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Doctor who killed Michael Jackson gets maximum sentence
He did not testify during the trial. The doctor's attorney, Ed Chernoff, instead gave an impassioned speech pleading for the court to look at Murray's "book of life" rather than "one chapter." "Michael Jackson was a drug seeker, and he sought it out
Updated: 11/29/2011 07:54P
Conrad Murray sentenced to maximum term of 4 years in Michael Jackson's death
Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor was expected to sentence Murray later in the day after hearing from lawyers on both sides of the case. Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after a six-week trial that presented the most detailed account
Updated: 11/29/2011 07:53P
Serial drugstore robber's prison term hiked
The Alberta Court of Appeal said the trial judge was wrong when she rejected a joint submission by Crown prosecutor Tara Wells and defence lawyer Kim Ross for a five-year sentence for Dawn Kinga Farkas, 29. “Clearly, the sentencing judge erred in her
Updated: 11/29/2011 07:53P
Feds to pay $2.5 million in 2001 anthrax attacks, admit no blame
The money will go to the widow and children of Robert Stevens, a Florida-based photo editor for the National Enquirer and other tabloids, who was the first of five people to die after inhaling the tiny spores. The settlement ended a secrecy-shrouded,
Updated: 11/29/2011 07:47P
New York City can't tax Expedia, Priceline fees: court
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An appeals court on Tuesday struck down a 2009 New York City law imposing a tax on hotel-booking websites such as Expedia Inc and Priceline.com Inc , the latest legal development in a battle playing out in cities across the country
Updated: 11/29/2011 07:46P
Will Texas Execute Man, Despite Untested Evidence?
Critical DNA evidence that could potentially either exonerate him or confirm his guilt remains untested, and previous motions to access it for forensic testing have all been denied. The prosecution previously maintained that since Skinner's original
Updated: 11/29/2011 07:44P
Judge Tentatively Tosses Lindsey Case, First Foreign Bribery Trial Conviction
Prosecutors, meanwhile, admitted in court documents to mistakes but said those mistakes should not imperil the conviction. “We regret those mistakes, said Jeffrey Goldberg, a Justice Department lawyer, at the hearing, according to a Bloomberg News
Updated: 11/29/2011 06:52P
Accused Craigslist Suspect Appears In Court
If the judge finds probable cause with the multiple murder charges, Rafferty's case will automatically be bound over to adult court. Rafferty is now locked up at the Muskingum County Juvenile Detention Center. The judge said that Rafferty's probable
Updated: 11/29/2011 06:49P
Dr Conrad Murray: Reckless And Dangerous
Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's physician, found guilty this month for involuntary manslaughter will be sentenced Tuesday in the Los Angeles Superior Court. Murray, 58, has spent the last three weeks of the six-week trial behind bars.
Updated: 11/29/2011 06:49P
Communications from Counsel to Client are Privileged, PA Courts Confirm
Id. The trial court ordered the insurance company to produce the documents, finding that the attorney-client privilege did not cover documents created by the attorney and provided to the client unless the documents revealed prior communications from
Updated: 11/29/2011 06:48P
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