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Michael Jackson Doctor Found Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter
Jackson died at age 50 on June 25, 2009, at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest and going into a coma. The death was caused by “acute propofol intoxication” in combination with sedatives. Murray, 58, gave the pop star the surgical
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:43P
Jackson's doctor guilty
7.50am: LaToya Jackson, who has regularly tweeted her thoughts on the trial, this morning posted a message saying: "Verdict is FINALLY IN!!! I'm on my way! I'm shaking uncontrollably!" She also posted: "Michael's spirit will be with us in the court
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:39P
Supreme Court Declines Duane Buck Death Row Case
by Nina Totenberg The US Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of Texas death row inmate Duane Buck, who alleged that race played an improper role in his death sentence. In September, the court issued a rare stay of execution while it considered
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:39P
Roundup: Death Row Inmate Gets Stay
His lawyers have been asking the courts to order DNA testing of crime scene evidence that was not tested during Skinner's original trial. Rob Owen is one of Skinner's attorneys. Rob Owen: "Today's order does not guarantee Mister Skinner of the DNA
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:39P
Sonnet pleads guilty to murder plot
On Monday, the day his retrial was due to begin in the Supreme Court, Sonnet pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder a "person unknown". Justice Lex Lasry lifted suppression orders on reporting of the case on Tuesday. It was alleged at the original
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:38P
Court reinstates death sentence in Ohio "buried alive" case
Last December, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit agreed, throwing out the conviction and ordering a new trial. But on Monday, the Supreme Court reversed the appellate decision and upheld Dixon's conviction and sentence.
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:36P
Man accused of murdering Palm Springs woman over marijuana in court
A trial date will not be set until at least January for a Palm Desert man charged with murdering a Palm Springs woman when she arrived at his residence with cash to purchase marijuana. Sean Michael Mihajson, 23, was in court today for a trial-readiness
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:35P
Cameron Mansell faces life in jail for Craig Puddy murder
The verdict was the culmination of the lengthy Supreme Court trial of the 39-year-old for the murder of Mr Puddy, 46, who has not been seen since May 3 last year. The jury deliberated for nearly two days before arriving at their guilty verdict
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:33P
Williams' associate pleads guilty to conspiracy to murder
Condello was shot dead at his Brighton home in 2006. But Sonnet won an appeal last December on a point of law, and was granted a re-trial. That second trial was due to open today, but Sonnet has now pleaded guilty to a new conspiracy to murder charge.
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:31P
Jury selection underway in murder trial of Robyn Davis and Carol Saltzman
Both women have been out of jail on bond. At last word court was about to recess and they were to resume at 8:45 in the morning. It's hoped jury selection will be complete sometime Wednesday. The trial is expected to take a couple of weeks.
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:30P
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