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Woman serving time for Tori's death to testify
Michael Thomas Rafferty's trial began last week in London, Ont. The 31-year-old has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and abduction. Eight-year-old Tori went missing on April 8, 2009, shortly after she left
Updated: 03/13/2012 08:44A
Algerian court hands out death sentence in absentia to AQIM chief
A fourth attack was thwarted when security officers defused a car bomb, according to court documents in the trial that opened on March 14. Droukdel, a 42-year-old engineer by training whose alias is Abou Moussaab Abdelouadoud, is said to consider as
Updated: 03/13/2012 08:41A
3-judge appeals panel rejects Watertown wrongful-death suit
A state appellate panel is upholding a Superior Court ruling that dismissed the suit filed on behalf of the estate of Barbara Eckert. The three-judge panel agreed with the trial court's decision that statute of limitation barred the legal action.
Updated: 03/13/2012 08:41A
Senate, prosecutors ask SC to junk CJ's 'stop trial' petition
So stated the comment of the Senate and the prosecution in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona on the chief magistrate's allegations that some senator-judges have lost their cold neutrality and are acting as prosecutors.
Updated: 03/13/2012 08:40A
Khmer Rouge jailer to testify in key trial next week
PHNOM PENH - A former Khmer Rouge jailer imprisoned for life by Cambodia's war crimes tribunal will take the stand again next week to testify in the trial of three ex-regime leaders, the court said Tuesday. Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch,
Updated: 03/13/2012 08:40A
Judges preparing to deliver International Criminal Court's landmark first ever
AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands — International judges are preparing to deliver the first verdicts at a landmark trial of an alleged Congolese warlord accused of recruiting child soldiers. Thomas Lubanga pleaded innocent at the world's first permanent war
Updated: 03/13/2012 08:40A
Race due back in Halifax court on murder charges
A mentally ill Halifax man accused of murdering two men in 2007 is expected in provincial court today. Glen Race is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 44-year-old Michael Knott and 45-year-old Trevor Brewster.
Updated: 03/13/2012 08:39A
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMInternational court to deliver first verdicts
Entertainment News from AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - International judges are preparing to deliver the first verdicts at a landmark trial of an alleged Congolese warlord accused of recruiting child soldiers. Thomas Lubanga pleaded innocent at the
Updated: 03/13/2012 08:38A
Trial continues, Erdo?an says after journalists' release
“May it be the best for our nation,” Erdo?an told reporters after an address to his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Parliament. “They will continue to stand trial without imprisonment.” The prime minister, who has repeatedly brushed aside
Updated: 03/13/2012 08:38A
'Desperate Housewives' Trial; Mystery Witness Emerges As Nicollette Sheridan's
A judge ordered the man to appear in court Tuesday morning to determine whether he will become one of the final witnesses that jurors considering the case will hear from. The man, who was identified as Michael Reinhart, left a message for Sheridan's
Updated: 03/13/2012 08:37A