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'Last Samurai' Legal Dispute Is a Long-Running Hollywood Tale
In a federal courtroom here on Monday, Judge Philip S. Gutierrez, of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, peppered lawyers on various sides of the dispute with questions that were intended, by his own description,
Updated: 02/13/2012 09:20P
Mexico: court frees seven convicted in 1997 massacre
Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) issued an order on Feb. 1 for the release of seven indigenous Tzotziles who had been convicted of homicide and other crimes in the December 1997 massacre of 45 indigenous campesinos in Acteal,
Updated: 02/13/2012 09:19P
Judge allows ex-Penn State coach visits with grandchildren
allowing 11 of his 14 grandchildren to visit him under house arrest and securing a local jury for his child sex abuse trial. Judge John Cleland of Centre County Court in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, also denied a prosecution effort to keep Sandusky
Updated: 02/13/2012 09:05P
Max Sica 'confessed' to killing Neelma Singh and siblings, court told
MARK OBERHARDT from Brisbane's Supreme Court on the late start to Queensland's most significant murder trial and the packed media scrum at the courthouse. A MAN who is accused of strangling his girlfriend and killing her two siblings allegedly
Updated: 02/13/2012 09:04P
Winnipeg judge reserves decision on emergency ward 'public nuisance' case
"If they have the particular facts, plead them," lawyer Glenn McFetridge said in court. "The fact that this is a notorious case does not make it a public nuisance case." Sinclair's family accuses the province of putting public safety at risk,
Updated: 02/13/2012 08:49P
FOX5 Vegas - KVVUCompeting informants in 9 Ohio fire deaths retrial
The government has challenged the decision giving Antun Lewis, 28, a new trial in the 2005 fire deaths in Cleveland and has appealed to the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. If last week's ruling by US District Court Judge Solomon Oliver
Updated: 02/13/2012 08:41P
College Football Capsules: North Texas football coach McCarney hospitalized
Cleland has tentatively scheduled trial to start in mid-May. The 68-year-old Sandusky was also granted the right to see adult visitors. Under the court's latest order, he will list up to 12 adults he would like to be able to see, subject to approval by
Updated: 02/13/2012 08:38P
NYC cop convicted of smuggling
A New York City police officers was found guilty today of smuggling following a jury trial before US District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. Richard Lee, 31, of Queens, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250000 fine when he is sentenced.
Updated: 02/13/2012 07:40P
Iti had Tuhoe 'revolutionary army' plan, court told
Activist Tame Iti wanted to run the Tuhoe region using a "revolutionary army", the trial of the Urewera Four has been told today. The High Court at Auckland has heard how the group planned to kidnap people, carry out armed combat and guerilla warfare.
Updated: 02/13/2012 07:40P
SC orders PM's trial
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Monday indicted Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on contempt of court charges for disregarding its order in the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) case. The government has, for over two years,
Updated: 02/13/2012 07:23P
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