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Forum set on justice
The six-member appellate court reviews decisions made by criminal and civil trial courts in a 24-county region spanning Central and West Texas, including Tom Green and Travis counties. The four justices who will attend the forum are Melissa Goodwin,
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:48P
Identity Revealed of Informant in Viktor Bout Case; He Had a Long, Lucrative
Bout's month-long trial ended in a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday when he was convicted of conspiracy charges, leaving him facing a potential life sentence. Sagastume posed as a member of the Columbian guerrilla terrorist group the Revolutionary
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:42P
Joint pro bono effort recognised at Law and Justice Foundation awards
The SACP project partners developed a pilot program which allowed victims of sexual assault to be referred for free legal representation and assert their SACP in sexual assault criminal prosecutions before the Sydney Central Local and District Courts.
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:41P
Chinese medicine practitioner in court
A Sydney practitioner in traditional Chinese medicine sexually assaulted three female clients, a NSW District Court jury has been told. Crown prosecutor Paul Leask said Watson Zhu was not a legally qualified doctor and purported to practise in the
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:33P
Craig Anthony Ellis jailed for sexual assault of girl, 3
The Brisbane District Court was told Craig Anthony Ellis broke into the family's Aspley home on Brisbane's northside and sexually assaulted the toddler on January 21, 2009. Ellis, then aged 29, tried to flee when the girl's parents were awoken by their
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:31P
Russian Tycoons Face Off in Court
A transcript of the conversation, secretly taped by the Georgian, has become a key piece of evidence in the trial, although the meaning of some exchanges on it is hotly contested. The conversation touched on the Sibneft oil company's profits,
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:30P
Drugs linked to 'execution' murder, court hears
Prosecutors said police found methylamphetamines and thousands of dollars in cash at the workshop. Drugs from the same batch of methylamphetamines later were found in Daniel Ames' house. The court heard there had been discord in the family,
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:27P
Trial ordered for pair charged in robbery outside Saginaw convenience store
Saginaw County District Judge AT Frank concluded the Wednesday preliminary hearing for Demetrius A. Donald, 19, and Edgar D. Hoskins, 26, by ruling that prosecutors had shown probable cause to take him to trial in Circuit Court.
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:25P
Tx death row inmate awaits ruling on DNA testing
After the 2001 law passed, Skinner filed his first request for testing on several pieces of evidence asserting that DNA evidence on those items could prove that another man committed the crime. In 2003, the state Court of Criminal Appeals denied
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:19P
Charges abandoned against boys accused of starting fatal bushfire
This notice is served on a defendant and filed with the court and effectively brings a proceeding to an end. In August a Supreme Court jury founds that the boys, who both had IQs below 60, were unfit to face trial because of their intellectual
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:15P
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