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Gabe Watson freed due to lack of evidence at Alabama murder trial
Pre-trial bluster meant nothing to the no-nonsense judge who hasn't liked the Gabe Watson money for murder case since it was exported from Queensland in 2010 and threw it out of court yesterday. Watson had already done his time in Queensland for the
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:24A
State prosecutor's reasoning in Wood trial 'dangerous'
Justice Peter McClellan found the trial miscarried because of Mr Tedeschi's closing address, in particular, his ''50 questions''. ''Asking questions, even in a rhetorical manner, and inviting the jury when considering its verdict to consider whether
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:21A
Nurse's murderer planned to kill ex-wife, court told
The trial of Walter Ciaran Marsh, 50, who is accused of murdering Sydney nurse Michelle Beets, has begun. Photo: Jon Reid THE former US marine who killed Sydney nurse manager Michelle Beets had previously planned to kill his American former wife and
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:21A
Nurse's murderer planned to kill ex-wife, court told
The trial of Walter Ciaran Marsh, 50, who is accused of murdering Sydney nurse Michelle Beets, has begun. Photo: Jon Reid THE former US marine who killed Sydney nurse manager Michelle Beets had previously planned to kill his American former wife and
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:21A
Judge takes up bid for bail by Jackson doctor
Dr. Conrad Murray remained expressionless as the jury returned with a guilty verdict in his involuntary manslaughter trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court on November 7, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Murray was convicted in the 2009 death of pop
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:16A
'Dingo Baby Death' Case Re-Opens In Australia
The court has been told that the wild dog is likely to have taken the nine-week-old child from a tent near Uluru, or Ayres Rock, in the outback in 1980. The infamous case gripped Australia and the world and could now be closer to a conclusion.
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:11A
Jury deliberates in Bridgeport triple killing case
Twenty-nine-year-old Efrain Johnson is on trial in federal court in New Haven. The 12 jurors heard closing arguments and began deliberating Thursday and are set to reconvene Friday. Johnson faces a possible life prison sentence...
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:09A
Freed Gordon Wood considers lawsuit
The NSW Court of Appeal overturned the 2008 murder conviction and 13-year sentence handed to Mr Wood, the former chauffeur of the late stockbroker Rene Rivkin, and found that evidence used in the case led to a miscarriage of justice.
Updated: 02/24/2012 08:08A
Mother sobs as murder trial unfolds
Milena Firgan held up well — most of the time — as she listened in Brampton court to evidence about how hundreds of drops of blood from her Grade 8 daughter, Aleksandra, were splashed about the bedroom of the man accused of killing her.
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:31A
Crime and Courts: Bail bonds proposal resurfaces in the Legislature
Steven Elbow has covered police and court issues for more than a decade in Wisconsin. He joined The Capital Times in 2000, where he has covered city, county and state government in addition to law enforcement. He has also worked for the Portage Daily
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:28A
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