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"CSI Effect" effecting real criminal cases
Why didn't we swab for DNA?" Porter said the so-called "CSI Effect" has had an impact on how police collect evidence and how prosecutors select jurors. "If they watch them and believe them then you might have somebody who goes on your jury with
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:26P
31 get Life Term in Post-Godhra Riots Case
In all, 76 accused were arrested in the Sardarpur case by the police, out of which, two died during pendency of trial, while one was a juvenile, against whom, trial was on in a juvenile court. The court had framed charges against 73 accused in June
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:25P
Jurors hear closing arguments in Afghan war crimes trial
TACOMA, Wash - The past seven days of testimony in the Army's court-martial of alleged Stryker "kill team" ringleader Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs have not been easy on the stomach. Jurors weighing his fate in a Joint
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:24P
Seward Market robber gets 18 years; victims' relatives get apology
January 2010 courtesy photo of Ahmed Shire Ali, 17, (DOB 3-1-92), of Minneapolis who was charged 1/14/10 in Hennepin County District Court with three counts of first-degree murder in the Jan. 6 triple slaying at Seward Market & Halal
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:23P
Suspected credit card thief has lengthy criminal history
Just one day after his 20th birthday Terrance Davis was once again running from the law. Davis didn't make it far Tuesday. Lake Charles Police caught him hiding in a trash can on Aster Street. He's now in jail accused of
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:22P
Possible conflict of interest could mean new lawyer for Longmont murder suspect
He is facing a second-degree murder charge and appeared Wednesday in Boulder District Court with public defenders Megan Ring and Amanda Bailhache for a pretrial motions hearing. During early witness testimony at the hearing, a witness called by
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:22P
31 get life term for killing 33 in '02 Gujarat riots
PTI A special fast-track court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to 31 persons convicted in a 2002 post-Godhra riot case, in which 33 Muslims were burnt alive at Sardarpura village of Gujarat's Mehsana district.
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:20P
Alleged al Qaeda bomber faces U.S. war court
In court, Kammen asked the judge whether he considered torture to be a mitigating factor that might prevent Nashiri's execution even if he is convicted of all the charges. "You're breaking uncharted territory," Kammen said, noting Nashiri's trial will
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:20P
Shafia murder trial: Court sees videotape of Shafia interrogation
KINGSTON, Ont. – Mohammad Shafia called his children liars and denied he had anything to do with the deaths of four members of his family in a police interrogation conducted the day after he was arrested. A videotape of the two-hour interrogation was
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:19P
Video made of Davis & Saltzman trial witness
It's three days and still no jury seated in the case of two women accused of murder--Robyn Davis and Carol Sissy Saltzman. But after prospective jurors went home today at 5 pm the judge, prosecutors, defense attorneys
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:18P
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