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Prosecution paints picture of regime's 'nightmare' rule
Former Khmer Rouge Social Affairs Minister Ieng Thirth is no longer a part of Case 002 proceedings, after the Trial Chamber last week found her unfit to stand trial. Court-appointed experts believe she suffers from dementia, most likely Alzheimer's.
Updated: 11/22/2011 12:17A
Drumm tells Boston court regulator knew of hidden loans
In a case set for a full trial, disgraced former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm - who fled to Boston in June 2009 after the Irish banking scandal broke - is challenging the state-owned bank's case against him, claiming that Ireland's Financial
Updated: 11/22/2011 12:17A
Murray's re-test bid fails
A judge denied a request on Monday by lawyers for the doctor convicted of causing Michael Jackson's death to have an independent laboratory test the contents of a key vial of evidence. Just days before the scheduled sentencing of Dr. Conrad Murray,
Updated: 11/22/2011 12:16A
National Church owns Christ Church property: Georgia Supreme Court rules
The 45-page majority opinion written by Justice David Nahmias found that the First Amendment's guarantee to freedom of religion “allows the local congregation and its members to leave the Episcopal Church and worship as they please, like all other
Updated: 11/22/2011 12:15A
YSU students place first in Moot Court competition
The Moot Court event is a mock trial competition that simulates arguments presented to the Supreme Court. During the competition, students are judged by practicing lawyers and judges on their knowledge of the law, their demeanor and their ability to
Updated: 11/22/2011 12:09A
Erie federal judge weighs suit by Arneault, Rubino
Ted Arneault and Gregory J. Rubino, who worked together on Presque Isle Downs & Casino in Summit Township, were side by side again Monday -- in a courtroom in US District Court in Erie. Arneault, the former chief
Updated: 11/22/2011 12:09A
Trial begins in Cambodia for top Khmer Rouge leaders
A fourth defendant, 79-year-old Ieng Thirith, was ruled unfit to stand trial last week because she has Alzheimer's disease. She is Ieng Sary's wife and was the regime's minister for social affairs. She remains detained pending a court decision on
Updated: 11/22/2011 12:07A
Fort Worth man who robbed Dairy Queen twice gets 70 years
Mario Hernandez Yovanovitch was convicted by a jury last week in state District Judge Wayne Salvant's court of aggravated robbery for the May 2009 holdups at the Dairy Queen at 508 W. Randol Mill Road. An accomplice in the second robbery, Sean Rafferty
Updated: 11/22/2011 12:05A
Conrad Murray's re-test bid fails
A judge denied a request on Monday by lawyers for the doctor convicted of causing Michael Jackson's death to have an independent laboratory test the contents of a key vial of evidence. Just days before the scheduled sentencing of Dr. Conrad Murray,
Updated: 11/22/2011 12:05A
N.J. man pleads guilty in $670 million life insurance scam
A New Jersey man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Richmond to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in a global, $670 million scam involving life insurance settlement investments. Jorge Luis Castillo, 56, was the "outside auditor" of
Updated: 11/22/2011 12:04A
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