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Case dropped against Bendigo Black Saturday accused
But Crown Prosecutor Steven Milesi told the Victorian Supreme Court on Monday that the Director of Public Prosecutions wished to discontinue the case. Justice Paul Coghlan discharged the two teenagers on that basis. Kevin "Mick" Kane, 47,
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:53P
Prosecutors drop charges over Black Saturday fire
In August, psychologists told the court that the boys are of abnormally low intelligence and were not capable of understanding a trial, or properly instructing their lawyers. But were still to face a special hearing today to determine their guilt or
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:50P
Case dropped against teen arsonists
As I have stated ... more Prosecutors have dropped the case against two teenage boys who were found unfit to stand trial for allegedly starting the fatal Black Saturday Bendigo fire. The prosecutor told the Supreme Court the case agaisnt the two boys
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:46P
Bail bid expected from alleged on-line predator
By David Clarkson at Christchurch Men's Prison A bail application is expected inside Christchurch Men's Prison tomorrow for Cameron Stuart Hore who has been alleged to be an on-line sex predator. The 27-year-old was remanded last week to appear at a
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:37P
Prosecutors propose wider public viewing of Guantanamo terrorism trial
But the heading of the motion, "public access to this Military Commission via transmission of open court proceedings to remote locations for victim and media viewing," suggests it's a push to allow the public to view proceedings in the case of Abd al
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:36P
Child molester argues Judge Kelley's relationship with public defender
Judge Richard K. Renn inherited Lawrence E. Sever's case after Judge Thomas V. Kelley VI was removed from criminal court cases because of his relationship and subsequent legal entanglement with Janan Tallo. In October, Renn sentenced Sever to 25 to 50
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:21P
Trial ordered for Saginaw Township man charged with sexual assault from 10
Saginaw County District Judge Kyle Higgs Tarrant concluded the Tuesday preliminary hearing for Terri J. Ervin, 25, by ruling that prosecutors had shown probable cause to take him to trial in Circuit Court. Ervin, who last lived at 3972 Hermansau,
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:20P
Why are so many Ninth Judicial Circuit judges leaving?
Statewide court statistics consistently show the Ninth Circuit is one of the state's busiest — in terms of number of cases handled in its trial-court divisions. In criminal cases, in particular, judges here frequently go to trial more often than their
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:19P
Sexual Harassment's Legal Morass
If the plaintiff engaged in the same sort of inappropriate behavior as the alleged harasser—"sexual hijinx" in one case—courts will usually conclude that the conduct is not unwelcome. To be considered "severe or pervasive" the Supreme Court has
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:18P
Cold war terror chief Carlos the Jackal goes to trial
On Monday, he goes on trial for four deadly attacks that occurred nearly three decades ago, and the verdict could determine his chances of ever being freed. Defiant ahead of the proceedings before a special anti-terrorism court — expected to last six
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:12P
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