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13-year-old Surrey murder case comes to dramatic end
Johnston was sentenced in a high-security courtroom specially designed for the upcoming Surrey Six murder trial. "I hope I can heal," she cried. It was finally the last court hearing in her nearly 13-year quest to see her brother's killer brought to
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:18A
Khodorkovsky says he invested in company and didn't have yachts or diamonds
News on the second criminal case against Khodorkovsky and Lebedev first appeared in 2005 when the first trial was nearing the end. On Dec. 30, 2010, Moscow's Khamovnichesky District Court sentenced Khodorkovsky and Lebedev to 14 years in prison.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:16A
Carlos the Jackal defiant as trial begins
the world's most infamous terrorist of the 1970s and 1980s, began his trial in typically defiant fashion Monday: with a smile and a raised fist. Standing in a bulletproof glass cage in a special terrorist Paris Assizes court, the Marxist-Leninist
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:14A
One who records dying declaration need not repeat in court: HC
The judges opined that while dealing with such evidence in criminal trials, "the Courts have to be rational and need not take a dogmatic or hyper-technical approach". The bench held, "If a dying declaration in writing needs to be repeated in the words
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:12A
Acomb murder trial jury still out
They have been in retirement at Leeds Crown Court since noon on Friday, as they decide whether Brian Cox, 29, of no fixed address, murdered Mark Webb, 40, of Cornlands Road, Acomb, and whether Mr Webb's wife Susan, 30, of Middleton Road, Acomb,
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:11A
Chris death - trial is set
It is alleged that all five accused, in a bid to intimidate Christopher and prevent him giving evidence in a court case, acted in an aggressive manner towards him, said he had "grassed", threatened him with violence, challenged him to a fight,
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:11A
Antitrust lawsuit against Russian Railways to be heard in January
The trial was suspended on June 1. Russian Railways' lawyer said earlier that the company challenged the antimonopoly service's decision in the Moscow Commercial Court and requested to suspend the case until the court passes its judgment on Russian
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:08A
Jury duty: unfair burden or civic obligation?
"Remuneration for jurors is woefully inadequate, and that is the source of all sorts of other related spin-off effects, including high juror absenteeism," said the associate professor of criminal law. Stribopoulos sees inadequate compensation as the
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:07A
Prosecution seeks 50 years for Edgar Steele
Steele, 65, an attorney who represented high-profile clients in North Idaho, including the Aryan Nations' onetime leader Richard Butler, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday morning in US District Court, in Coeur d'Alene. After seven trial days,
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:07A
Invasion trial focuses on sex abuse (graphic material)
Clinical psychologist Leslie Lebowitz testified Monday in New Haven Superior Court that she met with Komisarjevsky more than a dozen times for a psychological evaluation of him. Lebowitz said she concluded Komisarjevsky was sexually abused “not every
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:06A
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