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1994 Fresno murder case to be reopened to test DNA
Judge Jonathan Conklin approved DeShawn Lee Jackson's motion in Fresno County Superior Court after defense attorney Antonio Alvarez argued that further DNA testing could prove Jackson's innocence. Seventeen years ago, Jackson, then 17, was found guilty
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:42P
Trial opens in Rutgers webcam kiss case
Dharun Ravi, 19, faces 15 counts of invasion of privacy, witness and evidence tampering and bias intimidation, a hate crime, in New Jersey's Middlesex County Court. He rejected an earlier plea deal and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted in the
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:40P
Latest Mirkarimi court filing includes photos of a distraught, bruised Lopez
Prosecutors Friday fired back at defense attorneys for Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi – arguing that the statements of Mirkarimi's allegedly battered wife Eliana Lopez were admissible at trial – in a court filing that included photographs of a clearly
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:36P
Thumbs up to cameras at upcoming Sheley murder trial
Prosecutors had asked the presiding judge to bar cameras, arguing they'd make it harder to give Nicholas Sheley a fair trial. But Judge Jeffrey O'Connor ruled Friday that he'll permit cameras as part of the Illinois Supreme Court's decision to
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:35P
Thumbs up to cameras at upcoming Sheley murder trial
Prosecutors had asked the presiding judge to bar cameras, arguing they'd make it harder to give Nicholas Sheley a fair trial. But Judge Jeffrey O'Connor ruled Friday that he'll permit cameras as part of the Illinois Supreme Court's decision to
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:35P
Testimony Continues in Home Invasion Trial
CORPUS CHRISTI - Testimony continued today in the trial of three men accused of breaking into a southside home and attacking a man with a hammer. Ruby Garcia told the court today that the alleged victim, Daniel Denham, is not as innocent as he's says
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:34P
District Pleads Before Mo. Supreme Court
by Kevin Murphy Douglas Copeland, attorney for the Webster Groves School District (WGSD), presented oral arguments before the Missouri Supreme Court last week. The district wants judges to reverse a lower court's order from last summer to enroll
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:34P
BP trial will push gross negligence claim
24 (UPI) — Poor decisions, risk taking and faulty testing led to the 2010 oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, court papers filed by federal prosecutors say. The trial set to begin Monday in New Orleans will pit federal, state and private concerns
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:32P
Judge approves the use of cameras at Nicholas Sheley's 2nd murder trial; sets
At the same pretrial hearing, O'Connor also granted a request from Sheley's defense attorney to delay the trial's March 5 start date to give him more time to prepare for what he said was a more complicated case than he had anticipated. The new court
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:31P
Roy High student charged in bomb plot in parental custody
Joshua Kyler Hoggan is charged with use of a weapon of mass destruction, a first-degree felony, in 2nd District Juvenile Court. He had been in custody since he was arrested Jan. 25, but Judge Janice Frost decided Friday to let the boy out.
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:30P
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