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Adam Vincent trial: Stun guns found in accused's homes
STUN guns were found at the homes of two of the men accused of murdering Adam Vincent. The jury, sitting at Sheffield Crown Court, was shown two very small hand-held stun guns, one found in a bedroom at the home of Lee Griffths in Southfield Road,
Updated: 11/26/2011 04:06A
De Lima: GMA's excuse for house arrest weak
The prosecution panel from the Commission on Election (Comelec) on Friday asked Judge Jesus Mupas of Pasay City Regional Trial Court Branch 112 for the immediate transfer of the former president from the St. Luke's Medical Center in Taguig City to the
Updated: 11/26/2011 04:06A
December trial set for Houma man charged with killing 1-year-old son
The Courier reports (http://bit.ly/vh26Y3) that 24-year-old Cody Bourg's trial on a second-degree murder charge is slated to start Dec. 5 in state court in Terrebonne Parish. Bourg was arrested in October 2010 after he allegedly suffocated his
Updated: 11/26/2011 04:04A
Children Have to Be Carefully Taught
Protest over how the Indonesian government's handling of the criminal trial of a juvenile spawned counter-accusations, questioning the detenton of Indonesian children in Australian adult jails. In the course of the close-door proceedings to protect the
Updated: 11/26/2011 04:03A
Zardari requests CJ to take up ZA Bhutto case
put off the hearing of the case as some judges were retired in June this year. The SC had remarked that there was no question of law in the reference. At some point, the CJ had also remarked that the apex court might refer the case to a trial court.
Updated: 11/26/2011 04:02A
Judge to determine next week if Cooke can represent himself
Earlier this year, Cooke was assigned a third set of attorneys, and his trial was reset for 2012, though with a warning from a previous judge that this would be his last set of court-appointed counsel. In the state's Nov. 18 memo to Toliver,
Updated: 11/26/2011 03:55A
32 detainees in Dagupan released through 'justice on wheels' courts
26 (PIA) -- Some 32 detainees of the Dagupan City jail were released yesterday in a half day court session of the Supreme Court's Enhanced Justice on Wheels (EJOW) program. The program, which brought the courts in Pangasinan through a customized bus
Updated: 11/26/2011 03:44A
Gadhafi's son deserves a fair trial
Its first test for a fair court system might come with the trial of Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, dictator Moammar Gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent. Al-Islam was captured recently hiding out in the desert. He now faces charges of crimes against
Updated: 11/26/2011 03:31A
Freeman May's death sentence upheld
At his second sentencing trial in 1995, another Lebanon County jury also decided that May should die for Fair's murder. May appealed that verdict to the state Supreme Court. In its second ruling in the case, the court upheld the death sentence.
Updated: 11/26/2011 03:25A
Murder trial delayed as judge weighs confession's legality
The trial has been scheduled to begin Monday. The judge in the case, Mary Willis of Henry Circuit Court 1, is considering whether to grant a motion by Guffey's public defender, Bryan Williams of Anderson, to declare his client's alleged confession to
Updated: 11/26/2011 03:18A
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