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UPDATE 1-Appeals court rules Tucson shooter can be forcibly medicated
may continue to forcibly medicate the man charged with the deadly Tucson shooting spree last year that gravely wounded then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords as they seek to restore his fitness for trial, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.
Updated: 03/05/2012 06:14P
Ex-Philly Dykstra sentenced to prison
Under California law, a no contest plea is the legal equivalent to pleading guilty. Dykstra, who spent more than a decade in the major leagues, mostly as an outfielder for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, also faces criminal charges in two
Updated: 03/05/2012 06:12P
Texas Nurse's Bleach Injection Deaths Trial Begins
Saenz stood in court holding her hands behind her back as Angelina County District Attorney Clyde Herrington read the six-count indictment against her. Her lawyer, Ryan Deaton, answered “Not guilty, your honor,” on her behalf when the judge asked for a
Updated: 03/05/2012 06:11P
KTVN Channel 2 - Reno Tahoe News Weather, Video - Loughner loses 3 appeals
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruling clears the way for prison authorities to continue to medicate and treat Jared Lee Loughner. The court also rejected two other appeals by Loughner's lawyers over their client's forced medication.
Updated: 03/05/2012 06:09P
Appeals court rules Tucson shooter can be forcibly
Bybee also said evidence supports the lower-court's finding that there is a "substantial probability that Loughner will be restored to competency in the foreseeable future." US District Judge Larry Burns on February 6 granted doctors at the US Bureau
Updated: 03/05/2012 06:06P
Son's manslaughter trial: Sobs heard as evidence given
As a police officer described how he put bags over the head and hands of the dead man to preserve any evidence for the autopsy, loud sobs broke out in the public gallery of the High Court and two women bolted from the courtroom. A 19-year-old,
Updated: 03/05/2012 06:06P
Judge to hear VI case for right to vote in federal elections
THOMAS - A case pursuing the right to vote and vie for federal office for territorial residents earned a space in the VI Superior Court's June docket. Superior Court Judge Adam Christian in late February ordered the case will go to court with tentative
Updated: 03/05/2012 06:06P
Ore. court: Doodle OK as evidence in robbery trial
(AP) -- A crude drawing showing an armed man demanding jewelry from a woman helped convict a 19-year-old of an actual robbery in 2009, and Oregon's appeals court has ruled it was OK to use the doodle in his trial. Police say they found the drawing in
Updated: 03/05/2012 06:05P
Ore. court: Doodle OK as evidence in robbery trial
(AP) -- A crude drawing showing an armed man demanding jewelry from a woman helped convict a 19-year-old of an actual robbery in 2009, and Oregon's appeals court has ruled it was OK to use the doodle in his trial. Police say they found the drawing in
Updated: 03/05/2012 06:05P
VI Supreme Court upholds Carty's convictions in Hospital Ground stabbings
THOMAS - The VI Supreme Court has upheld a 2009 trial court's murder conviction of Chris Carty, who is incarcerated for fatally stabbing Glen Blyden in Hospital Ground on Jan. 28, 2007. Carty also is serving time for goring another victim's mouth and
Updated: 03/05/2012 06:05P
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