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Milgaard arrested in Calgary
In 1992, the Supreme Court of Canada recommended the federal justice minister quash Milgaard's conviction and order a new trial. Two days later, the government of Saskatchewan announced it would not retry Milgaard, and he was released from prison.
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:50A
Case rests on circumstantial evidence, eyes of experts
And indeed, in the murder trial of Mohammad Shafia, his second wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya and their 20-year-old son Hamed, Ontario Superior Court Judge Robert Maranger did just that. On the first day of trial last week, Maranger told jurors that "both
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:50A
Hearing date set for Matthews
Preliminary hearings are held to determine if the Crown has sufficient evidence to go to trial. If a judge determines there is enough evidence, Matthews has elected to have his trial before a Court of Queen's Bench judge and jury.
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:50A
Fort Hood suspect back in court for hearing
AP FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army psychiatrist charged in the Fort Hood shooting rampage was to be back in court for a pre-trial hearing Thursday. Maj. Nidal Hasan's attorneys were requesting certain expert witnesses for his military trial, set for March.
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:49A
The £750m fraud case – colleagues reveal all
Another witness, corporate barrister Julian Henley-Price, who was employed by Mr Kallakis from May 2007 until early 2009, said he knew that the defendant had “a chauffeur-driven Bentley and his own plane” and said he was “ultimately in charge”,
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:47A
Clarkson "abandons" injunction
Explaining why he took out the injunction at the High Court last autumn, Chipping Norton resident Mr Clarkson told the Daily Mail: "One, most importantly, injunctions don't work. You take out an injunction against somebody or some organisation and
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:47A
Razor Gang boss jailed
Photo: Bonile Bam A call from a friend gave Bronwyn Paterson the news she had wanted for four years: two of the men who had robbed her family, beaten her and raped her daughter had been sentenced in the Alexandra Magistrate's Court.
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:47A
Lotters cry in court
These allegations are being tested in a trial within a trial. The policemen who interviewed Naidoo and accompanied him on the pointing-out, during which evidence was found in two rubbish bins in Westville, deny that he was assaulted and say he gave
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:46A
A month before Laboy trial, Reyes pleads guilty to larceny
Judge Timothy Feeley gave Reyes, a real estate developer and president of Reyes Group Inc., an opportunity to speak in court. He declined. Had Reyes gone to trial, Leal said she could prove Reyes used his relationship with Laboy to steal from the
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:46A
Nigeria: Court Orders NDLEA to Produce Baba Suwe On Nov 1
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presiding Judge, Justice Yetunde Idowu gave the order while ruling on an ex parte motion filed by the actor's lawyer, Mr Bamidele Aturu. Idowu gave the order after hearing the submissions and arguments
Updated: 10/27/2011 03:46A