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2012 ELECTIONS: UN official to look at 23-year death row case
In late July, the Supreme Court ended the lengthy trial by upholding the death sentence for Chiu, who was convicted of abducting and murdering a schoolchild from Hsinchu City in December 1987. Chiu was detained for four months when the crime was being
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:00A
9-year-old girl tells court about the night her drunk father put her behind
A judge is holding a hearing to determine if Weimer will go to trial. If a judge determines there is enough evidence to go to trial, Weimer will be bound over to circuit court. Weimer can also waive his right to a preliminary hearing and the case will
Updated: 11/09/2011 10:58A
Mikey arraignment postponed
Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo and his wife Angela for tax evasion after the court cited the accused couple's pending appeal before the Department of Justice (DOJ). Judge Marie Christine Jacob of the Regional Trial Court Branch 100 reset the arraignment on
Updated: 11/09/2011 10:56A
Ogden gets 34.5 years for multiple felonies
His fate was handed down by superior court Judge Sharon Barrett last Thursday after Ogden stopped his trial in midstream and pled guilty. Barrett sentenced Ogden to a minimum of 34.5 years in the NC Department of Corrections after he admitted to
Updated: 11/09/2011 10:55A
Indonesia: Terror trial kicks off near Jakarta
(AKI/Jakarta Post) - The trial of eight men allegedly part of a terror cell got underway on Wednesday in a court near Jakarta. The defendants are Ari Budi Santoso, Arifin Nur Haryono, Jakim, Edi Tri Wijayanto , Echo Ibrahim, Hari Budiarto and Dzulkifli
Updated: 11/09/2011 10:54A
Dart on Cook County Jail: Less inmates, but longer jail stays
detainees on average are staying a week longer behind bars because of court delays, local law enforcement officials said Tuesday. It's not just defendants who are entitled by law to a speedy trial who have to wait, the county's top prosecutor said.
Updated: 11/09/2011 10:51A
Walmart must pay $10M to truck driver
Walmart appealed and a lower court granted the company a new trial, saying the award was “excessive, not supported by the evidence and could only be the result of prejudice and bias and the jury's desire to punish Wal-Mart.” Walmart told jurors in the
Updated: 11/09/2011 10:50A
CIT's Evan Wallach Confirmed by Senate To Fill 11th Judge Slot on Federal Circuit
In 2001, he sat by designation on a district court case in the US District Court for the District of Nevada. Mikohn Gaming Corp. v. Acres Gaming Inc., No. CV-S-97-1383- EJW (LRL) (D. Nev. Aug. 2, 2001). After a 10-day trial, Wallach upheld a jury
Updated: 11/09/2011 10:50A
31 given life term in a post-Godhra riot case; 42 ...
In a rare case where so many people were punished with life term after being convicted for communal riots, a special court also acquitted 42 persons--11 among them were freed due to lack of evidence, while 31 others were given the benefit of doubt.
Updated: 11/09/2011 10:50A
Mazurek trial moves forward, more charges expected
A man accused of Involuntary Manslaughter will go to trial after causing an accident that killed two people in September. A Maries County judge has bound John Mazurek, 24, to go to trial after hearing the state's evidence in a
Updated: 11/09/2011 10:49A
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