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This just in: Megabus driver found not guilty
That was the verdict this morning in Onondaga County Court, where Megabus driver John Tomaszewski was on trial for the 2010 crash on the Onondaga Lake Parkway that killed four people. Our Kat De Maria was in court for the verdict.
Updated: 02/28/2012 01:38P
Benedict pleads not guilty to spiking coffee with meth
Benedict, 34, entered his plea in Yellowstone District Court on a felony charge of criminal endangerment. Benedict allegedly laced the coffee at Laser 1040 with half a gram of methamphetamine earlier this month. Police estimate that up to a dozen
Updated: 02/28/2012 01:37P
HRW calls on Bahrain to free activists
The rights group said that by October, all the special military court cases had been transferred to civilian courts. But 'egregious violations of fair trial rights in political cases' continued in Bahrain's criminal justice system 'with serious
Updated: 02/28/2012 01:33P
Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon Cleared But Francoist Crime Investigations Stall
In Spain, such a crime can remove a judge from the bench. The groups pointed to the country's 1977 Amnesty Law that cleared members of the regime from prosecution; Garzn had argued that forced disappearances, a crime with no statute of limitations,
Updated: 02/28/2012 01:33P
Contingent Fee Realized After LLC's Demise Belongs to Firm, Not Lawyer Who
In his opinion for the court, Judge Steven L. Bernard drew heavily on partnership law except in one respect—the issue of compensation for the lawyer who completed the contingent fee case. Because the Colorado LLC statute, unlike modern partnership
Updated: 02/28/2012 01:32P
Gilani's lawyer for summoning 3 in contempt case
Islamabad: A day before Pakistan's Supreme Court resumes hearing a contempt of court case against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, his lawyer on Monday moved an application seeking the summoning of three witnesses as court witnesses in the interest
Updated: 02/28/2012 01:31P
Case filed with ulterior motive, says Facebook
New Delhi: Social networking website Facebook, facing trial for hosting allegedly objectionable content, has told a Delhi court that the case has been filed against it with "ulterior motives". Facebook has also requested Administrative Civil Judge
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:57P
First court appearance for alleged Chardon shooter; Dimora trial resumes; Ohio
The racketeering trial of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora resumed today with federal Judge Sara Lioi instructing the jury to prepare for deliberations. Tomorrow, prosecutors and defense lawyers will be making their arguments to the
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:53P
First court appearance for alleged Chardon shooter; Dimora trial resumes; Ohio
The racketeering trial of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora resumed today with federal Judge Sara Lioi instructing the jury to prepare for deliberations. Tomorrow, prosecutors and defense lawyers will be making their arguments to the
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:53P
Cantil-Sakauye Departs From Absolutism of Predecessor, Says CCMS Might Be Too
By ROGER M. GRACE Ronald George, as state chief justice, doggedly pushed for implementation of the Court Case Management System in all of California's 58 counties—no matter how many courtrooms had to be closed and how many trial court employees had to
Updated: 02/28/2012 12:50P
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