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Man accused of running down Quebec toddler found guilty
The verdict in Brandon Pardi's case came down this morning in the Quebec town of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. Pardi's dangerous driving case drew national attention because of his legal fight to be tried as a minor, a battle that went all the way to
Updated: 12/09/2011 01:02P
Mail Online censured over 'Amanda Knox guilty' story
By Press Gazette Mail Online has been censured by the PCC over a story it ran in October claiming Amanda Knox had lost her appeal against her conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The story appeared on the website on 3 October
Updated: 12/09/2011 12:55P
Will Swiss verdict on MUS rob Pavel Tyka? of Czech Coal?
They are set out as follows: The criminal act of serious violation of business relations (who deliberately act to appropriate unjustified gains for individual benefit or for a third party which seriously infringes established rules for business
Updated: 12/09/2011 12:42P
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Examines Workers' Compensation Benefits and
Following a vacated jury verdict, the parties settled. The trial court then allocated the settlement proceeds between the employee and his wife. The employer appealed this allocation, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed it in Hodges v.
Updated: 12/09/2011 12:34P
Murder Verdict Overturned On Jury Misconduct
Among them was the tweet “It is over,” sent nearly an hour before the jury announced it had reached a verdict. In its unanimous opinion reversing the conviction, the Supreme Court said the tweets were a public discussion of the case, in violation of
Updated: 12/09/2011 12:33P
Jury is quick to reject claim of arson [The Buffalo News, N.Y.]
After eight days of testimony, the jury of five women and one man came back with a unanimous verdict that Muwafek S. "Moe" Rizek did not torch Mark's Food Market II, at 290 Oliver St. , on May 15, 2009 . Rizek, who had insured the convenience store for
Updated: 12/09/2011 12:21P
Police kill JEM, LJM members
State authorities in El Fasher's Shala prison also carried out the execution verdict on six other members of the two factions who had previously been sentenced to death by hanging. Sources told Radio Dabanga that the prison authorities summoned the six
Updated: 12/09/2011 12:13P
Jury finds two Donegal women died of carbon monoxide poisining
The jury in the inquest into the deaths of two elderly Donegal women has returned a verdict of death by misadventure. It found that 84-year-old Annie Gallagher and 79-year-old Sarah McDyer died from asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide poisoning
Updated: 12/09/2011 12:09P
Daily Mail censured for fictional story about Amanda Knox verdict
The Press Complaints Commission has upheld a complaint against the Daily Mail for publishing the incorrect verdict in the Amanda Knox case The Mail's website reported that Knox has lost her appeal against her conviction for murdering Meredith Kercher
Updated: 12/09/2011 12:05P
Quebecer guilty of dangerous driving in toddler's death
Quebec driver Brandon Pardi has been convicted of dangerous driving causing death after running over le Perrot toddler Bianca Leduc four years ago, on his 18th birthday. But the court ordered a stay of proceedings for a second, more serious charge of
Updated: 12/09/2011 12:04P