Latest Trial Court News
Hauff takes the stand in hate-crime trial
The three men pled innocent and are standing trial in Criminal Court. Hauff alleges that McAndrew, Eder and Little "gay bashed" him after he tried to intervene on behalf of another man who they were bullying near the Red Line Belmont stop.
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:37P
Former attorney for Aryan Nations gets 50 years for muder for hire plot
Edgar J. Steele of Sagle was sentenced Wednesday by US District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill in Coeur d'Alene. He was convicted in May. Steele paid Larry Fairfax, 50, also of Sagle, $10000 in silver for the hit, authorities said.
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:36P
Secular India faltering
Many people from the area had taken refuge at Jafri's house. They too were burnt alive. The Supreme Court has sent her case to the trial court for disposal. This is not fair. The court could have said something on the role of the chief minister.
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:36P
Utah Drops Charges Against Polygamist Sect Leader
Warren Jeffs' 2007 conviction of rape by accomplice was overturned last year by the Utah Supreme Court, which cited improper jury instructions by the trial judge. "As a result of the conviction in Texas, we decided not to bring him back to Utah for a
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:35P
Trial set for janitor accused of impregnating 11-year-old
At the end of the hearing, held in 41-B District Court, Judge Linda Davis ordered the man — Trevaun Cortez Brooks, 28 — to stand trial in Macomb County Circuit Court for the crime. He is scheduled to appear in circuit court Nov. 21.
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:34P
Al-Qaida leader on trial for USS Cole attack
9 (UPI) -- The alleged mastermind of the deadly 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole warship off Yemen was arraigned Wednesday in a US military court at Guantanamo. It was the first time alleged al-Qaida leader Abd al Rahim al Nashiri has appeared in
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:34P
Supreme Court to Settle Dispute Between Meat Industry, California
The lower courts that heard this case are divided on the issue of federal law preempting state statutes. The National Meat Association won an injunction in a federal trial court in California in 2009. The trial court ruled that states can only ban
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:32P
Holocaust Memorial Luncheon features scholar Deborah Lipstadt and Chicago mayor
Irving and Lipstadt battled over the case in British court and Lipstadt won the suit against her accuser. Now, her new book, The Eichmann Trial, (Schocken) chronicles the trial of Eichmann, a Nazi war criminal. In the spring of 1961, the Jerusalem
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:32P
Cain would win in court, but this is politics
In a court of law, Cain would clearly win. But in this case we are not litigating a claim but selecting a president. The American public, exercising its common sense about the character and integrity of this presidential candidate, will be the only and
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:32P
Jury retires in George Sithole fire murder trial
The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a six-year-old girl who died in a Sussex house fire in 2004 has retired to consider its verdict. George Sithole, 41, of no fixed address, denies murder and two counts of arson at Lewes Crown Court.
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:31P