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Court says backers can defend gay marriage measure
Lawyers for the two gay couples who successfully sued to overturn the ban in the lower court have argued that if the ban's backers did not have the right to appeal, the trial judge's decision would stand and same-sex marriages would be legal in
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:26P
New trial ordered in Quebec racial profiling case
A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered a new trial for a black man on Montreal's south shore who said he was the victim of racial profiling by police in Longueuil. Joel Debellefeuille of Saint-Constant, Que., was in his BMW with his family when he
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:25P
Sponsors of Proposition 8 celebrate court's decision
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering an appeal of a trial judge's ruling that overturned Proposition 8, had asked the California court to clarify whether state law gives initiative sponsors the standing, or legal authority,
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:25P
Va. appeals court upholds Miami businessman's conviction, sentence in $126M
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the conviction and 100-year prison sentence of a Miami businessman who swindled clients out of about $126 million to finance a lavish lifestyle that included luxury cars and a yacht he named after a woman he
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:24P
WRCBtv.com | Chattanooga News, Weather & SportsLawyer: Toss Ark. murder
Attorney Janice Vaughn told the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday that the juror was tweeting during Erickson Dimas-Martinez's 2010 trial for the slaying of Derrick Jefferson, despite the judge's instruction to not to post on the Internet or otherwise
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:23P
Judge Gives Attorneys Time to Review Upcoming Ruling in Kustok Trial
Rick Beuke, lead defense attorney, gave no objections to the state's emergency request last month, but has since asked the court for more time to review the proposed ruling. Commenting on behalf of Beuke, attorney Ernest DiBenedetto said the defense
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:23P
KOAM TV 7 Joplin and PittsburgLawyer: Toss Ark. murder conviction due to tweets
Dimas-Martinez's lawyer also argued that the judge should have dismissed another juror who was caught sleeping during the trial. Courts in Arkansas and around the country are grappling with problems caused by jurors using Twitter, Facebook or other
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:22P
Citizens can defend California's gay-marriage ban in courts, judges rule
Lawyers for the two gay couples who successfully sued to overturn the ban in the lower court have argued that if the ban's backers did not have the right to appeal, the trial judge's decision would stand and same-sex marriages would be legal in
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:22P
Iraq urged to commute death sentences as 11 are hanged
The court has handed down the vast majority of death sentences. Defendants in Iraq frequently complain that “confessions” are extracted under torture and other ill-treatment during pre-trial interrogation, often when they were held incommunicado in
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:22P
California fight over gay marriage gets back on track after state high court
Federal District Court Judge Vaughn Walker -- who has since retired -- had also overturned the measure after a two-week trial in 2010, saying gay and lesbian couples were unfairly denied the right to marry. Walker has since acknowledged he has been in
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:21P
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