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Deputy's family weep during opening statements in Isreal trial
Fornshell asked that question as part of his opening statement this morning in Warren County Common Pleas Court. Isreal, 23, of Middletown, is accused of killing Warren County Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Dulle on May 10. Dulle was placing tire deflation
Updated: 10/18/2011 05:13P
Greencastle Elementary School teacher Susan Burke on trial for choking students
Several former students testified in court Tuesday that Burke choked them when they acted up in class, but at time offered confusing and contradictory accounts of what had happened. A 7-year-old former first grader in Burke's class testified that the
Updated: 10/18/2011 05:12P
Judge storms out of child cruelty trial
Judge Anthony Russell had to step out of Preston Crown Court for 15 minutes so he would not jail Kayleigh Searle, 19, out of rage, the Daily Mail reports. Searle has been jailed for eight years after a series of violent beatings of her three-month-old
Updated: 10/18/2011 05:11P
Former Illinois sheriff appeals life sentences for dealing drugs
At the center of the ex-sheriff's appeal is an instance of a court security officers mistaking a courtroom spectator for a juror. The incident occurred on the second day of Martin's eight-day trial in September 2010 in US District Court at Benton,
Updated: 10/18/2011 05:10P
Trial begins for 2009 Morgan Hill vehicular manslaughter
The trial in Superior Court Judge Joanne McCracken's courtroom is expected to last through Friday before it is turned over to the jury for deliberations. Arlia is accused of vehicular manslaughter "without gross negligence," Estanislao said.
Updated: 10/18/2011 05:07P
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Kelsey's proposal, Supreme Court justices would serve staggered eight-year terms with the possibility for reappointment. Only state Supreme Court and appellate judges would be affected by the proposed changes. Trial court judges would continue to run
Updated: 10/18/2011 05:06P
2005 Albemarle County Murder Trial Postponed
Johnson's body was found in a parking lot on Free Bridge Lane. Harris was arrested last December. His jury trial was scheduled to begin Tuesday, but an Albemarle County Circuit Court judge decided to postpone it. The trial is now set to begin on March
Updated: 10/18/2011 05:04P
Halle Berry's Stalker Heads to Court, Berry Is 'Extremely Frightened of Him'
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Melissa Widdifield has ruled that Halle Berry's alleged stalker will stand trial. Richard A. Franco, a mid-20s college student, was arrested on the night of July 11 after scaling a concrete wall along the perimeter of
Updated: 10/18/2011 05:04P
Appeals Court Cites 'Many Hurdles' In Viacom-YouTube Appeal
A federal judge dismissed the case without a trial in June of 2010 after finding that the safe harbor did indeed apply to YouTube because the site did not have specific knowledge of infringing videos. Before a panel of three appeals court judges,
Updated: 10/18/2011 05:02P
Sudan: JEM Leaders' Trial Begins in Khartoum
Khartoum — The trial of Ibraham Almaz Deng, the vice president of the armed opposition group Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), along with six other leaders of the movement began in Khartoum on Tuesday. The trial was held in front of a special court
Updated: 10/18/2011 05:01P
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