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Attempted-murder, assault case begins in Fairfield
A bloody brawl inside a Suisun City home in 2008 that sent a man to the hospital with stab wounds and a cracked skull was either a brutal assault or a case of self defense, in which the aggressor got beaten.
Updated: 10/28/2011 04:18A
California women allege bias in new Wal-Mart lawsuit
The lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court seeks to represent what the lawyers said could be as many as 95000 women who have worked in the state's 220 stores sometime between 1998 and when the case goes to trial. It accuses California managers of
Updated: 10/28/2011 04:18A
Cold-case suspect in Fairfield case pleads not guilty
The Fairfield Police Department had spent seven years investigating Vitagliano's death and got a break when investigators from the Solano County District Attorney's Office obtained a voluntary DNA sample from him last year. Cruz's DNA sample fit a
Updated: 10/28/2011 04:18A
Appeal on sex abuse conviction on hold
She added that Hewitt should not now be given the right to appeal against the use of the intermediary since he and his legal team had not objected to it during his trial. The matter returns to the Durban Regional Court in November.
Updated: 10/28/2011 04:18A
Man who denies raping boy to face trial
A man who denies a series of sexual offences against a young boy – including rape – is due to go on trial next January. Benjamin Waldron, 37, of Strawberry Fields, is due to stand trial at Ipswich Crown Court on January 3, after appearing there last
Updated: 10/28/2011 04:18A
Surgeon to testify at ex-wife's Iowa murder trial
AP AP Photo/Hans Madsen, Pool Tracey Richter, left, listens to testimony Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, during her first-degree murder trial in Webster County District Court in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Richter is on trial for the shooting death of Dustin Wehde at
Updated: 10/28/2011 04:15A
Cordaro, Munchak sentencings postponed
In announcing the delay, Judge Caputo laid out a court schedule for Cordaro to follow, starting with a Nov. 3 deadline for his new lawyer to file the required court papers stating he is on the case. After officially entering the case, the new lawyer
Updated: 10/28/2011 04:14A
US Afghan 'kill team' leader faces court martial
The alleged ringleader of a rogue US army unit charged with killing Afghan civilians for fun faces a court martial Friday, 18 months after the slayings. Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs' week-long military trial comes after guilty verdicts were handed down
Updated: 10/28/2011 04:11A
Court, citing bad jury selection, orders new trial for man convicted of murder
AP Detroit — A federal appeals court has ordered a new trial or the release of a convicted killer after finding that blacks were illegally kept off his Wayne County jury in 1999. Gregory Rice is serving a life sentence for the murder of a woman.
Updated: 10/28/2011 04:10A
Key expert to resume testimony for Jackson doctor
Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical licenses if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Paul Buck, Pool) Dr. Paul White, anesthesiologist and propofol expert,
Updated: 10/28/2011 04:08A
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