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K. Rouge genocide defendant unfit for trial: lawyer
The only female Khmer Rouge leader charged with genocide at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court has dementia and should not have to go on trial, her lawyer said Thursday. This handout released by the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:34P
UN urges Cambodia not to meddle with court
Phnom Penh has strongly denied interfering but Prime Minister Hun Sen - himself a former cadre - has made it clear he wants the court's work to end with the current second trial, even saying further cases were "not allowed".
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:33P
Morrissey suing NME for libel
Lawyers for the singer told the court on Tuesday that he is willing to be cross-examined as a witness if the trial goes ahead. Morrissey is suing Conor McNicholas, the then-editor of NME, and the magazine's publisher, IPC Media, for libel.
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:33P
Supreme Court will hear case of woman who sought a hit man to kill spouse
The hit man turned out to be an undercover Mountie. The trial judge accepted her defence of abuse and acquitted her. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal dismissed the Crown's appeal of the case. As usual, the Supreme Court gave no reasons for its decision
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:31P
Trial date set in Rutgers suicide case
In the pretrial hearing Thursday to settle several issues about evidence, he remained silent, other than to say "yes" when New Jersey Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman asked him whether he understood the risks he faces by appearing in court.
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:31P
Jayalalithaa to reappear in court Friday in assets case
This was her first appearance in the court here, nearly eight years after the case was shifted to the city from Chennai by the Supreme Court to ensure free and fair trial. She flew back to Chennai, about 350 km away, soon after the conclusion of
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:30P
Movie producer testifying for 2nd day at Cellini trial
William Cellini of Springfield arrives at federal court in Chicago on Monday for the start of his trial. Charles Rex Arbogast/The Associated Press By Anonymous The Associated Press Follow SJ-R reporter Chris Wetterich tweets about Thursday's trial
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:26P
Trial begins for couple, son accused of killing relatives
Mohammad Shafia is led into court in Kingston, Ont., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. (Lars Hagberg / THE CANADIAN PRESS) Dozens of people lined up outside an Ontario courtroom on Thursday for the first day of a high-profile trial in which two parents and their
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:25P
Judge clarifies Bloomberg is victim in $1.1M campaign cash heist trial
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Ronald Zweibel has said it's clear that the mayor had sole authority over the trust's funds, and he has exhibited impatience in the past, outside the jurors' hearing, over just that defense tactic.
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:25P
Murder trial set to begin today for Montreal family
Tooba Mohammad Yahya and husband Mohammad Shafia and their son Hamed Mohammed Shafia are escorted into a Kingston Court courthouse on the first day of... The Crown is expected to lay out its case Thursday in Kingston, Ont., against a Montreal couple
Updated: 10/20/2011 12:24P
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