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After Numerous Delays, Abilene Murder Trial Set To Resume Today
ABILENE, Texas -- The murder trial for Christopher North, who is accused of shooting 21-year-old Austin David in February, will resume Monday afternoon. This is the beginning of the third week of a trial that was expected to
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:11P
CA Upholds $8 Million Award in Partnership Dissolution
Writing for the appellate court on Friday, Justice H. Walter Croskey said Livnev failed to show any error in the trial court's findings. “We must presume that the evidence supports the trial court's factual findings unless the appellant affirmatively
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:09P
Khmer Rouge Defense Files Case Against PM
opposing the progress of two of the court's four main cases. On October 9, German judge Siegfried Blunk resigned from the tribunal complaining of government interference. Nuon Chea is set to go on trial next month along with three other defendants.
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:07P
Judge postpones Kansas Planned Parenthood case
AP A Kansas trial court judge postponed a criminal case against a Planned Parenthood clinic Monday, only days after the disclosure that the state health department had destroyed during routine document shredding copies of abortion reports needed as
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:07P
Bexhill care home killing trial under way
A care home worker killed an elderly resident by deliberately setting fire to her room so she could act as a heroine, a court has been told. Irene Herring, 85, was rescued by firefighters from her top-floor room at Ancaster Court in Bexhill-on-Sea,
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:07P
Verdict expected Monday in David Ditto trial
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Verdicts are scheduled to be read Monday in the trial of a Mira Mesa man accused of beating and choking his wife to death. The jury in the trial of David Ditto, 44, reached its verdicts Friday, but announcing them was delayed because
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:06P
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMJury selection in Mass. terror case begins
The first pool of 60 potential jurors for the trial of Tarek Mehanna was brought into US District Court in Boston on Monday morning. The 29-year-old Sudbury man is accused of trying to help al-Qaida and plotting to kill American soldiers in Iraq.
Updated: 10/24/2011 11:12A
Jury selection in Mass. terror case begins
Jury selection in the trial of a Massachusetts man charged with providing support to a terrorist group has started. The first pool of 60 potential jurors for the trial of Tarek Mehanna was brought into US District Court in Boston on Monday morning.
Updated: 10/24/2011 11:12A
Joanna Yeates' neighbour 'heard nothing' murder trial hears
A neighbour of Joanna Yeates did not hear any screams on the night she died at the hands of Vincent Tabak, a court heard today. Geoffrey Hardyman, who lives in the flat on the top floor of 44 Canynge Road, said he was ill with a cold on the night of
Updated: 10/24/2011 11:12A
McGuinness could face war crimes trial, legal expert warns
The lawyer, who works to defend the human rights of asylum seekers in Britain, said there remains the possibility that if IRA victims take on a war crimes case, the President of the Republic could be hauled into an international court.
Updated: 10/24/2011 11:12A