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Officer breaks down during Stafford murder trial testimony
The now 21-year-old's highly anticipated testimony will begin next Tuesday when the trial resumes. On Thursday, Kelly told the court a large contingent of police officers immediately began working around the clock after the Grade 3 student was reported
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:58P

Finances will not delay Amy Bishop's murder trial
That order came down Thursday afternoon from the Alabama Criminal Court of Appeals. Bishop's attorneys asked the state to give them more than $20000 before trial for expert witnesses and medical testing. The higher court ruled that Alabama law does not
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:54P

Lazarus Trial Goes to Jury
"This case is a banquet of evidence," Deputy District Attorney Shannon Presby told the Los Angeles Superior Court jury earlier. "This (DNA) is not the only piece of evidence." Defense attorney Mark Overland countered that the evidence raised "questions
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:53P

Goyette enters plea in coercion case involving 17-year-old girl
Today in Jackson County Circuit Court, Goyette entered an Alford plea on a felony charge of coercion. In such a plea, the defendant doesn't admit to the crime, but admits that the prosecution could prove the charge. His attorney Jeni Feinberg said her
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:50P

Miss. high court denies 2nd post-conviction claim
Inmates use a post-conviction petition to argue they have found new evidence or a possible constitutional issue that could persuade a court to order a new trial. Havard was convicted of killing Chloe Madison Britt of Ferriday, La., the daughter of his
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:49P

Court: High-profile Cleveland attorney's license suspended
COLUMBUS -- In a unanimous 7-0 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court Thursday suspended the law license of Cleveland divorce attorney Joseph G. Stafford for 12 months for multiple violations of the state's Rules of Professional Conduct in two separate cases
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:47P

Apple halted in pursuit of Kodak patent case
Apple in February had asked the court for permission to lift a stay putting that case, which has been pending in a federal court in Kodak's hometown of Rochester, New York, on hold. Apple had hoped to move the case to Manhattan for a jury trial.
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:46P

Prosecution rests in Rutgers Web cam case
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ, March 8 (UPI) — The prosecution rested its case Thursday in the New Jersey trial of a former Rutgers student accused of spying on a gay roommate. The (Newark, NJ) Star-Ledger said defense lawyers for Dharun Ravi likely would make a
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:46P

KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports -Arizona inmate executed, state's second
Towery's lawyers also argued that the trial court failed to consider so-called mitigating factors that merited a sentence of life in prison over the death penalty, including an extremely difficult childhood that included abuse at the hands of his
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:44P

Sentencing set in oxycodone distribution case
20 in US District Court in Gulfport, the same place his sentencing is scheduled for May 25. Three other defendants in the case have pleaded not guilty. They will stand trial May 14. Prosecutors say the defendants conspired to distribute the drug from
Updated: 03/08/2012 05:44P