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Roommate in Rutgers suicide says no to plea deal that could have cut prison time
Dharun Ravi, 19, on Thursday affirmed his decision to go to trial, at which a conviction could mean 10 years or more in prison. A judge set a trial date of Feb. 21 for the case, which helped set off a national conversation about bullying of young gays
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:46A
Woman pleads guilty in fatal crash
A 26-year-old Canfield woman pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated vehicular homicide Thursday for her role in a car accident that left her fetus dead and killed a 55-year-old woman. Raechel Zorger entered the plea in front of
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:43A
Life in prison for killer of Leesa Jo Shaner
The case was tried before Senior US District Court Judge Frank R. Zapata from July 12 to 28, 2011. The evidence at trial showed that Ms. Shaner left her family home around 9:25 pm on May 29, 1973, to pick up her husband from the Tucson International
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:42A
Superior court sets date for Dharun Ravi trial
Dharun Ravi, center, and his defense attorneys reject the prosecution's plea bargain yesterday, choosing to uphold his presumed innocence in trial instead. Julia McClure, Middlesex County first assistant prosecutor, and Richard Pompelio, the victims'
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:40A
SKorea: Congolese minister gains refugee status
The first division of the Supreme Court (under Chief Justice Lee In-bok) affirmed the trial court and ruled on the 21st that Mr. A, who fled to Horea after being arrested in the Republic of the Congo for
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:39A
DA case: Jaya to face over 300 questions on Day 2
Jayalalithaa had, yesterday, deposed before a special court here in a closed door hearing amid tight security. She was not made to stand in the witness box and was seated in front of the judge, sources said. The trial of the disproportionate assets
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:39A
Goa HM accused of interfering in blast case
NIA, in its submission last week requested the Court 'to conduct hearing in-camera and to prevent the media from publishing the information related to the trial'. Seeking to dismiss the petition, Punalkar said even the highly sensitive case trials of
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:38A
Fly spray rapist jailed for 10 years
Justice John Priestley said Chadwick, 57, had 24 previous convictions over the past 39 years, two for the rape of two girls aged under 12 which dated to the 1980s. His latest victim's life had been turned upside down. She felt "scared, ashamed and
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:37A
Massachusetts: Man's Death Sentence Is Thrown Out
Judge Mark L. Wolf of Federal District Court found that the juror had repeatedly lied during jury selection in a way that called her impartiality into question. He said the convict, Gary Lee Sampson, was entitled to a new sentencing trial to determine
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:37A
Judge opts out of seer case
CHENNAI: Justice K Suguna of the Madras High Court on Thursday optedout from hearing the petitions that were relating to Sankararaman murder case. When the matter came up before her today, the judge directed theRegistry to place the papers before the
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:37A
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