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Shaky math adds to mystery in canal murder trial
Were the women already dead when father and son rented the rooms, victims of an appalling accident as the grieving family speculated to police and reporters? Or was mass murder — as the prosecution calls it — still afoot, the sisters soon afterwards
Updated: 10/25/2011 08:03P
Former Walnut Grove Mayor Indicted
This indictment by the grand jury for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi is the result of a joint FBI and Leake County, Mississippi Sheriff's Office investigation. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United
Updated: 10/25/2011 08:01P
Trial resumes
The trial of euthanasia campaigner Sean Davison has resumed in the Dunedin High Court this morning. Mr Davison is accused of the attempted murder of his terminally ill mother, Dr Patricia Davison, in 2006. Dr Davison's general practitioner,
Updated: 10/25/2011 07:35P
Court of Appeals affirms conviction, sentence of man serving at least 21 years
Years after the case had gone cold, Peggy Gardner broke it open by telling police her husband was responsible. She testified to this at a preliminary exam, but wavered at the trial and the prosecution played the tape. The Court of Appeals agreed the
Updated: 10/25/2011 07:35P
No Contract Talk In Trial Of Jackson's Doctor
Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor said introducing the 42 pages of contract documents would require "the fact finder getting taken on a side tour of accounting principles and law school." The case, he said, "is not a contractual dispute.
Updated: 10/25/2011 07:34P
Cricket Court Apartment Murder Trial Begins
Testimony in a fatal stabbing case from last year began today in a Lubbock court. 24-year-old Aaron Dial is charged with stabbing 36-year-old Christopher Clark to death in the parking lot of a central Lubbock apartment complex in June of 2010.
Updated: 10/25/2011 07:33P
Bridgecorp bosses knew of problems, court told
It is day two of the Crown's opening in the High Court trial of four former directors accused of misleading investors in the run up to the finance group's $490 million collapse in July 2007. Rod Petricevic, Rob Roest, Gary Urwin and Peter Steigrad face
Updated: 10/25/2011 07:33P
Judge orders 2 separate trials in Jeremiah Swafford murder case
The pair was scheduled to stand trial starting Oct. 31, but Superior Court Judge Richard Boner ruled Tuesday in a Charlotte courtroom that the trials would be separated and continued to later dates. “After the presentation and the motion, (Boner) found
Updated: 10/25/2011 07:32P
Judge in murder trial of Eric Denson, accused of killing Conor Reynolds
| Dave RobackJudge Peter A. Velis speaks to defense attorney Harry Miles during the Eric Denson murder trial in Hampden Superior Court. SPRINGFIELD – In a setback for the defense in Eric Denson's murder
Updated: 10/25/2011 07:31P
Judge rules autopsy photos 'too gruesome' for jurors on first day of lululemon
Of the 65 remaining potential jurors, 11 said in open court that they had never heard of the case. Nearly all of the 150 people in the pool answered additional questions in the judge's chambers. Potential jurors are barred from watching television,
Updated: 10/25/2011 07:31P