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Nuon Chea defends actions in Khmer Rouge genocide trial
Top Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea has defended his actions at a UN-backed court in Cambodia, on the second day of his genocide trial. A prosecutor said he and his two co-defendants had "murdered, tortured and terrorised" their own people.
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:35A
Editorial: Resignation is just not enough
He was chief judge of the 1st District Court of Appeal when money for the new courthouse was slipped into a transportation bill in 2007. The charges against Hawkes that had been scheduled for trial before the JQC in January were that he intimidated
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:34A
Dismissal of NEPA challenge to three Colorado ski developments affirmed
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court's dismissal of a challenge to the US Forest Service's (Service's) approval of three development projects at a Colorado ski resort. The Ark Initiative v. US Forest Serv., No.
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:34A
2G case trial to be shifted to Tihar jail 'court'
New Delhi: In a sudden move, the ongoing trial of the 2G spectrum allocation case was ordered to be shifted to Tihar jail from its present venue of the Patiala House court premises. Special CBI Judge OP Saini, trying the case announced that the trial
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:33A
Psychiatrist continues testifying in Komisarjevsky trial
Dudley's due back on the stand Tuesday in New Haven Superior Court. The jury that will decide whether Komisarjevsky gets the death penalty or life in prison has already heard testimony about his troubled childhood, including being sexually abused by an
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:33A
Turkish journalists stand trial for alleged plot to topple government
The case is seen as a test for media freedom in Turkey, but the lawyers' demand could bring a quick end to the opening hearing if the court decides to adjourn the trial until a ruling by a higher court over whether to replace the presiding judge,
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:31A
Azamat Amanov: Absolutory sentence is excluded in Mayor's son case
STSI Main Department and EMERCOM often keep silence about officials and theirs children guilty in car accident. As a rule we get to know about it post factum. An exception to the rule is the case of Bishkek Mayor's son Azamat Omurkulov.
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:30A
Nicola Gobbo dropped as witness in Paul Dale case after death threats
But she will not be called to give evidence in his trial. Supreme Court Justice Terry Forrest also lifted a ban on reporting the names of two other witnesses against Mr Dale - Williams' father George, and prison cellmate Tommy Ivanovic.
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:29A
Execution given go-ahead by split court
"The trial court was entitled to give Dr. Lezak's testimony and her opinions as much or as little weight as they deserved, and it was certainly within the trial court's authority to allow Haugen to discharge his lawyers after that evidence was taken,"
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:27A
Mail and Mirror will face contempt proceedings over Milly Dowler coverage
The jury still had to reach a verdict on a second charge – that the day before he snatched Milly from a street in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in 2002, he had attempted to abduct Rachel Cowles, then aged 11. But on 24 June the trial judge,
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:27A