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State pays out millions due to slow court proceedings
The Croatian state paid out a whopping 38.4 million kuna in compensation in 2010, because of slow court proceedings, namely due to final judgements relating to the violation of the right to trial within a reasonable time. Reasonable time for a trial is
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:58A
Norway court sentences 1985 rapist
However, the man who was accused of committing the sexual assault did not meet in court for the trial, fleeing to Lanzarote. He later moved to Norway and married. Norwegian authorities found the suspect in November 2010 after the British courts alerted
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:55A
Kaneria implicated in English spot-fix case
London Pakistan international spinner Danish Kaneria was named in court today as being involved in a spot-fixing scam that led to the trial of a former English county cricketer. Prosecutors in the case of former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield,
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:51A
Denied Jobs, Blacks Test New Bias Theory in
The court found the class was too broad and failed to challenge a specific hiring practice as discriminatory. Lawyers defending Iowa have cited that decision in asking the judge to dismiss this case. But the high court's decision did not specifically
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:49A
Kaneria implicated in English spot-fix case
London: Pakistan international spinner Danish Kaneria was named in court on Friday as being involved in a spot-fixing scam that led to the trial of a former English County cricketer. Prosecutors in the case of former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield,
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:48A
Prosecutors: Death row inmate's counsel in contempt
ELYRIA — Prosecutors have asked Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Rothgery to hold one of the attorneys fighting to get a new trial for death row inmate Freddie McNeill in contempt of court. In court documents filed this week,
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:40A
Case vs cop in radioman's slay re-raffled
THE case against a policeman tagged in the killing of a radio broadcaster in Manay, Davao Oriental has been re-raffled off to another regular court on Thursday. This developed after Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch 14 Judge George Omelio granted on
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:39A
Soliman residents' bid for TRO on demolition junked
THE Court of Appeals (CA) denied the motion filed by illegal settlers of Barangay Soliman in Agdao, Davao City, for the suspension of demolition. Records at the Regional Trial Court branch 16 showed that the CA denied on January 17 the request of
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:39A
Arraignment of man in slay of trader reset to March 2
THE Regional Trial Court (RTC) has reset Friday's arraignment of the 27-year-old man accused of killing a trader at Shanghai Village in Matina Aplaya, Davao City. RTC branch 15 reset the arraignment of Bernard Onin, a painter, resident of Leon Garcia
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:39A
TONY SINGH TRIAL: Police in van search 'blunder'
AN ARMED response police officer gave evidence yesterday in the trial of three men accused of killing a 24-year-old Newport father. Caerphilly men Karl Drummond, 37, of Attlee Court, George Glover, 40, of Graham Court and Shahid Rafiq, 37,
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:37A