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Release of report on botched Ted Stevens case could be delayed
The report is scheduled to be released on March 15, but one of the prosecutors in the Stevens case, Edward Sullivan, has appealed the release of the report to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. The judge who oversaw the trial, US District
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:23P
Prop 8 revisited
Professor Kevin Moss responded to my column regarding the courts and Prop 8 last week with an impassioned case for marriage equality (“Response to Prop 8: marriage as a right,” March 1), which missed the central contention: that the court is an
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:21P
Prop 8 revisited
Professor Kevin Moss responded to my column regarding the courts and Prop 8 last week with an impassioned case for marriage equality (“Response to Prop 8: marriage as a right,” March 1), which missed the central contention: that the court is an
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:21P
LA jury reaches verdict in detective murder case
By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a former police detective charged with murdering a romantic rival 26 years ago. The panelists deliberating the case against Stephanie
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:20P
Stobbe's defence takes its turn in murder trial
Court reporter Mike McIntyre will be tweeting from the courthouse today as the defence takes its turn in the murder trial of Mark Stobbe for the slaying of his wife, Beverly Rowbotham. Stobbe is accused of hitting Rowbotham in the head 16 times with
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:19P
French court begins hearing Concorde crash case appeal
That trial found US airline Continental solely responsible for the accident, after concluding that a piece of metal that fell off a Continental plane at Charles de Gaulle airport triggered the crash. The official crash investigation found that one of
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:18P
DC Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Admission of Handwriting Evidence
by Ifrah Law - Strategic Defense in Federal Investigations on 3/8/2012 The issue arose after Robert Pettus' jury trial in DC Superior Court. Pettus was convicted of sexual assault and first-degree felony murder in 2008 and sentenced to 60 years in
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:14P
Stanford foreign accounts should be forfeited: jury
The verdict, delivered by the same jury that found him guilty of fraud on Tuesday, allows the government to begin the process of trying to seize the funds, which are held in 29 accounts in countries including Canada and Switzerland.
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:14P
Former Kalamazoo pastor Milton Wells ordered to stand trial in sex assault case
A Kalamazoo County sheriff's detective who obtained an arrest warrant for Wells in January told a district court judge that Wells allegedly took one of the girls to the Kalamazoo 10 movie theater on West Main Street on a regular basis and would
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:14P
Prosecution Rests Case In Rutgers Webcam Spying Trial
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ (CBSNewYork/AP) – Prosecutors have rested their case in the trial of a former Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man. Lawyers for Dharun Ravi are expected to present an
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:13P
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