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'Closed' Aurora murder case leaves questions about 'other guy'
Six years ago, Marilyn Bethell, a counseling aide who loved birds, Jimmy Buffett music and roller coasters, was taken to a spot near the Illinois Prairie Path and shot once in the back of the head.
Updated: 11/13/2011 05:25P
Gage trial underway
Star-Times | Posted: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 2:23 pm | (0) Comments The trial for a former Juneau County man featured on the television show "America's Most Wanted" last year when he fled to Canada began in Juneau County Circuit Court Tuesday.
Updated: 11/13/2011 05:24P
Do such cases really merit death sentence?
PG Thampi, a senior advocate at the high court, adds that trial court judges are giving in to sensationalism and media attention. "Many judges at trial courts are seeking publicity. There's a district judge who has given more than a dozen death
Updated: 11/13/2011 05:13P
From execution without trial, to punishment without trial
He was arrested due to suspicions that he had passed classified personal information on leading members (including Prime Minister Tayyip Erdo?an) of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) to internet journal ODA TV, with alleged links to
Updated: 11/13/2011 04:54P
Juror's Felony Past Could Undo Cellini Conviction
William Cellini might get a new trial, after it's revealed a juror who convicted him was twice convicted of a felony. Federal court officials in Chicago are under scrutiny by legal experts after a juror in Illinois powerbroker William Cellini's
Updated: 11/13/2011 04:46P
'Make woman prisoners expert of some craft for better rehabilitation'
Women prisoners should be made experts of some craft or trade to make their rehabilitation in society post their prison terms easier, said Jyotsna Yagnik, judge of the special trial court for the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot, here on Sunday.
Updated: 11/13/2011 04:46P
Gives 'Exemplary Sentence' In 30-Yr Case
Refusing pleas for leniency, Justice RC Chavan held the duo guilty of forgery and cheating and ordered that Pune residents Vitthal Pawar and Ramesh Kharat be sent to jail to serve their punishment of three years' rigorous imprisonment.
Updated: 11/13/2011 04:16P
Totteham's Redknapp to face tax charges
Both men deny the charges and a trial expected to last two weeks is due to begin at London's Southwark Crown Court on January 23. A court order banning reporting of the announcement was lifted on Saturday. Two payments totalling £183000 ($295000) were
Updated: 11/13/2011 04:06P
Eyewitness Evidence on Trial at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on a case that could change the way courts allow eyewitness testimony in court. The case stems from an incident where the suspect Barion Perry was stopped by a Nashua police officer after being spotted with stolen
Updated: 11/13/2011 03:57P
A decade on, terrorism tribunals are bogged down
President Barack Obama planned to send them to New York for trial in federal courts but Congress has blocked the transfer of Guantanamo prisoners to US soil for any reason. US Army Military Police escort a detainee to his cell during in - processing to
Updated: 11/13/2011 03:48P
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