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Court to weigh Stolen Valor Act
Since the Nazi war crimes trial at Nuremberg, international law has held that human rights abuses can be prosecuted around the globe. And two US laws – the Alien Tort Statute of 1789 and the Torture Victims Protection Act of 1992 – give American courts
Updated: 10/18/2011 03:06A
Case against him is based on lies, says N.J. lawyer | Philadelphia Inquirer
The trial stems from his 2009 arrest in what the government says was a racketeering enterprise involving drugs, prostitution, money laundering, and witness tampering. Those charges were severed by a federal judge, and this trial focuses solely on the
Updated: 10/18/2011 03:05A
Court takes cases on rights reach | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-10-18
Since the Nazi war crimes trial at Nuremberg, international law has held that human-rights abuses can be prosecuted around the globe. And two US laws - the Alien Tort Statute of 1789 and the Torture Victims Protection Act of 1992 - give American courts
Updated: 10/18/2011 03:05A
Briefly... CITY/REGION | Philadelphia Daily News | 2011-10-18
Former House Speaker John Perzel is scheduled to testify today in Pennsylvania's government-corruption trial in Harrisburg. Officials say the Philadelphia Republican is scheduled to be the leadoff witness in Dauphin County court.
Updated: 10/18/2011 03:04A
9th Circuit issues mixed ruling on Taser use
In a separate dissent, Judge Barry G. Silverman – joined by Judge Richard R. Clifton – agreed with Kozinski that there was no constitutional violation in the Brooks incident, but agreed with the trial court in Hawaii that Mattos' case requires a trial.
Updated: 10/18/2011 03:02A
Guilty verdict in murder of Lompoc teen
Barrera, 22, and Richard Reyes, 21, were on trial for gunning down 14-year-old Daniel Rodriguez in a southside neighborhood in the early evening of Jan. 14, 2009. They were on trial together with separate juries. The jury in Reyes' case will continue
Updated: 10/18/2011 03:01A
Joanna Yeates murder trial: Tabak 'held throat to stop Jo screaming'
Vincent Tabak claims he strangled Joanna Yeates for 20 seconds after she screamed when he put his arm around her, a court heard yesterday. Brief extracts from Tabak's defence statement were read out to a jury for the first time as the pathologist who
Updated: 10/18/2011 03:00A
Stalker to stand trial
By Sapa-AP Los Angeles- A judge ruled on Monday that a man charged with stalking Halle Berry should stand trial on two charges filed after he was repeatedly seen on the actress' property earlier this year. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Melissa
Updated: 10/18/2011 02:55A
New top court judge raises bar on common sense
What he'd originally suggested - that defence lawyers be more discerning in their use of pre-trial charter motions - was "hardly an earthshattering proposition, or so I would have thought." "Hardly one, I thought, that would lead a senior member of the
Updated: 10/18/2011 02:53A
Sutton man cleared of dangerous driving charge
But at Croydon Crown Court on Friday, October 14, Mr Earl was cleared by a jury of dangerous driving after a trial. During the trial Jonathan Edwards, prosecuting, told the court Miss Swain suffered the horror ride after being offered a lift home by
Updated: 10/18/2011 02:51A
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