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Slow road to justice in Khmer Rouge trial
Owing to fears that not all the suspects will live to see a verdict, the court has split their complex case into several smaller trials, starting with the forced evacuation of Phnom Penh and related crimes against humanity.
Updated: 12/11/2011 12:16A
Illness, fading memories give K.Rouge trial slow start
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodia's historic Khmer Rouge trial has barely begun but one verdict is already in: the fragile health and failing memories of the elderly accused and witnesses will make for a long, slow road to justice.
Updated: 12/11/2011 12:10A
How tweets about courthouse coffee that “sucks” overturned a death row verdict
An Arkansas man has had his death penalty conviction overturned because one juror during his case was tweeting and another juror fell asleep. Twenty-six year old Erickson Dimas-Martinez was found guilty in 2010 of robbing and murdering a 17-year-old
Updated: 12/11/2011 12:07A
How tweets about “coffee that sucks” overturned a death row verdict
The Arkansas Supreme Court ultimately decided that because of the inappropriate behavior of the two jurors during his trial, his conviction has been overturned and he will be tried again for his crime. In the opinion summary of the appeal, the Arkansas
Updated: 12/11/2011 12:07A
PNG election verdict expected on Monday
Papua New Guinea's highest court is expected to decide on Monday whether its chief justice should step aside before it is due to hand down a judgment on the government's constitutionality. The five-man bench was scheduled to hand down its decision on
Updated: 12/10/2011 11:56P
Los Angeles Dodgers: Hot Stove Lukewarm as TV Wars Heat Up
Verdict: No great shakes but an upgrade over last year's #5 starter; Jon Garland. Aaron Harang won 14 games for the Padres in 2011. The Good: Won 14 games for a woeful Padres team in 2011. The Bad: He won 32 games over two seasons, 2006 and 2007;
Updated: 12/10/2011 11:26P
Khmer Rouge trial: Illness, fading memories give trial slow start
For the hundreds of Cambodians who came to the Phnom Penh court each day hoping for answers that could shed light on the secretive 1975-1979 regime, the proceedings proved an exercise in patience - punctuated by frequent bathroom breaks.
Updated: 12/10/2011 11:00P
Athagarh Verdict puts BJD in Catch-22
While the Opposition leaders welcomed the Supreme Court judgment which upheld the Orissa High Court verdict stating that rejection of nomination papers of Swain in 2009 election was illegal, the BJD leaders avoided giving any reaction.
Updated: 12/10/2011 10:35P
Jurors say they made the right decision
CHESHIRE - For 12 people, it became the decision of a lifetime. They could send a man to prison, or they could condemn him to death. Becoming involved in the trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky, one of two men charged in the 2007 murders of Jennifer
Updated: 12/10/2011 10:09P
ATC records statements of 4 witnesses
The court also reserved the verdict on the bail plea of Rashid Ahmed, one of the seven accused being tried in BB murder case. The court adjourned till December 17 the hearing of the case. ATC No 1 Judge Shahid Raffique, during the trial at Adyala Jail,
Updated: 12/10/2011 08:55P