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Ross Mirkirmi's Ex-Girlfriend Will Return to Court Monday
San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi leaves the family court on McAllister Street in San Francisco on Feb. 3, 2012. Mirkarimi, 50, has pleaded not guilty to charges of domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness -- all
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:34P
Justice Dept wants trial on Florida
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 they
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:34P
AK Jain moves district court seeking bail
He moved an application in the special CBI court seeking an interim bail on the grounds that being a son he has the obligation to attend the last rituals. The court rejected the application. Then a bail application was filed in the district court.
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:29P
Eric Holder's Justice Dept. Wants to Put Florida Vote Laws on Trial
In court papers filed late Friday night, Florida officials opposed the move and noted that the federal court hearing the case in the District of Columbia wants sufficient time to issue a decision before the August primaries, the Associated Press
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:26P
BP Settles for $7.8 Billion, Additional Fines Possible.
By Pierre Bertrand: Subscribe to Pierre's RSS feed BP and three other energy companies late Friday reached a settlement with the Justice Department that will effectively sttele responsibility for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon case that killed 11 workers
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:24P
Prosecution, courts must share blame for Amir's plight
But a more appropriate response would have been that before the initiation of the trial, the court should have discharged Amir of the offences of waging war and conspiracy to commit that offence. For, the judiciary is not meant to frame charges
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:22P
Homeless man pleads to role in SLC stabbing death over missing vodka bottle
The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/yrHowN ) Robert Wallace entered an Alford plea Friday in 3rd District Court to a third-degree felony charge of homicide by assault. The plea means that while he does not admit guilt, he acknowledges a jury
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:19P
Vagos Pleads to 2nd Degree Murder in Sparks Shootout
He entered the guilty plea in Washoe District Court on Friday in the Sept. 23 shooting death of Jeffery Pettigrew, president of the Hells Angels San Jose chapter. Police say Rudnick repeatedly taunted Pettigrew until Pettigrew threw a punch and the
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:08P
John Edwards Asks Judge Not To Destroy Sex Tape
A request filed Friday in US District Court in Greensboro said Edwards "intends to request, by subpoena or other procedure, certain materials covered" by provisions of the injunction. Edwards asked the court to enforce an automatic stay "with respect
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:07P
The swagger of Waheeda Bukhari
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was understandably stung by the incident into issuing her the notice. There is so much going on in the country that he is helpless to take action simply because of the scale and
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:05P
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