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Sirhan Sirhan's Lawyers Say He Didn't Kill RFK
by AP 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 1968 killing of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
Updated: 11/28/2011 08:51P
Frank Bortle murder trial moved to April
A status conference in Cumberland County Superior Court on Monday saw issues arise concerning the availability of certain witnesses, causing the judge to move the trial back. Bortle, a 49-year-old Vineland man, is accused of fatally shooting his wife
Updated: 11/28/2011 08:50P
Kidnapper tells of threats, pit bulls and more in case against ex-cop
They hog tied the victim with plastic restraints and asked where he stored his drugs and money, but the man refused to say, Umar testified. So the victim was taken to a South Side garage for more intense questioning, according to Umar.
Updated: 11/28/2011 08:49P
Jury selection begins in unusual murder trial
Barragan's case is still pending. He is scheduled to be in court Wednesday. The Cavazos brothers are being tried at the same time, in the same third-floor courtroom in the Kane County Judicial Center. Two juries will be sworn in for the case,
Updated: 11/28/2011 08:47P
Trial of man accused of running down student in Olds opens
In court today, the crown says Leinen was mad after being thrown out of the bar and proceeded to drive his truck into a group of people in the parking lot. The trial, which is expected to last two or three weeks, will focus on Leinen's intent.
Updated: 11/28/2011 08:47P
Prosecutors try to keep former FEC chairmen from testifying in Edwards case
Prosecutors contend that what the two men would offer are legal conclusions that would usurp the authority of the judge, the trial court's "own legal expert." "(E)xpert opinion testimony that simply states legal conclusions is generally not helpful to
Updated: 11/28/2011 08:45P
Defence lawyer claims judge biased against his peace activist client
Yavar Hameed said he intended to bring a motion asking Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey to recuse herself from Terry Stavnyck's trial after citing a list of nearly a dozen instances were he felt the judge had shown a reasonable apprehension
Updated: 11/28/2011 08:29P
Hoddle St killer Julian Knight wins right to challenge levy on smokes
In the Supreme Court today Associate Justice Melissa Daly ruled that Knight's case that the levy is illegal is not "hopeless" and he should be allowed to pursue his attempt to have it abolished. Prison authorities say the levy has been used to fund
Updated: 11/28/2011 08:24P
Man who stabbed partner to death loses appeal
However the plea was not accepted by the crown, which proceeded with the trial on the higher charge. Martin was found guilty of murder and given a mandatory life sentence. He took his case to the Court of Appeal in Brisbane in late August,
Updated: 11/28/2011 08:03P
Victim heard Shafia scheming to kill, woman tells 'honour-killing' trial
Of the four people whose bodies were retrieved from a car in a Kingston, Ont. canal, Rona Amir Mohammad had suffered the most significant injuries, a pathologist testifed Monday at the murder
Updated: 11/28/2011 08:03P
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