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Louisiana ordered to give BP oil spill records
Amanda Larkins, spokeswoman for Louisiana Attorney General James “Buddy” Caldwell, declined to immediately comment. ---The case: In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, MDL-2179, US District Court,
Updated: 10/28/2011 11:06A
Former Guantanamo inmates tell of confessions under 'torture'
But in 2009 US District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered that Al Rabiah, an aviation engineer who had studied in Scotland and America, be released citing a lack of credible evidence that he was associated with al Qaeda or the Taliban.
Updated: 10/28/2011 11:05A
Outdoor billboard groups can't represent signage owners in petition–MMDA
In a court filing, the Office of the Solicitor General, which represents the MMDA in the case, said the Outdoor Advertisers Association of the Philippines (OAAP) “is not the real party in interest; hence, its petition is dismissible on the ground of
Updated: 10/28/2011 11:04A
US soldier on trial for civilian atrocities in Afghanistan
A US Army sergeant is due to go on trial on Friday charged with murdering unarmed civilians and taking body parts for war trophies as ringleader of a rogue platoon that terrorized villagers in Afghanistan. The court-martial of Staff Sergeant Calvin
Updated: 10/28/2011 11:04A
Vincent Tabak jailed for Joanna murder (Clifton)
His plea to manslaughter was rejected by the prosecution and Tabak stood trial for three weeks at Bristol Crown where the jury found him guilty. Joanna was strangled at her flat shortly after she returned home on Friday December 17 2010.
Updated: 10/28/2011 11:03A
Kenya jails man behind grenade attacks after lightening trial
His trial and sentencing came about 72 hours after he was arrested with a weapons cache in his possession. The 28-year-old said little in court in his own defence and pleaded guilty to all nine charges against him. According to the Standard newspaper,
Updated: 10/28/2011 11:02A
Police statement following Tabak's conviction
"Over the last three weeks the court has heard numerous pieces of evidence from witnesses and experts to secure his conviction. "Vincent Tabak is an intelligent and manipulative man. After killing Joanna he had the presence of mind to dispose of her
Updated: 10/28/2011 11:02A
Masterminds of Massive Forgery Ring That Snookered Steve Martin Receive Light
The Beltracchis will also pay 980000 Swiss francs ($1.1 million) to the court. The relatively light sentences followed plea deals struck between prosecutors and the four defendants in return for confessions during a trial that was as colorful as the
Updated: 10/28/2011 11:02A
ICC prosecutor seeks Gaddafi son's surrender
Under such a deal, Saif al-Islam would be taken to The Hague where the ICC shares a detention unit with the UN Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, where former Liberian president Charles Taylor is on trial.
Updated: 10/28/2011 11:01A
Tabak Trial: The Hottest Ticket In Town
Not by staff at Bristol Crown Court, obviously, but by one of the lucky punters. That must have been the day Tabak was in the dock giving evidence. Just imagine what that day's ticket would have been worth if the prosecution had been allowed to ask
Updated: 10/28/2011 11:00A
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