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Lawsuit challenges SC tax code
South Carolina's tax code goes on trial Tuesday when a Columbia attorney will ask the state's highest court to throw out the state's 78 sales tax exemptions. Matthew Bodman of Columbia, through his attorneys,
Updated: 11/27/2011 12:02A
Indianapolis attorney is defending man accused in terrorist attack on USS Cole
Abd al-Rahim Hussein Mohammed Al-Nashiri of Saudi Arabia is scheduled to stand trial in November 2012 in a military court at Guantanamo Bay, where he's being held with other suspected terrorists. Many people and even some lawyers might recoil from
Updated: 11/26/2011 11:56P
Morning-after pill debate heading back to court
A four-year legal fight over who must provide ”morning-after” contraceptives such as Plan B lands in a Seattle courtroom Monday, testing Washington state Pharmacy Board rules requiring pharmacies to dispense any medication
Updated: 11/26/2011 11:52P
Land scam case PML-N lawmaker`s interim bail extended again
It was the 14th extension in the interim bail granted to the accused since July when the case was brought to the court. According to the recommendations of National Judicial Policy (NJP), a trial court has to decide the bail plea of an accused within
Updated: 11/26/2011 11:48P
Passing the torch?
According to court testimony in that trial, Castro, along with state Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, had worked with Republicans to shift downtown and other Hispanic neighborhoods into the 35th congressional district and out of the 20th.
Updated: 11/26/2011 11:44P
Legislating a convict's rights to DNA testing
As it is right now, the ability for prison inmates to have evidence in their trial tested for DNA is governed by Rule 30 of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure. Rule 30 allows convicts to argue their innocence in court, despite the number of
Updated: 11/26/2011 11:36P
Northern Nevada courts not complying with gun-ban notification on mentally ill
HOW WE DID THIS: Reporter Martha Bellisle submitted a public records request with the Washoe District Court for all cases adjudicated with a mental illness issue since 2005. She only received a list for those who were found incompetent to stand trial,
Updated: 11/26/2011 11:34P
Marine girlfriend starts prison term for sex abuse
Authorities say the victim was a child whom Lambert babysat. Lambert's boyfriend Corey McAdoo, of Vancouver, Wash., was arrested in Afghanistan on charges of receiving child pornography. His trial in US District Court is scheduled to begin in January.
Updated: 11/26/2011 11:24P
RFK Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Seeks Prison Release
In a US District Court brief, Sirhan's lawyers also say that an expert analysis of recently uncovered evidence shows two guns were fired in the assassination and that Sirhan's revolver was not the gun that shot Kennedy. Attorneys William F. Pepper and
Updated: 11/26/2011 11:20P
More Charges For Suspect In Rape Case
His trial is set for Dec. 5 in Nemaha County District Court. Keadle also pleaded not guilty in Dodge County to sexually assaulting a teen in 2008. Both cases were filed after Keadle's arrest in the December disappearance of student Tyler "Ty" Thomas,
Updated: 11/26/2011 11:19P
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