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Study will look at best way for Dallas County to release prisoners from jail
If it shows certain types of bonds have greater appearance rates, we would want to move toward more of those bonds.” Dallas County relies more heavily on the commercial bail bond industry to get defendants out of jail pending trial than other large
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:28P
Amy's murder trial resumes today
After several delays and adjournments, the trial of the man accused of murdering four-year-old Amy Emily Annamunthodo is expected to resume this morning before Justice Anthony Carmona in the San Fernando First Criminal Court.
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:25P
'MPs delay changes in CrPC bail clause'
In the words of Justice Iyer, “The subject of bail belongs to the blurred area of criminal justice system and largely hinges on the haunch of the court, otherwise called judicial discretion. The CrPC is cryptic on the topic and the court prefers to be
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:11P
'I Am No Monster' Says Former Jackson Doctor
A cosmetic surgeon who treated Michael Jackson for 25 years claims he has been portrayed as "a monster" during the trial of the man accused of killing the King of Pop. Dr Arnold Klein's name repeatedly cropped up during Dr Conrad Murray's manslaughter
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:10P
Paedophile launches threatening tirade in court
A paedophile convicted of molesting a three-year-old girl as she slept in her family home was again evicted from a Brisbane court today, after he launched a threatening tirade of abuse against his victim's parents, the judge and the prosecutor.
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:08P
Chinese herbalist on trial for sexual assault
Watson Zhu is on trial accused sexually assaulting three patients between 1994 and his arrest in 2009. A jury was empanelled in the District Court this morning. Crown prosecutor Paul Leask told Judge Penelope Hock in his opening address that Zhu was
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:06P
Chinese doctor groped, assaulted patients in bogus medical checks, court told
A Chinese medical practitioner working in central Sydney told women that he was checking them for cysts as he indecently assaulted them, a court has heard. Watson Zhu, 56, is facing trial on five counts of indecent assault and sexual assault allegedly
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:03P
Paedophile launches threatening tyrade in court
A paedophile convicted of molesting a three-year-old girl as she slept in her family home was again evicted from a Brisbane court today, after he launched a threatening tirade of abuse against his victim's parents, the judge and the prosecutor.
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:57P
SA man executed uncle: court
Family discord may have led an Adelaide man to commit an execution-style murder of his uncle, a court has heard. Daniel Troy Ames, 38, went on trial on Monday for the murder of Allan Ames, 68, who was found dead with a single bullet wound to his head
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:56P
Four candidates vying for three justice seats in 4th Judicial District Supreme
Crowell, a 1992 graduate of Albany Law School, is looking to become the first woman to serve on the 4th Judicial District's Supreme Court. The former president of the Saratoga County Bar Association has worked in the Rensselaer County District
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:54P