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Prison officer explains the meaning of 'life'
FACING JUSTICE ... Brothers Sylvester and Gavin Beukes (left and right), who await their sentencing on multiple counts of murder and other crimes, in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday. AN OFFENDER sentenced to life imprisonment could be released
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:09A
Redistricting faces trial in DC
The maps passed by the Texas Legislature aren't allowed to legally exist unless they are approved by the US Justice Department's Civil Right Division or the US District Court for the District of Columbia, a legal requirement known as preclearance.
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:08A
Business Briefs: Mistrial declared in W.Va. case of tobacco firms
Bob Orr, a former Supreme Court justice, said Tuesday that he's stepping down from the NC Institute for Constitutional Law. He took the job in 2004 and left briefly to run for the Republican nomination for governor in 2008. The institute has challenged
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:08A
Man sues police after murder acquittal
The man acquitted this year of killing his pregnant fiance is suing more than a dozen investigators in the case, claiming they mishandled evidence and violated his rights. In a lawsuit filed last week in US District Court in South
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:07A
Trial date set for accused Auburn tree killer Updike
The man accused of poisoning the historic oak trees at Auburn's Toomer's Corner is set for a March trial. Lee County Circuit Court Judge Jacob A. Walker III has scheduled Harvey A. Updyke Jr.'s trial for the criminal court session beginning March 5.
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:06A
Metairie residents rally against commercial development of vacant tract along
Earlier this year, Judge June Darensburg of the 24th Judicial District Court ruled in favor of Morning Park and the parish quickly appealed her decision to the state's 5th Circuit Court of Appeal. "I've lived here 26 years and I think it's outrageous
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:04A
Republicans win Chesco Common Pleas Court Seats
Common Pleas Court judges are the trial level in Pennsylvania, handing criminal, civil and family court matters. The serve 10 year terms and earn annual salaries of $152115. In interviews before the election, the candidates discussed the professional
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:03A
Family Dollar murder trial begins in Bibb
Bearden requested Tuesday that the court agree that Smith be allowed to testify about the alleged coercion in exchange for a promise that the prosecution wouldn't use her testimony against her at her trial. The judge denied Bearden's request.
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:02A
Texas man pleads not guilty in $109K smuggling scheme
He's set to go trial in February, US District court records show. A Jackson County deputy stopped Gilbert Cuello III on Oct. 6 in a 1995 GMC Yukon on Interstate 10 for a seat-belt violation. Cuello and his wife told the deputy they were returning home
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:02A
Kean seeks dismissal of 'negligence' claim
Rayan Restaurant, represented by Michael McDowell SC, has opposed the motion and argued that the case should go to full trial before the High Court. The company, whose directors are Djamel Mennad and Fatima Zohra Azizi, claim that the defendants
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:00A
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