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Banting murder trial: Specimens likely to be human bone
Radiologist Dr Zaleha Abd Manaf, however, told the High Court yesterday that her findings were not always 100 per cent accurate. She made this admission when counsel Manjeet Singh Dhillon pointed out that she had found one of the bone fragment to be
Updated: 11/15/2011 07:34A
Former Teacher, Actor on Trial For Indecency with a Child
Opening statements are set for 9 am today in 19th State District Court. Grasham-Reeves was an actor and director at the Waco Civic Theater, taught at Waco's Harmony Science Academy and at one time worked for Child Protective Services.
Updated: 11/15/2011 07:33A
Federal lawsuit over tainted food at Franklin County jail settled before trial
The case was scheduled to go to trial Monday in US District Court in Bangor, but was settled several days ago. A lawyer for the ex-inmates tells the Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/rDKO10) he is prohibited by a confidentiality agreement from disclosing
Updated: 11/15/2011 07:33A
Ohio high court refuses to halt execution
An attorney for the 66-year-old Brooks, of East Cleveland, had indicated earlier that a new-trial request was pending in US District Court if the state appeal failed. A separate appeal was pending before the US Supreme Court. The federal appeals court
Updated: 11/15/2011 07:32A
Floral Hills cemetery trial delayed; township rejects donation offer
While the court case has been delayed, the owners appear to be trying to find an option to divest themselves of the cemetery. Huntington Township Trustee Gary Hopkins said he was contacted by Downey about giving the cemetery to the township.
Updated: 11/15/2011 07:32A
Ninth Circuit Rejects "Wholesale" Certification Of Class Action Against Costco
A trial court's obligation to consider such evidence, even when it might overlap with determinations on the merits, did not originate with Wal-Mart. Even admissible, probative evidence of commonality can be defeated if outweighed by competing evidence
Updated: 11/15/2011 07:32A
Trial opens in Norway against trio on terrorism charges
'I understand the charges and I refute them,' the 40-year-old said according to reporters at the Oslo district court. The two other defendants were a 33-year-old ethnic Uzbek refugee and a 38-year-old Iraqi Kurd who lived in Oslo on an unlimited
Updated: 11/15/2011 07:31A
Stephen Lawrence Murder Trial: Teenager 'Swallowed Up' By Gang
On Monday, his parents Doreen and Neville sat in court 16 in seats next to the dock to see the beginning of the trial. Potential jurors were told that the past history of the case was "irrelevant for the purposes of the decision which you have to make"
Updated: 11/15/2011 07:30A
Norway opens bomb trial linked to cartoons, al Qaeda
Photo by AFP OSLO: Three Norwegians accused of plotting, with al Qaeda's help, to bomb a Danish newspaper for printing cartoons of Islam's Prophet Mohammad, pleaded not guilty to the charges in court on Tuesday. The alleged ringleader, Mikael Davud,
Updated: 11/15/2011 07:29A
Man on trial for Greystones murder
A 23-year-old man charged with murdering a fellow Greystones man last year told garda twice that he did not mean to kill him, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Thomas O'Connor, of Burnaby Heights in the Co Wicklow town, is accused of murdering
Updated: 11/15/2011 07:24A