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Flamboyant terrorist and self-proclaimed scourge of capitalism, Carlos the
The Venezuelan native goes on trial in Paris on Monday in a seven-judge, special anti-terrorism court, charged with complicity in four bombings in France in the early 1980s that killed 11 people and wounded 140. Carlos, born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez,
Updated: 11/06/2011 08:40P
Carlos the Jackal claims 2000 victims
VENEZUELAN militant Carlos the Jackal, who goes on trial in a Paris court today, has boasted of committing more than 100 attacks that claimed up to 2000 lives. Asked about civilian bystanders who lost their lives in his attacks, the Marxist-Leninist
Updated: 11/06/2011 08:25P
Fraud billionaire may escape death penalty
SHANGHAI - Wu Ying, a Zhejiang billionaire who was sentenced to death on her first trial in one of the country's biggest financial frauds committed by a woman, may have a narrow escape as the province's high people's court remands the case back for a
Updated: 11/06/2011 08:08P
Big-money media deals in the dock
Everyone is entitled to the presumption of innocence, Your Honour, and that principle of justice extends equally to the Bali boy or the Nine network. The charge is that Nine did a deal last week with the parents of the 14-year-old from New South Wales
Updated: 11/06/2011 08:03P
Md. court sides with plaintiffs in slip-and-fall cases
That's a question usually left for juries to decide, and the two recent rulings from the Maryland Court of Appeals say trial judges in Montgomery and Prince George's counties were wrong to throw out suits before letting juries hear the cases.
Updated: 11/06/2011 08:03P
Huguely's father charged with drunken driving in MontCo
The police would not reveal the results of Huguely's Breathalyzer test or release the incident report, citing a county legal opinion that releasing the report would infringe upon Huguely's right to a fair trial. The Montgomery County District Court
Updated: 11/06/2011 08:03P
Verdict expected in trial for 2009 Rishon Lezion murder
The Central District Court in Petah Tikva is expected to reach a verdict on Monday in the trial of Damian Karlik, the man charged with murdering six members of the Oshrenko family in Rishon Lezion in October 2009. If Karlik is convicted of the charges,
Updated: 11/06/2011 08:02P
Court hears challenge to assisted-suicide law
The court's ruling will determine whether the defendants will stand trial in Forsyth County, where 58-year-old John Celmer killed himself two years after he had been diagnosed with cancer. Kevorkian, a Michigan pathologist known as “Dr. Death,” died in
Updated: 11/06/2011 07:59P
Freeze local graft courts: KY
The Constitutional Court ruled in 2006 that the Jakarta Corruption Court, then the only corruption court, was unconstitutional because its authority to try corruption cases overlapped district courts, creating legal uncertainties.
Updated: 11/06/2011 07:59P
DeWitt justice promises verdict Dec. 1 in drone protest trial
By Mike McAndrew / The Post-Standard Syracuse, NY -- DeWitt Town Justice David Gideon promised to issue a verdict on Dec. 1 in the trial of 32 people who protested at the New York Air National Guard base at Hancock Field. Testimony in the non-jury
Updated: 11/06/2011 07:50P
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