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Third Orleans Parish Judge Recuses Self In Criminal Case
NEW ORLEANS -- For the third time in the past week, an Orleans Parish Criminal Courts judge has recused himself or herself from a case, citing concerns regarding the actions of District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro. Judge Karen Herman on Wednesday stepped
Updated: 11/02/2011 01:10P
Science and law: Improve statistics in court
Quashing a murder conviction in which the prosecution had relied heavily on Bayesian methods to present footwear-matching evidence, the judge said that Bayesian methods were an inadmissible way to present expert evidence — except for DNA and “possibly
Updated: 11/02/2011 01:09P
Sentence pronouncement of Pak trio and agent on Thursday
Majeed, 36, admitted conspiracy to cheat and to obtain and accept corrupt payments during a pre-trial hearing in September but that fact could not be reported till today due to court restrictions. Butt, through his lawyer, sought leniency on the ground
Updated: 11/02/2011 01:08P
Ga. high court to hear assisted suicide appeal
The Georgia Supreme Court has agreed to hear their appeal prior to trial to determine whether a trial court erred in ruling Georgia's statute on assisted suicide constitutional, and is set to hear arguments Monday. The four members of the Final Exit
Updated: 11/02/2011 01:08P
Five guilty in 'nudist website' paedophile trial
Melissa Noon and the four other defendants, including serving soldier 27-year-old Daniel Bell, were convicted of 16 charges at Portsmouth Crown Court. The offences related to the abuse of two young children by the ring which used a nudist website as a
Updated: 11/02/2011 01:07P
Portsmouth paedophile ring: five found guilty
The jury at Portsmouth crown court was still deliberating on one charge against Noon, of arranging a child sex offence. Noon, Bell, Simon Hilton, 29, Mark Day, 45, and John Maddox, 46, had denied the offences. Kerry Maylin, prosecuting, told the trial
Updated: 11/02/2011 01:05P
Amir's involvement was one-off - lawyer
"A great deal of focus has been placed on it during the trial but we do not accept that this is evidence of a corrupt relationship." Mohammad Amir outside the Southwark Crown Court , London , November 2 , 2011.
Updated: 11/02/2011 01:05P
Jury in NY convicts arms dealer Bout of trying to sell heavy weapons to
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Updated: 11/02/2011 01:04P
Ligots post bail fresh from 'vacation'
Following reports they could not be found, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima had ordered their arrest for alleged tax evasion. On Wednesday, De Lima said she had asked the National Bureau of Investigation to determine if the Ligots went into hiding,
Updated: 11/02/2011 01:04P
Pakistan cricketers wait on possible jail time
AP | Nov 2, 2011, 11.11PM IST LONDON: The three Pakistan cricketers convicted of fixing parts of a Test match will find out on Thursday whether they will spend time in jail for their role in the sports' most serious corruption scandal in more than a
Updated: 11/02/2011 01:04P
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