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Charges against Edwards will go forward
On Thursday, after Judge Catherine Eagles issued her rulings in open court, Edwards said he was not surprised by her unwillingness to dismiss the case at this point in the legal proceedings. At this point in the process, when no evidence has been
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:37P
Man convicted of killing cop, wife put to death in TX
And in 2007, the same court denied his application for habeas corpus relief -- in other words, claiming the state didn't have a right to hold him -- according to the attorney general. A US district court turned down a similar petition in 2009,
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:35P
Stratford Man Faces 35 Years For Rape
The plea came under a plea agreement reached Thursday at Superior Court in Milford. In an Alford doctrine plea, the person does not admit all the facts in the case, but concedes there is enough evidence for a conviction at trial.
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:35P
Penn faces lawsuit for patent fraud
The pursuit of effective cancer treatments is not only fraught with scientific complexities, but also legal complications. Biotech company Genentech is suing Penn for patent fraud on a cancer treatment that
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:33P
Experts clash at trial of Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray
Waldman's testimony was punctuated by repeatedly testy exchanges in court with prosecutors, in some of the most heated scenes since the trial started on September 27. The addiction expert was called to testify by Murray's lawyer Ed Chernoff,
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:30P
Fresh evidence delays trial of six Boko Haram members
Hearing of their case resumed in a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday. Shuaibu Abubakar, Salisu Ahmed, Umar Babagana-Umar, Mohamed Ali, Musa Adam and Umar Ibrahim are standing trial on five charges. Emeka Okoro and Nurudeen Sulaiman,
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:30P
Experts clash at climax of Jackson trial
Waldman's testimony was punctuated by repeatedly testy exchanges in court with prosecutors, in some of the most heated scenes since the trial started on September 27. The addiction expert was called to testify by Murray's lawyer Ed Chernoff,
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:02P
Milgaard's quiet life shattered by domestic abuse claims
He will appear in court on Nov. 3 to enter a plea. In 1992, the Supreme Court of Canada recommended the federal justice minister quash his conviction and order a new trial. Two days later, the government of Saskatchewan announced it would not retry
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:00P
Criminal justice system arrested by budget cuts
Statewide, more than 250 people have been laid off from Alabama's trial courts. In California, attorneys with the Sacramento County district attorney's office are taking on heavier caseloads while the office scales back popular services such as its
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:00P
Prosecutors in Maguindanao massacre case fret over new rule on witnesses
The court even had to borrow additional staff from another court to help in easing the load of Solis-Reyes' four transcribers. The prosecutors said speeding up the two-year-old trial would depend not necessarily on the number of witnesses being
Updated: 10/27/2011 11:00P
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