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Trial opens in brutal slaying of E. Baltimore teen
By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun Assistant State's Attorney Jennifer Hastings held up two oversized pictures of 15-year-old Jason Mattison Jr., pointed to the suspect sitting just feet from the Circuit Court jury and said the victim "met with a
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:40P
Melvin Jones, testifying in Jeffrey Asher police brutality trial, says he was
By Buffy Spencer, The Republican CHICOPEE – Melvin Jones III sat on the witness stand in Chicopee District Court – a short distance from former Springfield police officer Jeffrey M. Asher – and said he was struck in the head with a flashlight as he was
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:37P
Victory For Religious Liberty in Washington
Salecky case, again from the trial court. This is the case in which a pharmacy refused to dispense the Plan B contraception/abortifacient pill because it violated the owners' religious beliefs. First, note that the case was instigated by Planned
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:35P
LaSalle man arrested in connection with 2010 double homicide
MONTREAL - The murder case involving the deaths of two men who were shot in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant early in 2010 did not end with the suicide death of the Hells Angel who ordered their deaths. Brian Patrick McGuire, 50,
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:31P
Woman avoids trial, enters plea in grandson's drowning
By Eric D. Lawrence A woman accused of drowning her 4-year-old grandson entered a no-contest plea today to a first-degree murder charge on the day her trial was set to begin in Macomb County Circuit Court. Terry Borgia, 62, is scheduled to be sentenced
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:30P
Brother-sister duo accused of stabbing dog to death will stand trial
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge today ruled that there was sufficient evidence for two siblings arrested on suspicion of disemboweling their aunt's dog to face trial. Charissa Bodtcher, 23, and her brother, 18-year-old Timo Bodtcher,
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:30P
Ross Mirkarimi Back in Court
Mirkarimi appeared in court for a brief pre-trial conference in advance of his trial date Friday, when the case will be likely be sent to a trial judge. However, actual trial proceedings will not begin until next week. The trial judge, who has not been
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:29P
Court refuses to open Jordan Brown trial
"As a defendant in adult court, there is no expectation of privacy, which the defendant may assert on his own behalf, regardless of age," Shogan wrote in her 33-page decision. "However, when such a case is transferred to the Juvenile Court system,
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:29P
Suzanne Pilley's 'explicit emails to accused'
After Ms Liddle left the stand on the third day of the trial, the jury then left the court to inspect locations in the city centre where Suzanne was last seen. They first stopped outside a Sainsburys supermarket. The court had earlier heard that
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:28P
NBC Right Now/KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA |Judge says Wash. can't make
But a 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals panel overruled him, saying the rules did not target religious conduct. It sent the case back to Leighton, who held an 11-day trial before reaffirming his original decision. Further appeals were expected,
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:26P
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