Latest Trial Court News
Proceedings continue in spot-fixing trial; verdict awaited
LONDON: Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and agent Mazhar Majeed have appeared before the court hearing the high-profile spot-fixing case and it is expected that their sentences will be announced on Wednesday,
Updated: 11/02/2011 11:36A
The fight isn't over yet
Asif could get a lighter sentence since money was not found on his person and Amir perhaps even less for having pleaded guilty before the trial began. But there is no diminishing the disappointment and trauma among cricket fans in realizing that
Updated: 11/02/2011 11:36A
Ex-PCGG chairman Sabio evades arrest
Sabio reportedly paid P110,000 bail bond at the Batangas City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 3 in exchange for his provisional liberty after the Sandiganbayan ordered his arrest for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and two
Updated: 11/02/2011 11:35A
Scientist jailed in Calif. cleared for freedom
As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months. Read more about the change here. The Associated Press NEW YORK — A scientist whose conviction for violating the Iran trade embargo was tossed out
Updated: 11/02/2011 11:35A
Hearing to examine statements in Trebilcock stabbing case canceled
David Trebilcock, left, lowers his head and shuts his eyes as he is arraigned alongside his attorney, Assistant Public Defender Patrick Marthage, in Oneida County Court on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, on murder charges in the July 19 stabbing death of his
Updated: 11/02/2011 11:34A
Significant failures found in financial controls of Communities First scheme
In evidence at Mold Crown Court, she said that there was confusion about the ownership of a caravan which was used by residents for holidays at Rhyl. Co-ordinator Miriam Beard, who is on trial for fraud charges she denies, told her that the charity
Updated: 11/02/2011 11:33A
Georgia Supreme Court to review state ban on assisted suicide
The trial court ruled that “the State has a compelling interest to protect people contemplating suicide.” “While that statement may be true in the abstract, the statute at issue is solely directed to preventing the advertising, offering, or holding out
Updated: 11/02/2011 11:33A
Suicide case son: I'm not a criminal
After being released on bail on the fourth day of his trial in the High Court at Dunedin, the 50-year-old microbiologist said: "I did not murder my mother, or attempt to murder her. "What I did to help my mother at the end of her life,
Updated: 11/02/2011 11:32A
Accused to stand trial
Eric Roger Frederick Heuer, 35, is alleged to have attacked two men in a blood-spattered stabbing spree on November 18, 2008. Over the past two days, Hervey Bay Magistrates Court heard many of the details of the incident alleged against Mr Heuer,
Updated: 11/02/2011 11:12A
Supporters rally around Assange
He and his lawyers have a fortnight to decide whether to try to take his case to the Supreme Court, the final port of call in the British justice system. Assange's legal team must convince the courts on a point of law of general public importance that
Updated: 11/02/2011 11:10A