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'I thought I was damned to hell,' says woman who dated Komisarjevsky as a teen
Defense attorneys had expected to end their evidence Monday, the 19th day of testimony in the penalty phase of Komisarjevsky's trial, but sources familiar with the case said there was disagreement among the defense team about whether to file a motion
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:14P
2G case: Kanimozhi likely to walk out of Tihar Jail today
She could not be released from jail yesterday as the High Court order on her bail reportedly reached Judge Saini's court after he had left for the day; all formalities will be conducted at the trial court on Tuesday. At Judge Saini's court,
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:13P
Australian jailed in US for gun crime
The next day, Malkoun drove to the Crossroads of the West Gun Show, held at the University of Phoenix Stadium, and illegally bought three pistols, including one gun from two men sitting in the back of a ute in the parking lot.
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:12P
Sirhan Sirhan: Lawyers For Convicted Robert F. Kennedy Assassin Argue That New
LOS ANGELES -- Lawyers representing convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan argue in newly filed court documents that a bullet was switched in evidence at his trial and new forensic details show he is innocent of the
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:05P
Julian Knight given OK to fight levy
Hoddle Street mass murderer Julian Knight has won court approval to bring a case challenging a tobacco levy in prisons. Knight, who was 19 when he shot dead seven people and injured 19 in the Hoddle Street massacre in Melbourne in 1987,
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:04P
NY Judge Rejects SEC's $285M Deal With CitiGroup as 'Unfair, Unreasonable'
But today, US District Court Judge Jed Rakoff in New York rejected the deal with pointed criticism, saying it was neither fair, nor reasonable, nor adequate in the public interest. Rakoff was also critical since Citigroup didn't acknowledge fault.
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:04P
Abbott asks High Court to block redistricting maps
"The maps that were initially produced were retrogressive," said Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin. He said the state's arguments were bound to raise eyebrows in federal court.
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:03P
Suspect in East Coast rapes to be sent to Virginia
Virginia prosecutors petitioned to have Thomas face trial first in their state, and Connecticut officials agreed to the extradition request. Thomas pleaded not guilty in March to a charge of raping a woman in New Haven in 2007.
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:01P
Michael Jackson's mom wants doctor to get maximum time
She sat in court for much of her son's trial, just a few feet away from Jackson's mother. "I sympathize with Mrs. Jackson as a mother," Rush wrote in a letter to the judge. "I sense she was very close to her son. I really wanted to approach her
Updated: 11/28/2011 08:59P
Regulators get harsh words from judge who struck down mortgage securities deal
The SEC's consent judgment settling the case was filed the same day as its lawsuit against Citigroup, the judge noted. "It is harder to discern from the limited information before the court what the SEC is getting from this settlement other than a
Updated: 11/28/2011 08:58P
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