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Why Innocence Didn't Matter for Troy Davis
It seems like stating the obvious that innocence matters in the criminal justice system, especially when someone's life is on the line in a death penalty case. At least, innocence should always matter. But does it in practice?
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:19P
Man gets more than three-year prison sentence for crash that injured two
BY JEREMY PAWLOSKI | Staff writer • Published October 26, 2011 A judge sentenced a 24-year-old man to three years and three months in prison Wednesday for driving into and seriously injuring two men outside a Boy Scout awards dinner in a parking lot
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:11P
ICC suspects to know verdict on same day
The ruling on whether the six post election violence suspects will go for full trial is to be delivered on the same day. Pre-Trial Chamber II Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova said the decision was based on security concerns raised by
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:09P
Ex-official in Ohio pleads not guilty to extortion
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Updated: 10/26/2011 02:51P
Edwards' lawyers ask judge to throw out charges
But even if Edwards did know, Lowell told US District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles, no laws were broken. "Criminal laws are supposed to be written in Congress," Lowell said. "They should not be written on the desks of prosecutors who decide after
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:32P
Bali boy's trial fast-tracked
A judge, Amser Simanjuntak, was appointed to handle the case after prosecutors formally registered the case with Denpasar district court yesterday. ''The trial will be closed, closed to public. Not just the media,'' he said. ''All juvenile trials are
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:30P
Woman Sentenced in Cocaine Trafficking Case
The trial evidence included court authorized wiretaps in which the defendant arranged cocaine deals with co-conspirators. Some of these conversations took place at the defendant's place of employment. At today's sentencing proceeding, Barreto stated
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:28P
Vincent Tabak trial: Joanna Yeates jury retires to consider verdict
Jurors at Bristol Crown Court "should not allow emotion or sympathy" to cloud their judgment in deciding whether Tabak intended to kill Miss Yeates, Mr Justice Field said. The defendant, 33, denies murder but admits the manslaughter of the 25-year-old
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:26P
John Edwards' lawyers argue federal campaign finance charges should be
But even if Edwards did know, Lowell told US District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles, no laws were broken. "Criminal laws are supposed to be written in Congress," Lowell said. "They should not be written on the desks of prosecutors who decide after
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:25P
Free speech instruction sought in terror trial
On Wednesday, his lawyers filed court documents asking Judge George O'Toole Jr. to tell the jury that the right to free speech includes the right to advocate force or violence, unless the speech is likely to incite "imminent lawless action.
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:21P
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