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Fire hits former Fall River courthouse
The blaze was confined to a storage room in the basement of the historic, stone-construction court building that saw, among others, the Big Dan's gang rape trial of five New Bedford men and the mercy killing trial of nurse Ann Capute.
Updated: 02/20/2012 08:16P

Fire hits former Fall River courthouse
The blaze was confined to a storage room in the basement of the historic, stone-construction court building that saw, among others, the Big Dan's gang rape trial of five New Bedford men and the mercy killing trial of nurse Ann Capute.
Updated: 02/20/2012 08:16P

Judge denies motion for his recusal in Updyke case
Lee County Circuit Court Judge Jacob A. Walker III has allowed Glennon Threatt Jr., an attorney for Harvey Updyke Jr., left, who is accused of poisoning Auburn University's Toomer's Oaks, to withdraw from the case. Updyke's fifth attorney, Everett Wess
Updated: 02/20/2012 08:12P

Hey MGEU, get the hint already
The Court of Appeal also politely told the MGEU to stuff it. Essentially, the MGEU has no case, the appeal court found. Not even close, actually. It was a laughable court application in the first place. And I'm sure dues-paying MGEU members will be
Updated: 02/20/2012 08:12P

Durham DA facing inquiry over feud with judge
District Attorney Tracey Cline was suspended last month based on unfounded accusations of misconduct she had lodged against Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson. Cline was trying to have Hudson removed from overseeing matters involving her office after
Updated: 02/20/2012 08:10P

Jury picked, pretrial motions made in case of Hephzibah man accused of fatally
Prosecutor Geoffrey Fogus asked Superior Court Judge J. David Roper for permission to take the jury to the wastewater treatment plant to show jurors where the shooting occurred and where witnesses saw it from. “I intend to permit a scene visit,” Roper
Updated: 02/20/2012 08:10P

In limbo, Huguely jury must avoid distractions
"The trial system is closed, contained by strict rules, discourages initiative and activism by jurors, and is premised on the assumption that jurors will accept the authority of the court to guide them," retired Howard County Circuit Judge Dennis M.
Updated: 02/20/2012 08:08P

Texas Double Murder Revisited
A notorious Texas double murder will be revisited this week when the man condemned to die for the crime seeks a new trial. Attorneys for death row inmate Stephen Barbee will argue in state court in Fort Worth starting Wednesday that he received
Updated: 02/20/2012 08:06P

Texas Double Murder Revisited
A notorious Texas double murder will be revisited this week when the man condemned to die for the crime seeks a new trial. Attorneys for death row inmate Stephen Barbee will argue in state court in Fort Worth starting Wednesday that he received
Updated: 02/20/2012 08:06P

Aquino, Corona can't be gagged
Gregorio B. Honasan II, a member of the 23-man Senate panel trying the Chief Justice, said the trial court should treat the continuing word war between the two heads of the country's big institutions as part of the democratic process.
Updated: 02/20/2012 07:58P