to raise the money to fund her year in Italy to study the language. She was kind and much loved not just by her immediate family - her
Updated: 10/06/2011 03:00A
Scottish court should learn from Knox case
a US or UK court and little was left of the original case but spite and malice. Yet Italy can be proud that its system proved self-righting, while the Scottish judiciary still struggles to admit culpability in the unsafe verdict on Megrahi. By e-mail.
Updated: 10/06/2011 03:00A
War of Words Erupts Between Lugo and Rooney Jr.
Moments after Kevin Rooney Jr. dropped a unanimous decision to Danny Lugo on the Sergio Martinez-Darren Barker undercard last Saturday in Atlantic City, he briefly voiced his displeasure with the judges' verdict, believing he had
Updated: 10/06/2011 02:48A
Amanda Knox: Judge says she may know the 'real truth' about the murder
The judge stressed in a television interview in Italy last night that the verdict handed down by the appeal court was a reflection of the “the truth that was created in the trial.” “But the real truth could be different,” he said, adding: “They (Miss
Updated: 10/06/2011 02:30A
Jury finds man not guilty of rape of paralyzed woman
After the verdict was read and the jury was dismissed, Jeffries, 18, pleaded guilty to stealing the woman's wallet. He is due back in court Thursday morning for sentencing. During the last day-and-a-half, jurors heard prosecutor Dale Summa's evidence
Updated: 10/06/2011 02:25A
'Election was not a verdict on my era'
RETIRING Chief Minister Tony Brown says he believes the results of the general election were not a verdict on his administration. Instead, he believes it was the strength of the candidates and the issues of most concern in each constituency that proved
Updated: 10/06/2011 02:16A
Amanda Knox 'may know the truth'
In his first public comments since Knox and her Italian co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, were acquitted on Monday night, the judge stressed on state TV that the verdict was the fruit of the "the truth that was created in the trial.
Updated: 10/06/2011 02:15A
THE GUARDIAN: No winners in Kercher case
As Knox flew home, magistrate Giuliano Mignini vowed to appeal and expressed confidence that the verdict would be overturned. If there is a central failing of the Italian justice system, it is that it rarely comes to a definitive conclusion.
Updated: 10/06/2011 01:22A
No verdict yet in trial over tot's death
Jurors deliberated for more than 9½ hours Wednesday without reaching a verdict. They began deliberations at 11:30 am and after about eight hours the seven-woman, five-man panel informed Judge Sally Tarnowski that they would like to again view the DVD
Updated: 10/06/2011 01:18A