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First day of deliberations ends in Jackson case
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - The jury considering the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's doctor has ended its first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. Court officials say the panel
Updated: 11/04/2011 06:32P
Conrad Murray trial: No verdict yet after day of jury deliberations
Murray had administered the drugs to Jackson in the hours before his death. The King of Pop had suffered a cardiac arrest at his rented Los Angeles home and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Murray's attorneys had said the dose of propofol he gave was
Updated: 11/04/2011 06:20P
Racist found in contempt for deliberate violation of Human Rights Tribunal
The Federal Appeal Court said the trial judge was wrong to find that a deliberate violation of a tribunal ruling is not enough to prompt a contempt conviction. The appeal court has sent the matter back to Federal Court for sentencing of the former
Updated: 11/04/2011 06:14P
Federal judge sentences pilot for being drunk while flying
US District Court Judge John R. Tunheim, who oversaw the two-day bench trial, laid out a less-stringent sentence for Cope on Friday morning. After his initial year in prison and home detention, the sentence includes two years of supervised release.
Updated: 11/04/2011 06:14P
Extraditing Assange - OpEd
As he claimed after the trial proceedings, 'I have not been charged with any crime in any country. Despite this, the European arrest warrant is so restrictive that it prevents UK courts from considering the facts of the case, as judges have made clear
Updated: 11/04/2011 06:13P
Federal judge upholds Ohio execution policies
The Supreme Court rejected appeals by Brooks to allow him to argue his mental competency and for a new trial. The court also rejected a request for a delay until a statewide committee finishes studying the fairness of Ohio's capital punishment law.
Updated: 11/04/2011 06:11P
Elson Convicted of Kidnapping Clerk
Elson had a four day bench, non-jury, trial Oct. 24-27. Sentencing is set 11 am Dec. 16 in Linn County District Court. The life prison term is a mandatory sentence. “We never had any doubts (about verdict),” the victim's father told media after the
Updated: 11/04/2011 06:10P
Man convicted of 2004 murder may get new trial
Nunez's attorney Stephen Peretz first motioned for a new trial after his conviction. Those discussions continued in court Friday, with a hearing date now set for December, according to Peretz. Attorney Dale Atherton will represent Nunez going forward.
Updated: 11/04/2011 06:09P
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Owner Jim Stein says the men demanded that his son show them valuables in a vault before duct taping his son's hands behind his back. Stein says the men also tied up three other co-workers. He says he managed to escape and tried to seek help.
Updated: 11/04/2011 06:08P
Ex-owner of Northeastern Pa. youth detention facilities gets 18 months
Powell, whose detention centers raked in millions of dollars as a result of its contract with Luzerne County, did not address the court Friday. In a Nov. 1 letter to US District Judge Edwin Kosik, he apologized for his conduct and said he should have
Updated: 11/04/2011 06:06P
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