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Egypt Accelerates Trial of US Workers
The judges in the case said the trial would be adjourned in order to give both sides a chance to review evidence, a common convention in Egyptian courts. But they offered no explanation for why the resumption of the trial had been moved up after
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:39P
Ninth Defendant Pleads Guilty to Telemarketing Fraud That Solicited Over $9
LOS ANGELES—The last of nine defendants facing trial next week on federal fraud charges stemming from boiler room operations that solicited investments in independent movies pleaded guilty in federal district court yesterday afternoon, admitting that
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:37P
French court opens appeals trial over 2000 Concorde crash
After years of investigation and a two-month trial, a court outside Paris convicted Continental and one of its mechanics in Texas of manslaughter in 2010. Four other defendants were acquitted. Both mechanic John Taylor and Continental appealed and
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:36P
Tori Stafford's mom pointed police to McClintic
The Crown has said that McClintic will be called to testify in this trial, which is expected to last several months. Judge Thomas Heeney told jurors on Wednesday that McClintic would likely testify next next Tuesday. In court on Thursday, Kelly became
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:31P
Jury reaches verdict in murder trial of former LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus
In this July 6, 2009 file photo, former Los Angeles detective Stephanie Lazarus appears in court in Los Angeles. Lazarus is accused of killing an ex-boyfriend's wife 23 years ago. Attorneys on Monday, March 5, 2012 are expected to begin presenting
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:29P
Disputes settled without going to court
Former judge Robert Fisher, QC: 'The courts need mediation and mediation definitely needs the courts.' Photo / Greg Bowker It's a genteel version of a cage fight. Two people locked inside to battle until only one is left standing. Except in this case,
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:28P
Lone American appears in court in Egyptian NGO trial
REPORTING FROM CAIRO -- A lone American appeared in a Cairo courtroom Thursday in a criminal case against civil society workers that has shaken Egypt's new political establishment and strained relations between the US and one of its closest Arab allies
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:26P
Murfreesboro Judge: City camping ordinance Constitutional
Murfreesboro City Court Judge Ewing Sellers listens to Occupy attorneys Will York present his case Thursday morning. / Jim Davis/DNJ MURFREESBORO — A city court judge decided Thursday that a city ordinance prohibiting camping on Civic Plaza and other
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:25P
Murfreesboro Judge: City camping ordinance Constitutional
Murfreesboro City Court Judge Ewing Sellers listens to Occupy attorneys Will York present his case Thursday morning. / Jim Davis/DNJ MURFREESBORO — A city court judge decided Thursday that a city ordinance prohibiting camping on Civic Plaza and other
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:25P
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