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Steve Powell trial on porn, voyeurism charges set for March
Both are attorneys with the Pierce County Department of Assigned Counsel. Prosecutor Grant Blinn said during a court hearing last month that Powell took images over a 10-year span, with the court case focusing on voyeurism episodes from 2006 and 2007.
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:37P
Trial begins for man accused of fatally shooting girl, 15
“You will hear that there was nothing anyone could have done to save her,” Deputy District Attorney Jill DiCarlo told a San Diego Superior Court jury Thursday. “There was just too much internal damage.” The panel heard the prosecutor's words on the
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:36P
District Court Log: October 27, 2011
The following cases were heard before Associate Judge Mary McCaffrey in Fourth District Court in Wakefield. By Carl Critz Andrew Kerr, 23, of 23 Shields St. in Newport pleaded no contest toa charge of disorderly conduct on October 15 in South Kingstown
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:35P
Young Calgary mom to stand trial in death of infant
CALGARY — A 19-year-old Calgary woman has been ordered to stand trial for second-degree murder in the death of her 26-day-old son last year. Judge Paul Mason determined Thursday, following a four-day preliminary hearing at provincial court,
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:34P
Julian Assange Extradition Judgment Due Next Week
Lawyers for Assange filed an appeal at the High Court, and insist the activist would not receive a fair trial. Britain's Royal Courts of Justice could not immediately be reached to confirm details of next week's hearing.
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:31P
Eleventh Hour Guilty Plea in Fatal Crane Case as Trial Looms
The trial had been set to start next month. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Thomas Farber granted a request by defendant Tibor Varganyi, 65, former head mechanic at Lomma's firm, New York Crane, to change his plea in a closed courtroom, but the judge
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:30P
Kingston Murder Trial: Yahya Family Member Researched Murder On Internet
KINGSTON, Ont. - A court in eastern Ontario has heard that days before four family members were found dead in a submerged car, someone was conducting Internet searches for murder. Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 41, her husband, Mohammad Shafia, 58,
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:29P
Condemned San Antonio Cop Killer Set To Die
His attorneys had argued he was mentally impaired and ineligible for the death penalty under US Supreme Court rulings and that attorneys earlier in the appeals process and at his trial in 2002 were ineffective in failing to properly address those
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:27P
Jury out in cricket's spot-fixing trial
The trial judge, Jeremy Cooke, finished his summing up on Thursday morning after three weeks of testimony at Southwark Crown Court. He sent out the jury of six men and six women to start their deliberations. The judge instructed the jury to accept that
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:27P
Ex-teacher in Ohio convicted of having sex with 5 students
LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — Former students of an ex-high-school teacher accused in southwestern Ohio of having sex with teen boys testified at her trial yesterday that she was supportive and kept appropriate boundaries. Mason High School graduate Tyler
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:25P
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