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Court seems ready to overturn La. death row conviction
AP WASHINGTON — Incredulous Supreme Court justices on Tuesday repeatedly questioned why the New Orleans district attorney's office never gave defense lawyers statements from the only witness in a murder trial that could have cast
Updated: 11/09/2011 04:09P
31 jailed for Gujarat riots
Those convicted can appeal to a higher court. More than 1000 people, most of them Muslims, were killed by Hindu mobs after a train fire killed 60 Hindus returning from a pilgrimage. Rioters set a building on fire in a village in Mehsana district,
Updated: 11/09/2011 04:06P
Former Jabil Circuit executive found guilty of two murders
It was an especially fast verdict in such a serious case, but this also was a trial with a highly unusual piece of evidence —- an accidentally made 911 recording of the murder itself. On Thursday morning a penalty phase of the trial will begin,
Updated: 11/09/2011 04:04P
Utah Drops Case Against Polygamist Leader
Warren Jeffs had been found guilty of rape by accomplice—a 2007 conviction that 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
Updated: 11/09/2011 04:03P
Randall Hopley mentally fit for trial
Hopley, 46, made a brief appearance in court in Cranbrook today via video link from a jail in Kamloops. He appeared neat, clean, and much healthier than he did at his last court date. Hopley will be back in court next month for a bail hearing.
Updated: 11/09/2011 04:00P
Self-defence claim in strip club bashing trial
A female patron of the club has also given evidence that later in the evening she met Aro at the top of the stairs and he was covered in blood and looking freaked out. When Mr Farrell asked the accused why he could recall exact detail about his
Updated: 11/09/2011 04:00P
Ampyra Drives Acorda Revenues
After adjusting costs related to the Apotex patent infringement trial court decision regarding Zanaflex, earnings stood at 85 cents per share, well above the Zacks Consensus Earnings Estimate of 72 cents per share. The year-ago comparable earnings were
Updated: 11/09/2011 04:00P
Urai out on bail
Magistrate Thushara Rajasinghe allowed Mr Urai on bail at a bond of $5000. Mr Urai is charged with a count of urging political violence. Between August 1 and October 29 this year, Mr Urai was alleged to have intentionally urged Taniela and Reijeli
Updated: 11/09/2011 04:00P
Mikey Arroyo's arraignment reset
Judge Marie Christine Jacob of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court branch 100 moved the couple's arraignment to January 18. The prosecution panel did not pose objection to the plea for the postponement. In the same hearing, Jacob also announced she
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:59P
Accused kidnapper fit to stand trial
by The Canadian Press - Story: 67094 A man accused of abducting, and then returning, a three-year-old boy in Sparwood, BC has been found fit to stand trial. Randall Hopley, 46, made a brief appearance in provincial court in Cranbrook on Wednesday by
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:58P