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February trial set in Henry County racketeering case
28 trial date in Henry Circuit Court 2. Troy C. Collier, 32, is charged with corrupt business influence, a Class C felony carrying a standard four-year prison term, and five counts of theft, one a Class C felony and the other four class D felonies with
Updated: 10/23/2011 03:25A
Father of Lockerbie bombing victim says Gaddafi's son must stand trial
Dr Swire said Saif should be tried by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity if he recovers. Dr Swire said: “I don't know how, if at all, Gaddafi was involved in the Lockerbie disaster. I am satisfied his man Megrahi had no
Updated: 10/23/2011 03:07A
Hickenlooper to choose new Supreme Court justice
Boatright prosecuted everything from traffic to murder cases in the 1st Judicial District from 1990 until his appointment to the bench there in 1999. Boatright spent seven years juggling a mixed docket of civil litigation, criminal cases, probate,
Updated: 10/23/2011 03:06A
In life and death cases, costly mistakes | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-10-23
Most cases go through several layers of appeal, beginning with the trial court, then state and federal appeals courts, all of which can send the matter back for new proceedings. The stale cases - most of which involve resentencing - pour back into a
Updated: 10/23/2011 03:06A
Bird feeder's arrest called 'media frenzy'
In court for a pre-trial hearing Friday, attorneys for the man accused of creating an aircraft safety hazard at the Bob Hope Airport by feeding a large flock of pigeons called his arrest an overblown media frenzy
Updated: 10/23/2011 03:05A
UK & World News: Father of Lockerbie bombing victim says Gaddafi's son must
LOCKERBIE campaigner Jim Swire has called for the son of dead tyrant Colonel Gaddafi to be put on trial to finally reveal the truth about the 1988 atrocity. Dr Swire, whose daughter Flora was killed in the bombing, believes the dictator's favourite son
Updated: 10/23/2011 03:03A
Civilian courts the right place for terrorism trials
Congress wants to bar the civilian justice system from any role in such prosecutions. And the Obama administration wants to decide on a case-by-case basis. Neither has it quite right. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. has defended the Obama
Updated: 10/23/2011 03:01A
Defense to launch fightback at Jackson doc's trial
The 58-year-old Trinidad-born medic, who has sat grim-faced throughout proceedings, faces four years in jail if found guilty at the long-awaited trial. The court case - attended near daily by Jackson's mother Katherine and father Joe as well as
Updated: 10/23/2011 02:59A
Bahraini court to hear medics' appeal
Twenty medical staff convicted of incitement and taking over a hospital during protests, to argue against "retrial". Bahrain's High Court of Appeals will hear arguments on Sunday from 20 medical staff convicted of serious crimes arising from the
Updated: 10/23/2011 02:51A
30 years on, man convicted of step-child's death
A Paris court sentenced Dieter Krombach, 76, to 15 years in jail after he was found guilty over the death of his step-daughter Kalinka at their German home in 1982. The girl's biological father Andre Bamberski had Krombach kidnapped and brought to
Updated: 10/23/2011 02:47A