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New twist in Liberal Senator Mary Jo Fisher shoplifting case
Picture: Greg Higgs Source: AdelaideNow A COURT will hear further expert medical evidence about the mental health of Liberal senator Mary Jo Fisher at the time she allegedly shoplifted groceries. seToday prosecutors and lawyers for Fisher argued their
Updated: 10/26/2011 01:26A
Assault charges dropped in O'Donnell vs. Bastis case
Both men that day were in Fall River Housing Court for a hearing regarding the city's attempt to force O'Donnell to repair and clean up the aged Star Theater, with Bastis testifying that its condition constituted a fire/safety hazard.
Updated: 10/26/2011 01:25A
Dallas County DA says constable's refusal to serve papers hurts criminal cases
As a result, she said, she is no longer able to serve justice of the peace papers as well as district and county clerk papers. “You basically blew up a bridge and now you're trying to figure out how to cross over,” Villarreal said about the
Updated: 10/26/2011 01:21A
Amir, Majeed were involved in fixing: Judge
AP London: The judge presiding over the Pakistan cricket spot-fixing trial has instructed the jury at a London court on Tuesday to accept that teenage bowler Mohammad Amir and agent Mazhar Majeed were involved in fixing. Former Pakistan Test captain
Updated: 10/26/2011 01:21A
Local Media Fail: Judge in 'Sore Loser' Driehaus-Susan Anthony Case in
Steve Driehaus and Ohio US District Court Judge Timothy S. Black. Driehuas was the sore loser who sued the Alexandria-based Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life PAC, claiming that the group's accusations that he voted to fund abortions when he voted for
Updated: 10/26/2011 01:21A
Joanna Yeates trial: Vincent Tabak 'killed in shrewd attack motivated by sex'
Mr Lickley reminded the court that the prosecution case was that the killing had been motivated by a sexual element and asked the jury to consider whether Tabak had even eaten the pizza Miss Yeates had bought that evening. He denied it but admitted
Updated: 10/26/2011 01:20A
US Is Set to Charge Major Executive in Trading Case
The case against Mr. Gupta, 62, who is expected to surrender to FBI agents on Wednesday, would extend the reach of the government's inquiry into America's most prestigious corporate boardrooms. Most of the defendants charged with insider trading over
Updated: 10/26/2011 01:18A
Shafia murder trial: Court shown video of bodies in submerged car
The dead girls' mother was not in court as the video played. Her lawyer said it would be traumatic for her to see the bodies of her dead children. She returned to the courtroom as soon as the video concluded. Most of the 14-minute video shows technical
Updated: 10/26/2011 12:58A
Petit Murder Trial: Jury Told Convicted Killer 'Doomed from Birth'
A man convicted of killing a mother and her two daughters was described in court Tuesday as "doomed from birth," who was adopted by an austere family, was sexually molested as a boy and suffered a head injury in a car crash.
Updated: 10/26/2011 12:56A
Thursday hearing set in Fort Hood case
Nidal Hasan is expected to be in court for Thursday's hearing at Fort Hood. Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the November 2009 shootings. The judge, Col.
Updated: 10/26/2011 12:54A