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Supreme Court to look at 'jury vetting'
Should the state be allowed to peer into the background of potential jurors before deciding whether to select them for a trial? In a series of five test cases this week, the Supreme Court will wrestle with the issue of whether so-called “jury-vetting”
Updated: 03/11/2012 07:32P
Kids fight on for recess Bible study
By Jack Minor An attorney for a then-4th-grader who was prohibited by school officials from holding a Bible study with his friends at recess time says an appeals court will be hearing the case to clear up misunderstandings – and even misrepresentations
Updated: 03/11/2012 07:22P
Third challenge to video in Ross Mirkarimi case
The basis for the new motion, filed Friday by Mirkarimi's attorneys, is a 2004 US Supreme Court decision, Crawford v. Washington. The court ruled that a recorded pretrial statement made by a suspect's wife to police that was used against him violated
Updated: 03/11/2012 07:13P
Tobacco trial set to begin in Canada
Plaintiffs have filed two separate class actions in what is Canada's biggest-ever civilian lawsuit, against Imperial Tobacco, JTI-Macdonald and Rothmans Benson & Hedges in the Superior Court of Quebec. The first class includes 90000 current and former
Updated: 03/11/2012 06:52P
$27B tobacco lawsuit starts Monday
These documents will help anti-tobacco crusaders around the world take more cigarette companies to court, Johnston told QMI Agency in an interview. He said the documents that he's seen from the companies being sued in the Montreal case include examples
Updated: 03/11/2012 06:50P
Too many daydreamers in F1, says Ecclestone
F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone leaves after the first day of his testimony in the trial against banker Gerhard Gribkowsky at a district court in Munich November 9, 2011. REUTERS/Michael Dalder Speaking to the official Formula One website
Updated: 03/11/2012 06:39P
Doctor acquitted in 'virginity test' trial
Ibrahim has been leading the charge against the practice; however, no women's rights organization has taken up her case. Even though the courts ordered a stop on virginity tests in December, Human Rights Watch says it had little faith in the trial's
Updated: 03/11/2012 06:35P
Top judge: China needs legal reforms
Legal reformers say the current government of President Hu Jintao has undermined the rule of law by promoting a campaign that says the party and people's interests must be placed above the letter of the law. The public and media are often kept out of
Updated: 03/11/2012 06:09P
NASA worker fired over intelligent design, lawsuit claims
Trial in the case begins Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court. David Coppedge worked as a "team lead" on the Cassini mission exploring Saturn and its many moons. He lost his "team lead" title in 2009 and was let go last year.
Updated: 03/11/2012 05:58P
Scientist says NASA is not so intelligent
by The Canadian Press - Story: 72283 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has landed robotic explorers on the surface of Mars, sent probes to outer planets and operates a worldwide network of antennas that communicates with interplanetary spacecraft.
Updated: 03/11/2012 05:42P
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