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Bodyguard tells courts oligarch Berezovsky fled country because life was under
Mr Giroud was giving evidence during the fourth week of a trial before Mrs Justice Gloster at the Commercial Court in London. Mr Berezovsky, 65, is suing Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, 45, for billions of pounds.
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:02P
Case Against John Edwards Can Go Forward, Judge Rules
By National Journal Staff A case involving former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards's alleged improper use of campaign funds to cover up an affair can go forward, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. US District Court Judge Catherine Eagles
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:01P
DNA Links Omaha Man to 2001Iowa Rape Case
Online court records say 50-year-old Mark Sands faces seven charges, including sexual abuse, kidnapping and burglary. His trial is scheduled to begin on Nov. 15. His attorney, Joe Reedy, said that Sands is "absolutely innocent'' and has pleaded not
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:01P
Manuscript told of fatal dose
Jurors in the trial of a man charged with the attempted murder of his cancer-stricken mother were yesterday told how the accused felt any case against him would "make a mockery of the law" against voluntary euthanasia. Yesterday was the third day of
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:00P
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charges Against John Edwards
“Politics can be a rough-and-tumble business where partisan interests collide, but that is not supposed to be true of the criminal justice system.” But DOJ officials said that the case was not only handled by Holding, but by career prosecutors in
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:00P
Nidal Hasan Hearing in Progress
FORT HOOD - A pre-trial for Nidal Hasan has been approved and is going on right now. Both parties in the case of the United States vs. Major Nidal M. Hasan are going on record this Thursday in open court before Military Judge Col.
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:58A
Dodgers lawsuit: Stow shares blame in beating
No hearings in the civil case are scheduled until January of 2012, but lawyers from Major League Baseball prominently cited the case as evidence of McCourt's mismanagement of the club in court filings to a Delaware bankruptcy court earlier this week.
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:58A
John Edwards charges won't be dropped by judge
After hearing arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys at a day-long hearing Wednesday in Greensboro, US District Court Judge Catherine Eagles announced Thursday morning that she was denying all of Edwards's motions to dismiss the case,
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:57A
Defense calls final witnesss in Jackson doctor trial
8:46 am | AP FILE PHOTO: Defendant Dr. Conrad Murray looks to his defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan during his involuntary manslaughter trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court. After calling a variety of character witnesses to testify on Michael
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:57A
Juror Misconduct & Criminal Contempt. In California, Tweet And Go To Jail
Contempt of court includes "[w]illful disobedience by a juror of a court admonishment related to the prohibition on any form of communication or research about the case, including all forms of electronic or wireless communication or research.
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:56A
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