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Ex-Crenshaw High football star gets life for killing witness' mother
The first two trials ended in hung juries before a jury convicted him in July. Knox is said to have killed Lark in an attempt to silence her daughter, Khristina Henry, then 17, who was planning to identify him in court days later as the man who had
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:28P
Murder case will see separate trials
Special Prosecutor Robert Becher said a conference with Judge Andrew Ceresia will be held later this week to set a date for Mott's trial. Becher said the court considered trying the pair together, with two separate juries, something that has not been
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:27P
Redistricting plan denied
The Court's decision today does not conclude otherwise, nor does it reject Texas's map – but instead simply requires a trial on the merits of the Texas redistricting map.” Because of the redistricting fight, last week the San Antonio court pushed the
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:26P
Man convicted of killing gardening clients 24 years ago
During trial testimony, it was revealed that the dead couple had a habit of keeping large amounts of cash in their home. Also, a relative of the slain girlfriend testified that after she asked Phillips where he had suddenly gotten a large amount of
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:24P
Firing of Bell Helicopter executive was legal, judge rules
Prieto's lawyer, Hal Gillespie, said he would appeal Judge Tom Lowe's verdict in favor of Bell after a four-week trial ended in a hung jury last month. Lowe, who presided over the case in 236th District Court, ruled that Gillespie and Prieto failed to
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:22P
High court weighs health-care law in private
The legislation, whose passage consumed much of President Obama's first year in office, extends insurance coverage to more than 30 million Americans through various measures including the expansion of Medicaid and a mandate that most Americans buy
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:22P
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8 (UPI) -- Congressional Republicans Tuesday moved off their no new taxes stance and offered a tax code rewrite they said would raise about $300 billion in 10 years. Democratic lawmakers, however, said the concession doesn't go far enough,
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:18P
Testimony of 9-Year-Old Helps Send La Mesa Man to Molestation Trial
The 2-year-old—later identified in court as the suspect's son—was “pushing and pulling” his parent's penis with both hands while Cilibraise leaned back with his eyes “closed, almost closed” and his arms at his sides, the fourth-grader said.
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:16P
9-year-old says dad drank half bottle of Black Velvet
The child, wearing a black sweater and black and white skirt, broke down in tears several times during her testimony before 33rd District Court Judge Michael McNally about the Oct. 8 incident in which she drove her father to a local gas station in the
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:05P
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“Soyer Moll wrung the life out of her,” Maultsby told a jury of seven men and five women during his five-minute opening statement. Maultsby said Tillman Moll had her first child the year before; but when Tillman Moll should have been searching for the
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:04P
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