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Judge: Year in jail appropriate man who beat woman
Criminal mischief is a charge used to prosecute malicious property damage and in this case refers to the smashed Blazer windows and mirrors. Palmer District Court Judge John Wolfe sentenced Myers in March to a year in jail with another year suspended
Updated: 10/30/2011 03:37A
Joanna Yeates's father and her killer's girlfriend's family unite in revulsion
"She is still absorbing the verdict and all the material made public since it was delivered. In coming to terms with it all, this is just the first step," Mr Morson, 68, a Harvard-educated lawyer who lives in Cambridge, said. His daughter is understood
Updated: 10/30/2011 03:34A
Alabama battle with illegal aliens recalls state's civil rights past
No, the case that's likely to be the first sorted out by the US Supreme Court comes from this Deep South state, where the nation's strictest immigration law has resurrected ugly images from Alabama's days as the nation's battleground for civil rights a
Updated: 10/30/2011 03:32A
Nigeria: ICC Fears Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi May Escape Justice
The International Criminal Court said on Saturday that Libya's Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact via intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had information mercenaries were trying to spirit him to a friendly African nation.
Updated: 10/30/2011 03:25A
Auburn man faces life behind bars for murdering parents
Jurors in a Sacramento County Superior Court case decided last week that Matthew Riley was guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of Steve and Linda Riley in December 2008. Riley, 30 at the time, left his New Airport Road apartment in the early
Updated: 10/30/2011 03:23A
Muncie man sentenced in Jay auto theft case
A co-defendant, Matthew R. Whittenburg, 21, also of Muncie, last week pleaded guilty to arson, burglary and two counts of theft in Delaware Circuit Court 5. Judge Thomas Cannon Jr. took a plea bargain in the case under advisement, and tentatively set
Updated: 10/30/2011 03:20A
Sayedee trial put off until Nov 20
The court then framed the charges and fixed Oct 30 for starting the trial. It also asked the prosecution and the defence to submit a list of their witnesses by then. The defence called for a review of the indictment, in response to which the tribunal
Updated: 10/30/2011 03:18A
The weakest link: Supreme Court of Canada rules against defamation by hyperlink
The trial court and the British Columbia Court of Appeal both found in favour of the defendant and dismissed the claim. The plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada on a single question of law: does hyperlinking to defamatory material online
Updated: 10/30/2011 03:11A
Superglue man is to face a trial
The bench set his trial date at Bridlington on January 3 next year. Mr Robinson was given bail on condition he did not approach or enter the Job Centre, on Quay Road, without prior appointment. Speaking outside court, Mr Robinson said: “I'm prepared to
Updated: 10/30/2011 03:06A
Court rules state need not fund dead inmates' appeals
However, the court did say a “substitute” can pursue a deceased convict's appeal but must do so at their own expense. If they claim indigency themselves, the trial court must make a separate finding saying so. The indigency of the convict cannot
Updated: 10/30/2011 03:06A
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