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Closings, jury deliberations on for Wednesday in Virginia Tech negligence trial
Circuit Judge William Alexander later adjourned the trial for the day and told jurors to return to court Wednesday to hear closing arguments and to begin their deliberations. Attorneys for the state, the lone defendant in the civil trial,
Updated: 03/13/2012 06:08P
Judge rejects religion expert for ex-JPL worker's lawsuit trial
In the trial of a former Jet Propulsion Laboratory employee who claims he was fired for his belief that God had a hand in shaping the universe, a judge will determine what's dogma and what isn't, not a religious expert. David Coppedge, a former systems
Updated: 03/13/2012 06:06P
Trial on Sivas Massacre dropped despite protests
Police used tear gas to disperse a group of demonstrators protesting the court ruling on the Sivas Massacre trial yesterday. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SNMEZ n Ankara court dropped a high-profile case over the deadly 1993 torching of a Sivas hotel
Updated: 03/13/2012 06:05P
'Desperate Housewives' trial ends with one final twist
The witness, a construction coordinator responsible for building the show's Wisteria Lane sets, said he had been copied accidentally on an email that discussed wiping computer hard drives clean of information about actress Nicollette Sheridan.
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:34P
Tori Stafford trial: Convicted killer describes luring Tori
LONDON, Ont. — Terri-Lynne McClintic described for an Ontario court on Tuesday how she lured Victoria (Tori) Stafford into a waiting car, purchased a claw hammer at a Home Depot and walked away from the car that contained accused murder Michael
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:27P
Father of drowned boys files $940000 lawsuit against ex-wife
In a statement of claim filed in the Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench on Jan. 27 against Allyson McConnell — who is currently on trial for second degree murder in the deaths of 10-month-old son Jayden and 2-year-old Connor — Curtis McConnell says that
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:03P
Rafferty trial hears graphic details of Stafford death from convicted killer
She told the court he told McClintic he was going out of town and would see her the next day. Around 2 pm that day, she left the employment centre and walked home. She said Rafferty was pulling out of her driveway and asked if she wanted to come with
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:01P
McClintic testified Tuesday at Michael Rafferty's first-degree murder trial
McClintic, at times wiping tears from her face and taking long pauses, told the court she saw Rafferty attempt to rape the girl before that, but didn't "stay there and watch. I can't really give you play-by-play." McClintic did note that when she took
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:01P
Jury to get case in Rutgers webcam spying trial
Jurors will begin deliberations Wednesday in the case of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man. There's no dispute that Dharun Ravi (dah-ROON' RAH'-vee) saw a brief
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:00P
INSIGHT-Behind the U.S. healthcare-law case: The challengers' tale
Along with a group of like-minded officials from other states, she was determined to be the first to test President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law at the US Supreme Court. And she wanted to find the right lawyer to do it. On Feb.
Updated: 03/13/2012 04:59P