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New Jersey Cold Case of 5 Missing Teenage Boys Remains Unsolved
Evans, 58, was acquitted of locking five teenagers in an abandoned home in 1978 and burning them to death in retaliation for stealing marijuana, ending a case that went cold until 2008 because no bodies were ever found. (AP Photo) Check out related
Updated: 11/25/2011 05:56P
Man gets 2nd chance to escape death row
In that trial, a three-judge panel presided instead of a jury. Hancock's life was saved by that panel, which sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. An Ohio Supreme Court spokesman said that office knew of no other penalty
Updated: 11/25/2011 05:51P
Peter Ndlovu did not use his expertise, No pay:Twalumba
The case has since been referred to trial at the High Court. Both parties failed to reach an agreement on certain issues after three pre-trial conferences, prompting Justice Susan Mavangira to refer the civil dispute to trial. The Registrar of the High
Updated: 11/25/2011 05:51P
14 years after East Walnut Hills killing, murderer gets a second chance to
In that trial, a three-judge panel presided instead of a jury. Hancock's life was saved by that panel, which sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. An Ohio Supreme Court spokesman said that office knew of no other penalty
Updated: 11/25/2011 05:50P
Blago 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 05:48P
Kingston detective befriended family, honour killing trial told
401, according to the phone records. By the morning of June 25, the phones were in the Niagara region. Two days later, on June 27, the phone that was listed in Rogers subscriber records as belonging to Hamed received a call at 8:24 pm through a cell
Updated: 11/25/2011 05:47P
Will Komisarjevsky Address The Jury?
If Komisarjevsky asks to make a personal statement to the jury, Superior Court Judge Jon C. Blue, the judge presiding over the trial, would likely allow it. In the 2004 trial of convicted triple murderer Jonathan Mills, Blue agreed to let Mills make a
Updated: 11/25/2011 05:46P
Ruling by impeached New Orleans federal judge overturned
In an unusual reversal of its own earlier ruling, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals this week reopened a 2004 judgment in a personal injury claim over allegations that Porteous and defense attorney Richard Chopin conspired to hide their tight
Updated: 11/25/2011 05:45P
22 year old male is back in custody
He has been remanded to the District Jail for video court on November 28, 2011 to answer to these new charges and the previous charges stemming from the reported armed robbery at the Mac's Convenience Store on November 23, 2011.
Updated: 11/25/2011 05:45P
Blagojevich Wants Tapes Played at ASentencing
A defense filing in US District Court in Chicago does not offer details about the excerpts or what Blagojevich is heard saying in them, but argues that they will buttress their arguments for a lenient sentence for the disgraced ex-governor.
Updated: 11/25/2011 05:35P