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Judge allows limited public access to statements of 9-year-old girl; media can
Blue said the videotape of Komisarjevsky's daughter would be treated in the same way the court has handled some of the more graphic crime scene photos in the case — available for the media to view but not released to the media for wider distribution to
Updated: 11/17/2011 09:42P
Gay marriage opponents allowed to defend Prop 8
The federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, where the case, Perry vs. Brown, is currently being litigated, asked the California Supreme Court to determine whether the opponents, ProtectMarriage.com led by Dennis Holingsworth, had standing to
Updated: 11/17/2011 09:41P
UN Court in Cambodia Recommends Freeing Defendant Ill With Dementia
The court reduced that term to 19 years because of time already served. Opening statements were scheduled for Monday in the trial in which Ms. Ieng Thirith is a defendant, along with three other former members of the top leadership.
Updated: 11/17/2011 09:40P
Terror plot suspect 'worked in court'
Lawyer Reem Al Khalaf, who has been appointed to defend suspect Mohammed Sahwan, told the GDN that she actually knew him as a result of his work at the Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Ministry. She said she had been shocked by his arrest and
Updated: 11/17/2011 09:39P
Prosecution Witness Testify in Dr Janneh & Co Trial
Special Criminal Division Court at The Banjul High Court, on Monday 14 November, heard the testimony of the eight prosecution witness, Pa Ousman Tom, a police officer in the treason trial of the former Minister of Information and Technology,
Updated: 11/17/2011 09:37P
Lovette pleads not guilty to murder of Eve Carson
Atwater has already pleaded guilty in federal court to charges associated with killing Carson. After the hearing, Woodall would not say what connection the other two men had to the case. Woodall also declined to say whether Atwater, who received a life
Updated: 11/17/2011 09:36P
Judge weighs evidence in hearing for tow-truck driver accused of manslaughter
It will likely be a month or more before a judge rules whether manslaughter and weapons charges against Preston Oates, a tow-truck driver accused of fatally shooting a Bluffton man on Christmas Eve, will be dismissed, Oates' attorneys said after a
Updated: 11/17/2011 09:36P
Poker game robbery trial delayed until December
The trial was delayed after the attorney for Maurice O. Martin objected to the proposed substitution of Lee County Circuit Court Judge Chris Hughes for Judge Jacob A. Walker, who was absent, according to Hughes, for “family issues.
Updated: 11/17/2011 09:32P
Judge puts Oates immunity motion ruling on hold
By Frank Morris BEAUFORT — A Circuit Court hearing wrapped up today on a defense pre-trial motion to drop charges filed against Preston Ryan Oates in a Christmas Eve shooting death over a towing dispute in Edgefield. But a ruling by presiding Judge
Updated: 11/17/2011 09:31P
Expert says waitress' killer was not legally insane
Forensic psychiatrist Rokeya Farooque is questioned by Prosecutor TaKisha Fitzgerald during the murder trial of Micah Johnson on Thursday in Knox County Criminal Court. (AMY SMOTHERMAN BURGESS/NEWS SENTINEL) Will Daugherty,
Updated: 11/17/2011 09:31P
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