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Guilty on three violence charges
A District Court trial begin in Dunedin on Thursday morning. Five witnesses gave evidence on Thursday, and counsel and the judge summed up before the jury retired at 12.40pm on Friday. Returning at 9pm, the foreman said the jurors were unable to reach
Updated: 10/23/2011 09:10P
Top 6 new lies about Amanda Knox
These ordinary Italians could've ignored science and logic, as Judge Giancarlo Massei did in Trial One of this sensational saga. Instead, the Appeals Court delivered justice, that rare thing. “You cannot convict people without evidence,” a local woman
Updated: 10/23/2011 09:00P
Amanda Knox: Arrivederci, Murder Charges!
Hours later, that same jury overturned the 2009 Italian trial court decision convicting Knox and her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito of murder. Knox, who had been in prison for almost four years, was free to return to America.
Updated: 10/23/2011 08:59P
Last-minute plea on drug charges
The court heard police wiretaps on Stott's home and mobile phone revealed the woman was organising to sell "bags" to the two men, warning one of them not to "get caught with that shit". The men were found with small amounts of methylamphetamine after
Updated: 10/23/2011 08:50P
Bella Santos ready for court trial; explains tattoos
When Bella Ruby Santos appears in court today, she has only two words to say: “Not guilty”. Her arraignment before Judge Ester Veloso of the Cebu Regional Trial Court (RTC) will be closely covered by the media, which has followed her journey as a
Updated: 10/23/2011 08:47P
F-1 Bribery Trial May Shed Light on Ecclestone Role in CVC Deal
Ecclestone initially offered him even $80 million, Gribkowsky said. Prosecutor told him his claims were “implausible,” according to the memo. Gribkowsky has been in custody since Jan. 5. The court has scheduled 26 days of trial and about 40 witnesses
Updated: 10/23/2011 08:19P
Formula One Bribery Trial May Shed Light on Ecclestone's Role in CVC Deal
Ecclestone initially offered him even $80 million, Gribkowsky said. Prosecutor told him his claims were “implausible,” according to the memo. Gribkowsky has been in custody since Jan. 5. The court has scheduled 26 days of trial and about 40 witnesses
Updated: 10/23/2011 08:11P
Victor Bout's trial resumes in New York
in court of Victor Bout's alleged co-conspirator, British citizen Andrew Smulian. He was arrested in Thailand along with Bout, however, he agreed to cooperate with investigators in exchange for mitigation of sentence. The trial is expected to last
Updated: 10/23/2011 08:03P
Bahraini court hears medics' appeal
The government portrayed Sunday's hearing as a new trial, following widespread condemnation of Bahrain's Sunni-led regime in the wake of last month's sentencing. But defendants and rights activists said it was an appeal in civil court.
Updated: 10/23/2011 08:03P
I regret Gaddafi death says Libya's new leader: Tyrant 'should have answered
Prime minister Mahmoud Jibril said he would have preferred to see Gaddafi put on trial for his crimes. 'I want to know why he did this to the Libyan people,' Mr Jibril explained. 'I wish I were his prosecutor in his trial, because this is the question
Updated: 10/23/2011 07:39P
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