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Prominent Victims' Advocate Quits Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Her decision to withdraw her own case comes as the court prepares to begin Case 002: the trial of the four surviving leaders of the ultra-Maoist movement. The leaders are blamed for devising policies that caused the deaths of up to 2.2 million people
Updated: 11/15/2011 09:02A
White gang pounced on black British teen, murder trial hears
Stephen Lawrence, 18, seemed to be "swallowed up" by the gang as they pounced on him, the Old Bailey court in London heard at the trial of two men accused of his murder. The college student was stabbed twice and bled to death after two arteries were
Updated: 11/15/2011 09:01A
'Le Monde' condemned paying a 15000 euro fine for damaging FC Barcelona's
This led to the Catalan sports club bringing a case for libel against the French newspaper. A lower court condemned 'Le Monde' to pay 300000 euros and to publish the sentence on its online and paper editions. The French newspaper and the journalist
Updated: 11/15/2011 09:00A
Key player in area pot-growing effort convicted
Bernabe Nunez-Guzman of Green Bay stood trial for his role in clear-cutting areas in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest to grow marijuana. A jury in US District Court found him guilty of conspiracy, manufacturing and possessing marijuana with
Updated: 11/15/2011 08:59A
1st sexual abuse trial against W.Va. jails is set
The case set for trial Dec. 12 in Kanawha County Circuit Court involves Jessica Legg, a Mason County resident who says she was victimized at the Anthony Correctional Center in 2008. Woelfel began suing in 2009, alleging a widespread pattern of sexual
Updated: 11/15/2011 08:59A
Cellini lawyers ask to throw out convictions citing Gov. Ryan's case
William Cellini and his wife Julie in the lobby of the Dirksen federal court building in Chicago after his recent conviction. Arguments prosecutors made at the trial of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan are haunting them
Updated: 11/15/2011 08:59A
Trial set for Warren County man charged in snowmobiler's death
Opening statements are scheduled to begin today in a Warren County court in the trial of 36-year-old Michael Vernum of Lake Luzerne. He was charged with criminally negligent homicide in connection with the March death of 50-year-old Gary Clark of Fort
Updated: 11/15/2011 08:59A
Minneapolis man reaches plea deal in cocaine racketeering case
District Court Judge Kurt Johnson still had to address a motion by Berry's attorney, Thomas Dunnwald, to keep the Minneapolis investigators from testifying. A hearing for that motion would have taken place Monday morning before the trial started.
Updated: 11/15/2011 08:56A
Healthcare law will face Supreme Court before 2012 election (Morning Read)
The court also said it would debate whether the expansion of Medicaid is constitutional, an issue that has not split lower courts. Geron backs out of stem-cell research. Geron Corp., which began the first US-approved trial of embryonic stem cells in
Updated: 11/15/2011 08:55A
Polish soldier found guilty of taking bribes while serving in Iraq
A Polish soldier has been found guilty by Poland's Military District Court of taking bribes. He allegedly took the bribes while on active duty in Iraq. For his actions he was given a suspended prison sentence of five years, as well as a fine,
Updated: 11/15/2011 08:55A
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