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US Can Go After Stanford's $330M in Foreign Accounts
The verdict clears the way for the US government to try to seize the funds and return them to investors. Stanford was convicted on Tuesday in federal court in Houston of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. During a six-week trial, prosecutors said
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:57P
French Kidnap Convict Sparks Debate In Mexico
A Supreme Court justice has suggested she be freed, and a panel of justices will debate the issue in March. The head of the country's human rights commission said Thursday the court should balance fair trial guarantees with the rights of victims.
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:51P
Alabama appeals court rejects Amy Bishop's request for defense expert funds
(The Huntsville Times/Glenn Baeske) HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- An Alabama appeals court has denied a request by Amy Bishop's attorneys to authorize payments to defense experts and to delay the March 19 trial, according to a court filing this afternoon.
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:51P
Key Ruling in Mirkarimi Case Expected Friday
A decision could be made as soon as Friday on whether a key piece of video evidence will be admissible in the upcoming domestic violence trial against San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi. San Francisco Superior Court's three-judge appellate division
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:49P
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMArizona inmate executed, state's second in 8 days
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 06:49P
Judge in Hudson case has harsh words for Coastkeeper
In his March 1 letter to all counsel of record, Judge William M. Nickerson, a senior judge in US District Court in Baltimore, wrote that if the court drew inferences in the plaintiff's favor, it could conclude that when it rains, “trace amounts of
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:48P
Trial postponed for man accused of child porn offenses
(March 9, 2012) The trial of the Ocean City taxi driver accused of child pornography offenses was postponed Tuesday because of pending federal charges. In Circuit Court in Snow Hill, Worcester County Assistant State's Attorney Diane Cuilhe told Judge
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:48P
Jury to deliberate in sex-assault accused trial
BY MONICA HEARY A judge told jury members yesterday that they should set set aside their own personal moral issues about cocaine before they retired to consider the verdict in a case involving a Lilli Pilli man accused of having non-consensual sex with
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:47P
Prop. 8 may head to US Supreme Court
A crowd gathered at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and heard the final ruling on the ongoing court case Perry v. Brown that declared California's Prop. 8 unconstitutional. It was a 2-1 decision where Judge Smith
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:46P
Legal fees in Gulf oil spill deal stir conflict
Over the last several months, as lawyers who appeared before Feinberg collected hefty fees, lawyers on the court cases sat largely empty-handed. Finally last year, the court case lawyers asked presiding judge Carl Barbier to hold back six percent of
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:44P
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