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Atuche, associate urge court to quash charges
Besides, he added that the EFCC, acting for the Attorney-General of the Federation, can only prosecute a crime under a Federal Law, and not the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State. The lawyer argued that there was no prima facie case
Updated: 11/10/2011 06:43P
Expert: It's human teeth
SHAH ALAM: A forensic dentistry officer told the High Court here that seven teeth recovered in the murder case of cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three others were of human origin. Dr Norhayati Jaffar, 38, from Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Updated: 11/10/2011 06:43P
Stl can start trials at any stage
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing can start trials at any stage of the investigation, a court judge said Thursday. “There is no need to wait for the entire outcome of the probe to begin the trial,” said the judge,
Updated: 11/10/2011 06:42P
Petters Feeder Fund Arrowhead Capital Sued by SEC for Aiding Fraud
Fry, he said, has no money. The case is Securities and Exchange Commission v. Fry, 11- cv-3303, US District Court, District of Minnesota (St. Paul). To contact the reporter on this story: Andrew Harris in Chicago at aharris16@bloomberg.net.
Updated: 11/10/2011 06:41P
Criminal sexual abuse trial continued
Kincaid, 23, Colona, received six months of court supervision after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct Dec. 6, 2010. A separate charge of sexual exploitation of a child/sex act was dismissed in return for her testimony in Johnson's case.
Updated: 11/10/2011 06:41P
Sisters in 'honour killings' trial were like 'political prisoners,' male
An Ontario court is hearing that three sisters allegedly killed by their family were “like political prisoners.” Three teenage sisters, Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti Shafia, 13, along with one of their father's two wives, were found dead inside a
Updated: 11/10/2011 06:41P
Fall River man found guilty of assault, attempt to kidnap woman
Cruz failed because the woman saw him coming, armed herself with a rock and beat him until his face was spouting blood and he decided to give up and run away, prosecutor Maryclare Flynn told a Superior Court jury during a 2-day trial.
Updated: 11/10/2011 06:39P
Al-Nashiri Military Commission Case Presents Moral and Legal Dilemmas
Declaring al-Nashiri an "unprivileged enemy belligerent" rather than an accused criminal to be tried in a regular federal court thus creates a convenient "heads-I win, tails-you lose" situation for the government. Perhaps one of the most troubling
Updated: 11/10/2011 06:39P
Jury could have heard Zehm's mental status
US District Court Judge Fred Van Sickle set a 2 pm Thursday deadline for attorneys to gather information about what was broadcast on Nov. 1 on Northwest Cable News, which was broadcast in the common breakfast room of the Oxford Suites hotel in Yakima.
Updated: 11/10/2011 06:39P
Prosecution rests its case in Vincent Brown murder trial
In court today, prosecutors wrapped up their case. Brown's lawyers will call witnesses Monday. A witness testified today about calls Brown and Johnson made to each other the day before and the day of the slaying. An expert from Metro PCS said Brown and
Updated: 11/10/2011 06:38P