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Cop befriended Shafias to help break case, court hears
work on the case. He got permission to take the Lexus, and compiled a 400-page report tracking the Shafias on their family vacation based on their cellphone records. Mohammad Shafia , left , his son Hamed and wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya arrive at court.
Updated: 11/25/2011 06:36P
Hall court cited as Ga. considers vast changes to judicial system
By AP ATLANTA - Lawmakers are poised to consider substantial changes to the state's criminal justice system that could reshape the way Georgia courts are run, overhaul the state's expensive prison system and even transform the way offenders are
Updated: 11/25/2011 06:34P
Pembroke priest found guilty of indecent assault and gross indecency
In her verdict, Justice Julianne Parfett called Borne's testimony evasive, and said his answers defied credulity, logic and common sense. She agreed with the Crown that the only reason the priest would have had for fondling a teenager was for sexual
Updated: 11/25/2011 06:32P
Blagojevich wants silenced tapes played at sentencing
Blagojevich's attorneys asked in a recent court filing to air recordings at the ex-governor's Dec. 6 sentencing that were not played at his trial. The filing asks US District Judge James Zagel to lift a seal placed on recordings and transcripts not
Updated: 11/25/2011 06:17P
Judge feared locked-up Bali drugs boy may sue
The Denpasar District Court judge's sentence, for using an illegal substance, was more lenient than the three-month punishment sought by prosecutors. Justice Amser Simanjuntak said he took into account that the boy had already been locked up and is he
Updated: 11/25/2011 06:16P
Peruvian murder trial for van der Sloot set for January
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Joran van der Sloot will stand trial beginning January 6 on robbery and murder charges related to a 21-year-old woman's death, a Peruvian court announced Friday. The timetable from the Superior Court of Lima came days
Updated: 11/25/2011 06:15P
Man who admitted to smothering wife is a murderer: Crown
27, 2006. A recording of the 911 call Lavery made at the time was played in court at trial and his first words were, “I have just smothered my wife. My name is Noel Lavery.” Lavery's videotaped police interview was also played in court.
Updated: 11/25/2011 06:10P
Bali: Australian Teen Arrested for Drugs While on Vacation
Presiding Judge Amzer Simanjuntak told the packed Denpasar district court that - when taking into account time already served - the 14-year-old would be freed in just over a week and immediately deported. The boy, who cannot be identified by name
Updated: 11/25/2011 06:04P
Texas AG Abbott accuses federal court of undermining the democratic process
The GOP-dominated redistricting plan for the Texas House also reduced the number of opportunity districts for minority representation by combining Houston-area Democratic state Reps. Scott Hochberg and Hubert Vo into the same district. The court's
Updated: 11/25/2011 05:58P
Van der Sloot murder trial in Peru set for January 6
The trial of Dutchman Joran Van der Sloot will begin on January 6, 2012 on charges of killing a young local student last year, court sources said Friday. "Van der Sloot is charged as the alleged perpetrator of the crimes of homicide and theft against
Updated: 11/25/2011 05:57P
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