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Whitey Bulger girlfriend wants an answer on bail request
Greig “is presumed innocent and understands the unique circumstances of this case but is requesting that this Court render a decision directing her release subject to whatever terms and conditions the Court feels are appropriate or denying the request
Updated: 11/04/2011 02:59P
Sentencing Rescheduled in Jungkans Case
A Romeoville man found guilty of reckless homicide in the death of 17-year-old Christina Jungkans will be back in Will County court for sentencing next month. A month after finding Tomacz Maciaszek guilty in a bench trial,
Updated: 11/04/2011 02:57P
Bali teenager waits after emotional plea
After the second day of the trial, the chief prosecutor refused to rule out requesting a custodial sentence, but is considering asking that the boy be ordered into rehabilitation, which would see him avoid a jail term.
Updated: 11/04/2011 02:56P
Mother Found Competent for Trial of Raping Infant
COLUMBUS -- A mother charged with raping her 10-month-old son has been found competent to stand trial after two court-order exams, ABC6/Fox28 News learned Friday. Netcare Forensics carried out both exams, which called for determining insanity at the
Updated: 11/04/2011 02:55P
Ramalinga Raju gets bail after two years, eight months in jail
Raju, who also spent four months in hospital for treatment of a heart ailment during his judicial custody, and the others sought bail on the ground that the trial had not been completed in a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in
Updated: 11/04/2011 02:54P
Male nurse gets bail in rape case
A male nurse accused of raping a terminally ill cancer patient was granted bail in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on Friday. Bail of R1000 was granted and the matter was postponed to December 1 for further investigation. The man, 31, was arrested
Updated: 11/04/2011 02:53P
Cynthia Lord Insanity Claim Rejected by Alaska Court
Lord also argued state laws related to the defense of insanity are unconstitutional. The appeals court on Friday said Volland's findings are supported by the case record, and it upheld the constitutionality of the laws.
Updated: 11/04/2011 02:53P
Lawyer for Minn. ex-nurse found guilty of encouraging suicides seeks to
In papers filed Friday, defense attorney Terry Watkins argues that the trial court created a new category of prohibited speech, in violation of US Supreme Court rulings, when it found that William Melchert-Dinkel (MEL'-kurt DINK'-ehl) broke a Minnesota
Updated: 11/04/2011 02:52P
Acquitted by HC, RK Sharma wants job back
Sharma, who was Haryana's inspector-general (prisons) then, was named prime accused. In 2008, a trial court convicted him in the murder case. On October 12 this year, the high court reversed the conviction, citing lack of evidence.
Updated: 11/04/2011 02:51P
Drive-by nightmare
Coconino County Superior Court Judge Mark Slayton ruled to allow the case to proceed to trial, saying that a traffic stop and an arrest don't have to meet the same standards. While a traffic stop does have to be reasonable, the officer doesn't have to
Updated: 11/04/2011 02:47P
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