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Stephen Lawrence trial: Friend describes attack with 'foot long knife'
The friend of Stephen Lawrence, Duwayne Brooks, who was with the teenager the night he was killed, has testified in court, describing how a white gang set upon them with a metal bar and knife. Brooks, 37, Lawrence's best friend, broke down while giving
Updated: 11/17/2011 10:18A
Ex-officer's child sex conviction overturned
San Diego's 4th District Court of Appeal, which heard the case because of the heavy caseload in Riverside, says the trial judge wrongly permitted jurors to hear about Fletcher's discipline issues while he was with the Police Department.
Updated: 11/17/2011 10:18A
Court temporarily halts Kosgey's graft case
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 17 – The High Court has stopped the ongoing trial of former Industrialisation Minister Henry Kosgey until a case he filed against the prosecutor is heard and determined. The abuse of office charges against Kosgey in which he's
Updated: 11/17/2011 10:17A
Lawyer wants new venue in AU tree trial
Updyke's attorney, Everett W. Wess, this week filed the change of venue motion in Lee County Circuit Court. Lee County District Attorney Robbie Treese said that he expects his office will oppose the motion. Updyke has pleaded not guilty to multiple
Updated: 11/17/2011 10:15A
Judge in Lee Evans murder trial denies defense request for mistrial
Patti Sapone/The Star-Ledger TO PURCHASE THIS PHOTO, CALL THE STAR-LEDGER PHOTO LIBRARY AT 973-392-1530 State witness Philander Hampton testifies in the Evans trial gallery (9 photos) NEWARK — A Superior Court judge this morning has denied a defense
Updated: 11/17/2011 10:14A
Court frees ailing Khmer Rouge defendant
The only female Khmer Rouge leader charged with genocide at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court is unfit to stand trial and should be freed from detention, judges have ruled in a shock decision. The announcement - just days before the tribunal was to
Updated: 11/17/2011 10:13A
Journo queried 'affairs'
The email was handed to the court during the trial of the judge's widow, Thandi, and businessman Vela Mabena, who are charged with murdering the judge. They have pleaded not guilty. The judge's secretary, Joy Ely-Hanslo, told the court that she
Updated: 11/17/2011 10:12A
Pretoria child porn accused get bail
The four couples and the unmarried son of one of the couples were to go on trial in the Pretoria North Regional Court early in December on over a hundred charges under the Sexual Offences Act. The charges include raping and sexually assaulting minor
Updated: 11/17/2011 10:11A
Bay County trial adjourned for accused killer Jeff Julian
By Cole Waterman | The Bay City Times BAY CITY -- A Bay City man who admitted in open court that he strangled his girlfriend to death has to wait until the new year to try convincing a jury he was insane when he did the killing.
Updated: 11/17/2011 10:09A
Croatian Judge Rejects Mol's Hernadi as Witness for Sanader
Judge Ivan Turudic told the district court in Zagreb today that because Hernadi is being investigated as a suspect in the bribery trial involving Mol and Croatian refiner INA Industrija Nafte dd, “he cannot at the same time be a witness for the defense
Updated: 11/17/2011 10:06A