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Bribe Charges Rejected
"He never said give me money for the Yankee Stadium [contract]," Mr. Eastmond said in US District Court in Manhattan. Mr. Eastmond said he and Mr. Seabrook were friends and that he had contributed to his political campaigns and projects regularly for
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:05P
Eastman given time to build case
The Federal Court's Justice Shane Marshall, sitting in the ACT Supreme Court, today allowed Eastman time to amend his grounds for quashing his conviction for the murder of assistance police commissioner Colin Winchester in 1989.
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:03P
Father accused of murdering kids, tells interrogator they were 'liars'
A videotape of the two-hour interrogation was played Wednesday at the trial of the Montreal man, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 41, and their son Hamed, 20, who are each charged with four counts of first-degree murder. They have pleaded not guilty.
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:03P
Man accused of kidnapping 3-year-old boy found fit to stand trial
CRANBROOK, BC—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 video link from a jail
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:02P
War Crimes Trial: USS Cole bombing suspect in court for first time
Al Nashiri's trial is the first war crimes trial to be held at Guantanamo Bay under the Obama Administration, and is taking place under the new Military Commissions Act of 2009. Clad in his white prison uniform sans ankle shackles and handcuffs,
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:02P
When is an icy road not an icy road?
When their case gets underway on Thursday in the Ontario Court of Appeal, the result could well turn on Justice John Murray's intriguing finding that had Milton decided to plow instead of salt the road, the municipalities would have had a defence
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:02P
Jones trial: Mother trusted boyfriend with infant
What happened during the morning after Barfield left her son alone with Jones was the focus of the first day of the capital murder trial in Lee County Circuit Court. The Lee County District Attorney's Office argues Jones caused the blunt-force trauma
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:01P
Brunswick judge accused of misconduct
The civil charges set up a potential high-profile trial pitting Williams against the judicial commission's designated prosecutors -- former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears and former state Attorney General Mike Bowers.
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:00P
'Delusional' Terror Suspect to Use Insanity Defense
A motion filed in the case notes the defense team must review the legality of the searches. Attorney General Eric Holder filed a declaration in court seeking to bar the FISA-related evidence from being disclosed. US District Court's Sam Cummings will
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:00P
Suspect in Cole bombing appears in Guantanamo court
The military judge warned Nashiri that his attire could prejudice a jury when his trial starts late next year. A defendant has a right to wear a suit in court, the judge advised. "I intended to show up in my prison uniform," the 46-year-old Saudi
Updated: 11/09/2011 08:59P
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