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SC gives bail to ex-Puducherry minister
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today granted anticipatory bail to sacked Puducherry Education Minister PML Kalyanasundaram facing charges of impersonation in SSLC exam in Tamil Nadu, though the state opposed the relief, claiming he would tamper with the
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:36A
Trial of Bahrain's 20 medics adjourned, activist says
A Bahraini court on Monday adjourned to January the hearing in the trial of 20 medics held for their role during anti-regime protests that rocked the kingdom earlier this year, a rights activist said. "The High Criminal Court adjourned the hearing to
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:35A
Sleep walking defense doesn't work in assault case
The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that the court rejected the appeal from former Lt. Col. Robert Butts, who claimed there were several problems with his 2010 jury trial. Butts was sentenced to 25 years in prison for seven charges,
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:31A
Homer Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
ANCHORAGE, AK—Acting United States Attorney Frank V. Russo announced today that a Homer man was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage to 132 months in prison, following a trial that resulting in his conviction for conspiring to distribute more than
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:30A
EFCC Files 27 Fresh Charges Against Daniel
An Ogun State High Court sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta this morning adjourned once again the commencement of trial of the former governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, filed 27 fresh charges
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:28A
Aaron Thomas, East Coast Rape Suspect, In Connecticut Court
Joseph Lopez, the public defender representing Thomas, said a hearing is scheduled in New Haven Superior Court on Nov. 28 to consider his motion for a speedy trial and a challenge to the extradition attempt. In court papers, Lopez said Connecticut has
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:22A
Stephen Lawrence trial: Questions over evidence bags
Forensic laboratory staff routinely put sealed packages with exhibits from suspects in the same bags as those from victims, the Stephen Lawrence murder trial has heard. It heard bags of a suspect's clothes had been put in the same "overbag" as those
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:21A
Silvio Berlusconi trial: Tessa Jowell's estranged husband David Mills could
By Daily Mail Reporter British lawyer David Mills today said he would travel to Italy to give evidence in a corruption case against former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi - but only if he knows what evidence is expected of him.
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:20A
Judges saying 'no bond' to white-collar suspects [Detroit Free Press]
Criminal defense lawyers said they fear that the presumption of innocence is falling by the wayside. "Everybody assumes that foreigners are going to flee," said defense lawyer Bill Swor , who is representing three foreign defendants in fraud cases
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:18A
Where are the defendants of the Enron era?
(MELISSA PHILLIP / HOUSTON CHRONICLE) Richard Causey (left) was the former Enron chief accounting officer. He pleaded guilty to securities fraud, and he completed the final weeks of 5-year, 6-month sentence this year at his Houston home.
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:17A
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