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Hankins murder trial reset for February
According to court records, Benjamin and Lisa Hankins had separated in August 2010. A divorce action she filed the next month was still pending at the time of her death. Deputy Prosecutor Zachary Craig has indicated in pre-trial motions that he intends
Updated: 11/14/2011 03:19A
SEC wants to quiz Rajaratnam, brothers in Gupta case
McGrath told the Manhattan district court last week that the SEC would also seek to call as witnesses and question under oath Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble board members. Rakoff has asked Gupta's lawyers and SEC attorneys to submit a list of their
Updated: 11/14/2011 03:18A
George Will: First Amendment protection of false speech is under the gun
So Xavier Alvarez now hopes the Supreme Court will save him from punishment for lying. And his is not the only case arising from government supervising speech that is demonstrably, or arguably, inaccurate. The Stolen Valor Act allows fines and
Updated: 11/14/2011 03:11A
Police won't oppose bail to Kulkarni, 3 others
The accused approached the High Court to reverse the order of the trial court dismissing their bail pleas. Kulkarni claimed in his petition that he, along with the BJP MPs, got involved in the sting operation, conducted by a private news channel only
Updated: 11/14/2011 03:11A
SEC wants to question Rajaratnam, his brothers in Gupta case
McGrath told the Manhattan district court last week that the SEC would also seek to call as witnesses and question under oath Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble board members. Rakoff has asked Gupta's lawyers and SEC attorneys to submit a list of their
Updated: 11/14/2011 03:10A
Eight years for putting body in bin
At the end of the three-week trial in June, a Queensland Supreme Court jury cleared a third man, Patrick Robert Doyle, 47, of Mr Brack's murder. However, he was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact, following revelations he helped dispose
Updated: 11/14/2011 03:09A
Man on trial for murder over a drug debt
A Perth drug dealer murdered a man who called him a dog and owed him less than $1000 by shooting him in the head at close range, a Perth court has heard. The 33-year-old accused man cannot be named for legal reasons but is standing trial in the WA
Updated: 11/14/2011 03:08A
Dismissed police inspector to face trial over rape in Zamfara
A dismissed police inspector in Zamfara State, Abdullahi Ibrahim, will soon face court trial for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl at gun point in Maradun Local Government area of the state during the last Eid-el-Kabir celebration.
Updated: 11/14/2011 03:05A
Idaho hospital must pay former MRI partner $52M
The award is one of the largest to ever come out of the Idaho district courts. It's the second time the lawsuit, brought by MRI Associates against Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, has gone to trial. The first trial ended in a $63 million
Updated: 11/14/2011 03:02A
Suspected Russian spy rattles British secret state By Mahan Abedin
If that comes to pass, then Katia Zatuliveter has played a positive role in the evolution of British justice. Mahan Abedin is an analyst of Middle East politics. He has been writing on intelligence and security matters for 10 years.
Updated: 11/14/2011 02:56A