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Butt, Asif forced to share prison cell
involved with an alleged fix to bowl no-balls in a Test match. "The captain knows. What I have told you the last two days...the captain knows. He is the one who brings them (bowlers) on," he had stated in the Southwark Crown Court during the trial.
Updated: 11/07/2011 03:06A
Thandi Maqubela back in court
By Sapa Thandi Maqubela the widow of slain acting high court judge Patrick Maqubela is back in Cape High Court on Monday to continue to stand trial for her husband's murder. The judge's nephew, Gabula Ndamse testified last Thursday how Maqubela had
Updated: 11/07/2011 03:05A
Former State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo's resentencing shines spotlight on judge
Ordered by the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to resentence Fumo, US District Court Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter must now decide whether to give Fumo more time or simply fix his legal errors and reinstate Fumo's hotly debated 55-month sentence
Updated: 11/07/2011 03:05A
Jury selection begins this week for six in Piazza killings | Philadelphia
But court filings as the case has moved toward trial suggest several variables that could alter what is publicly known about the case. One or more defendants could still plead guilty. When the lawyers gather Monday before Judge Jeffrey P. Minehart at
Updated: 11/07/2011 03:04A
Accused teen arsonists walk free
In this particular case where they suggest that the children are actually at a lower level of intellectual functioning than they should be, it's probably not unusual that the charges against them would be dropped or you know in some other cases
Updated: 11/07/2011 03:03A
Accused Black Saturday arsons walk free
Prosecutor Steven Milesi told the Victorian Supreme Court on Monday that the Director of Public Prosecutions wanted to discontinue the case. Discharging the pair on that basis, Justice Paul Coghlan found the 15-year-old and 16-year-old had been unfit
Updated: 11/07/2011 03:03A
Recent landmark US Supreme Court rulings on 4th Amendment issues
United States: A "good faith" exception is recognized in allowing evidence seized on the basis of a mistakenly issued search warrant to be introduced at trial. The exclusionary rule is not a right but a remedy to deter illegal police conduct.
Updated: 11/07/2011 03:02A
Sheriff: Trial backlog helping guilty go free
By Lynn kernan A NEWLY retired sheriff claims criminals could be walking free because of a major backlog in the trials system. Sheriff Douglas Cusine, who left the bench at the end of September, said some cases were coming before the court up to three
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:58A
Trial of Massereene killers to begin in Antrim today
THE TRIAL OF two men accused of murdering two British soldiers at the Massereene barracks in 2009 is due to begin today at Antrim Crown Court. Colin Duffy and Brian Shivers, both veteran republicans, deny killing the two soldiers in a Real IRA attack
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:55A
Accused Bendigo arsons walk free
Prosecutor Steven Milesi told the Victorian Supreme Court on Monday that the Director of Public Prosecutions wanted to discontinue the case. Discharging the pair on that basis, Justice Paul Coghlan found the 15-year-old and 16-year-old had been unfit
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:52A
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