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Justice Department pushes for trial in Florida voting law challenge
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department is opposing changes in Florida voting procedures and says it wants a trial in the dispute, a move that could impact the state's August primary elections. In court papers filed late Friday night, Florida officials say
Updated: 03/03/2012 12:16P
Justice Department wants trial on Florida voting procedures
By Pete Yost, AP WASHINGTON— The Justice Department is opposing changes in Florida voting procedures and says it wants a trial in the dispute, a move that could impact the state's August primary elections. In court papers filed late Friday night,
Updated: 03/03/2012 12:13P
Custody sought for Ala. casino owner if convicted
(AP) - Prosecutors in Alabama's gambling corruption trial say they will ask to have casino owner Milton McGregor taken into custody immediately if he is convicted. A federal court jury began a third day of deliberations in the case Saturday morning in
Updated: 03/03/2012 11:48A
Man Convicted for Helping Thousands Steal Internet Service
Sentencing has been scheduled for May 23, 2012, at 3 pm before Chief District Court Judge Mark Wolf, who presided over the trial. The case was investigated by the Boston Field Office of the FBI and was prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney Adam
Updated: 03/03/2012 11:35A
State court denies pot conviction appeal
During the trial, Tameler argued that Sexton and two other medical marijuana patients cooperating on the grow had a physician's recommendation that they be allowed to grow more than the maximum six plants allowed under state law.
Updated: 03/03/2012 11:33A
Death-row innocents trapped in a living hell
Last year, Troy Davis was executed in Georgia, after a federal court upheld his conviction for shooting a police officer, Mark McPhail, even though no forensic evidence was presented at his trial and several of the witnesses who testified against him
Updated: 03/03/2012 11:32A
Death-row innocents trapped in a living hell
Last year, Troy Davis was executed in Georgia, after a federal court upheld his conviction for shooting a police officer, Mark McPhail, even though no forensic evidence was presented at his trial and several of the witnesses who testified against him
Updated: 03/03/2012 11:31A
Can You Get In Trouble For Bong Water?
The Supreme Court said that unambiguously counts as a drug “mixture” under the wording of state law and sent the case back to Rice County District Court for further proceedings. The decision, authored by Justice G. Barry Anderson, noted that the liquid
Updated: 03/03/2012 11:28A
Amy Bishop's lawyers want trial delayed, until appeals court ruling
(Huntsville Police Department) HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Lawyers for accused UAH shooter Amy Bishop have asked the trial court to delay any proceedings, including her March 19 trial date, until an appeals court rules on a defense request for payments to
Updated: 03/03/2012 11:10A
Turkish ex-heads of armed forces on trial over coup plot
General Bekir Kalyoncu, the current head of Turkey's gendarmerie paramilitary police force, also appeared in court as a witness for the same case. According to the court Buyukanit and Gendarmerie Commander Bekir Kalyoncu signed the 2003 action plan
Updated: 03/03/2012 11:00A
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