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33 Percent of DUI Offenders Get Off
Rhode Island judges acquit roughly one-third of all DUI (driving under the influence) trials that go before them according to Craig Berke, the Director of Communications for the Rhode Island Supreme Court. The Boston Globe recently reported that over
Updated: 11/17/2011 12:41A
Uncle on sex charges acquitted
A BUNDABERG man has been found not guilty of indecently treating his young niece after a trial in Bundaberg District Court. After two days of evidence, nine witnesses and a morning of deliberation, the jury reached their verdict about 12.30pm today.
Updated: 11/17/2011 12:39A
Rambus suffers defeat in lawsuit, shares plunge
The company can first ask the trial judge to revisit the verdict, then head for the appellate courts. "This kind of factual determination is very rarely overturned," said Robert Lande, an antitrust professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law
Updated: 11/17/2011 12:39A
State seeks to end part of abortion insurance suit
But last week, Hodes and Nauser filed their state lawsuit in Shawnee County District Court, and Judge Franklin Theis blocked enforcement of the regulations at least until he has a hearing Dec. 6 and 7. "We wanted to enforce the rights secured to our
Updated: 11/17/2011 12:38A
Auckland lawyer facing drug charges named
Forty-six year-old Wootten has been on cases such as the murder trial of Nai Yin Xue. It was perhaps one of New Zealand's most high profile international cases. It involved a girl nicknamed 'Pumpkin' abandoned in Melbourne, the discovery of her
Updated: 11/17/2011 12:36A
Katsav Rape Conviction Upheld by Supreme Court
A yearlong trial was held mostly behind closed doors. Katsav, who immigrated to Israel from Iran in 1951, was elected president by the Knesset in 2000 in an upset over Shimon Peres. Katsav resigned in the wake of the allegations shortly before the end
Updated: 11/17/2011 12:34A
Akunyili v. Ngige: Appeal
Dissatisfied with the verdict, Akunyili filed an appeal at the Appeal Court Tribunal sitting in Enugu to challenge the decision of the lower tribunal. Lawyer to Ngige, Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN) had prayed the court during the trial to ignore the appeal
Updated: 11/17/2011 12:33A
Aquino leaves order to ensure peace over Arroyo travel bid
MANILA, Philippines—President Aquino left for Bali, Indonesia, on Thursday with instructions to his Cabinet to maintain the peace in case of developments in the ongoing clash between the Palace and the Supreme Court on former
Updated: 11/17/2011 12:29A
Man, 60, jailed for teen sex
During Rao's District Court trial, one 15-year old victim told the court Rao had taken her on to the roof of the car wash via a ladder. Once they were on the roof Rao pulled up the ladder and forced the young girl to have sex with him on a mattress he
Updated: 11/17/2011 12:26A
Expert contradicts Pittsfield police in fatal OUI case
The defense testimony came during the Berkshire Superior Court trial of Frank S. Zuber, who is facing charges of vehicular homicide while under the influence of alcohol. Zuber, 55, of Pittsfield, had allegedly been drinking when his truck, heading west
Updated: 11/17/2011 12:22A
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