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BC teacher back on trial for alleged affair with student
A former Vernon, BC teacher accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with an elementary school student is back on trial one year after her previous court proceedings ended in a mistrial. Deborah Ashton, 47, pleaded not guilty Monday to
Updated: 03/05/2012 09:03P
Colorado court says students can carry guns on campus
The Colorado case stemmed from three students with valid concealed-carry permits who sued in 2008 after university police denied them permission to carry their weapons on campus. The students lost at the trial court level, but the ruling was overturned
Updated: 03/05/2012 09:03P
Two Virginia Tech victims' families file wrongful death lawsuits
Jury selection was scheduled for day one of the expected week-long trial at Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christiansburg, Virginia, according to the office of plaintiff attorney Robert T. Hall. In April 2007, a mentally deranged student shot dead
Updated: 03/05/2012 09:03P
Jury deliberations begin in resentencing trial of convicted cop-killer
Buntion was convicted in 1991 and sentenced to death, but an appeals court later ruled that the jury instructions in that case were flawed. Buntion's attorneys have argued that jurors weren't allowed to consider his troubled childhood.
Updated: 03/05/2012 09:03P
Hearing Over St. Louis Transfer Case Gets Started
Posted: Mar 5, 2012 7:32 PM by AP CLAYTON (AP) - A court case is under way in St. Louis County over a Missouri law allowing students from unaccredited school districts to transfer to accredited districts, with their home districts covering the costs.
Updated: 03/05/2012 08:56P
Hearing Over St. Louis Transfer Case Gets Started
Posted: Mar 5, 2012 7:32 PM by AP CLAYTON (AP) - A court case is under way in St. Louis County over a Missouri law allowing students from unaccredited school districts to transfer to accredited districts, with their home districts covering the costs.
Updated: 03/05/2012 08:56P
Murder trial hears horrifying details of Grade 3 student Tori Stafford's death
Accused Michael Rafferty is shown in court in London, Ont., Monday, March 5, 2012 in this artist's sketch. The trial of Rafferty, 31, began Monday nearly three years after Victoria Stafford disappeared outside her elementary school in Woodstock, Ont.,
Updated: 03/05/2012 08:55P
Murder trial hears horrifying details of Grade 3 student Tori Stafford's death
Accused Michael Rafferty is shown in court in London, Ont., Monday, March 5, 2012 in this artist's sketch. The trial of Rafferty, 31, began Monday nearly three years after Victoria Stafford disappeared outside her elementary school in Woodstock, Ont.,
Updated: 03/05/2012 08:55P
Mets are out up to $83M in Madoff scheme; could be much, much more
The Mets have to fork over all the profits they made in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme - and could end up paying out $300 million more at trial. US District Court Judge Jed Rakoff Monday ordered the owners of the Mets to pay up to $83 million to the
Updated: 03/05/2012 08:52P
Prosecutors: Man accused in Clearfield robbery may face federal charges soon
Michael Rivera, 31, appeared Monday in 2nd District Court before Judge John R. Morris. Rivera is charged with two first-degree felonies stemming from the Aug. 29, 2009, botched robbery and shooting of Anmol Ratton in his driveway in Clearfield.
Updated: 03/05/2012 08:50P
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