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Fugitive in husband's death appears in court
By AP HOUSTON (AP) ' Texas prosecutors say they will have some obstacles in bringing an elderly woman to trial 40 years after she was accused of murdering her husband by dousing him with hot grease. The woman had been a fugitive since 1970 before being
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:22P
Murder Suspect's Letter: 'I Don't Regret What I Did'
A clerk read the letter to a jury during Carter's murder trial Friday in Superior Court. The letter, dated June 3, 2009, was seized by Correction Officer Daniel Goycuepa. Carter has been in jail since the hours after Feb. 14, 2009 homicide.
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:20P
Prosecutors want Supreme Court to halt handover of jail recordings in fatal DUI
Will County State's Attorney Jim Glasgow is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to undo a judge's order to deliver hundreds of jailhouse recordings to the attorney of a Steger man who was convicted of killing a 5-year-old boy in a drunken driving crash
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:20P
'Volunteer' day: What is the meaning of Haggerty's guilt, and Bloomberg's
The trial's glossary of double-talk opens with the setting itself, "Manhattan Supreme Court," which despite its name is New York's trial-level court. (The state's high court is the Court of Appeals.) Its judges are nominally elected to 14-year terms
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:20P
Courthouse takeover defendant fights back tears as he testifies he never
A former Georgia militia member testified Friday at his trial in a bizarre courthouse takeover case, fighting back tears and saying "my government has called me a potential domestic terrorist." "This is the most humiliating thing I have ever been
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:19P
Lindsay Lohan errs on the early side, makes it to the morgue
Lohan had stumbled on what we'll call a "trial run" Thursday, getting turned away at the door — once she finally found the correct one — because she showed up late. The actress and model will be "cleaning toilets, mopping floors and emptying the trash
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:19P
Governor to confer with NBI on release of P300T reward
The defense filed the bail motion on the same day Veloso, presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court Branch 6, tackled the omnibus motion that seeks to drop the kidnapping with homicide case and recall the arrest warrant for Santos and Griffiths.
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:18P
Police arrest man with Liu's weapon
Regional Trial Court Branch 57 Enriqueta Belarmino issued a warrant against Abalquin last Oct. 19. The warrant was served against the suspect at 5 pm yesterday in front of barangay officials. Talisay Police Station Chief Eddie Recamara said the police
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:18P
Suspect in girl's slaying threatened to kill wife, records show
The case was dismissed in September 2010 when the Riverside County District Attorney's Office said that they were unable to locate the victim on the day the trial was to begin. In a court declaration, investigators said that Torres' wife, Veronica,
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:16P
Caldwell man denies strangling landlady.
Theodore Kestner pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder during a hearing in 3rd District Court on Friday. A judge set his jury trial for Feb. 1. Kestner is charged in the death of 53-year-old Jennifer Kirkpatrick of Caldwell.
Updated: 10/21/2011 02:14P
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