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Broward lays groundwork for new Veterans Court
Because many defendants were kept out of jail as their cases wound their way through the court, the cost of pre-trial incarceration of veterans dropped 73 percent, according to the Palm Beach Veterans Court. Broward has more than 109000 veterans,
Updated: 11/26/2011 01:40P
Double murder suspect's psych eval nearing completion
Cases are placed on the jury docket to earn a spot in line for a jury trial or as a procedural method to keep a court case from being continued while it is stalled indefinitely. Cases on the jury docket are given a tentative date of Nov.
Updated: 11/26/2011 01:17P
Hearing date set for UNK Regent
Schroeder's attorney, and son-in-law, Brandon Brinegar filed the notice of hearing Tuesday in Buffalo County District Court. The hearing will be for attorneys to present evidence on the appeal and schedule briefs. Although Weimer is presiding over the
Updated: 11/26/2011 01:14P
Bangalore: Yeddyurappa Faces Police Probe in One More Case
The probe is on the direction of the Lokayukta (ombudsman) special court judge NK Sudhindra Rao on a complaint by Ravikrishna Reddy, a techie, alleging that Yeddyurappa allotted state land measuring 23892 square feet near Bangalore to an educational
Updated: 11/26/2011 01:02P
Yeddyurappa faces police probe in one more case
The probe is on the direction of the Lokayukta (ombudsman) special court judge NK Sudhindra Rao on a complaint by Ravikrishna Reddy, a techie, alleging that Yeddyurappa allotted state land measuring 23892 square feet near Bangalore to an educational
Updated: 11/26/2011 12:46P
1965 shooting shows pitfalls of closing old cases
The white officer said he killed the 27-year-old black man, while attempting to serve a warrant on him for nonsupport of his six children. The Joseph Robert McNair case was one of 111 at which the Department of Justice was taking another look,
Updated: 11/26/2011 12:32P
Inmate complaint about Hinds judge presiding over rape trial dismissed
According to Saturday's Clarion Ledger (http://on.thec-l.com/rBlABB ) Miller claimed Circuit Judge Malcolm Harrison was a youth court prosecutor during a hearing in 2008, after the girl claimed the rape had occurred. The hearing resulted in the girl
Updated: 11/26/2011 12:15P
Trial called off for judge facing DUI
(AP) — The trial of a Butte justice of the peace charged with driving to the courthouse while under the influence of the prescription medication methadone has been canceled. The Montana Standard reports (http://bit.ly/tVy08k) that district court clerks
Updated: 11/26/2011 12:12P
Mashpee parents sue over sexual assault
One court document lists their demand as $8 million, while the formal complaint states the couple is asking that their award be determined "by the evidence at trial." "We trust that a jury hearing this case will determine an appropriate award for the
Updated: 11/26/2011 12:05P
Judge: No mistrial over verdict
In an order issued last week, Judge Larry Smukler said prosecutors, who asked for the mistrial, lost the chance to question the accuracy of the verdicts read by the foreman when they failed to individually poll jurors at the end of Jamie Locke's trial
Updated: 11/26/2011 12:05P
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