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Honour-killing case rests on indirect evidence, opinions
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 05:28A
Milgaard charged with assault in domestic dispute
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 05:28A
ICE agent ordered to stand trial in 2009 death of three women
he was ordered to stand trial. Citing how defendant Cole Dotson exercised little caution Dec. 29, 2009, when he was on duty and following a suspected drug smuggler, Imperial County Superior Court Judge Poli Flores Jr. ordered Dotson to appear Nov.
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:28A
Molestation trial in jury's hands; McKinleyville man faces eight life
The victim in the case, identified in court documents only as Jane Doe, is now 11, and was an 8-year-old family member of Littlefield's at the time of the alleged acts of molestation. Tuesday and Wednesday, attorneys delivered their closing arguments
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:25A
Kilirur: 'No evidence of conspiracy'
And hence the subject will not be considered by the court. The court pointed out this during the trial of Shari's father Surendran. Surendran told the court that he came to know that Shari was carrying from a hospital. He also told the court that he
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:23A
Indonesia says it reduced cleric's term due to age
Militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir reads documents behind bars of a holding cell before the start of his trial at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June 6, 2011. Bashir facing life in jail on terrorism charges has claimed he is innocent and
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:22A
Teen sentenced in assault case
Megan Peterson, 19, was found guilty after trial earlier this year of a June 13, 2010, count of indictable assault and was back in Fredericton provincial court Tuesday for sentencing. A first-time offender, Peterson had participated in an attack during
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:21A
Mason City murder trial reset for March
The Globe Gazette (http://bit.ly/rAitY4 ) in Mason City says Leslie's trial, which had been set for Nov. 1, is now scheduled for March 19 in Cerro Gordo County District Court The newspaper says Leslie waived his right to a speedy trial.
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:20A
Jail for Worthing pair who cheated system of £80K
Judge Wood told the pair at Chichester Crown Court on Tuesday that this was an “exceptional and shocking case” of fraud. Ms Kalick and Mr Tongs were convicted of 14 offences of failing to disclose that Mr Tongs was living with her at three different
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:20A
Gupta Case Targets Insider Culture
Rajat Gupta, once one of America's most-respected corporate directors, was indicted on six criminal counts in an insider trading case that prosecutors said was motivated not by quick profits but
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:18A