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Bankruptcy judge delays decision on Renegade future
By The Winston-Salem Journal GREENSBORO — Three Mocksville tobacco manufacturers will have to wait another 45 days before learning whether they will face a trial or be able move toward exiting bankruptcy for the second time. Judge William Stocks of the
Updated: 03/14/2012 05:57A
Final arguments, deliberations to begin in 'Desperate Housewives' firing case
Desperate Housewives star, Nicollette Sheridan arrives at court Tuesday March 13, 2012, in Los Angeles. Jurors in Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination case heard a set worker Tuesday describe an email he believed called for the destruction of
Updated: 03/14/2012 05:55A
War crimes court convicts Congolese leader of conscripting child soldiers
Thomas Lubanga did not react as Presiding Judge Adrian Fulford read out the verdicts Wednesday. He now faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The trial, which began in January 2009, is the first at an international court to focus exclusively on
Updated: 03/14/2012 05:55A
DR Congo warlord guilty in war crimes court's first verdict
THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court convicted Congolese militia boss Thomas Lubanga of war crimes on Wednesday for using children in his rebel army, in the tribunal's first verdict since its launch. "The chamber reached its decision
Updated: 03/14/2012 05:55A
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On the final day of its annual session, the legislature also approved revisions to the key criminal procedure law that at least on paper will restrict police powers to secretly detain people, a tactic increasingly used against activists and government
Updated: 03/14/2012 05:50A
ICC landmark ruling on Congo militia leader due today
Judges are delivering verdicts in the International Criminal Court's first trial, against a Congolese militia leader accused of sending child soldiers to kill and be killed in a brutal ethnic conflict. A bodyguard stands behind the leader of the rebel
Updated: 03/14/2012 05:44A
Teenager's 'ordeal' with sex case couple
She told the court she cannot remember how it happened, but Huelin had sex with her. The girl added: “They took advantage of me because I had been drinking.” Huelin, aged 28, of Longfield Road, Bolton, is on trial and denies engaging in sexual activity
Updated: 03/14/2012 05:36A
Lockerbie Revealed: other key findings from 'secret' report
During its four-year investigation, as well as finding six grounds why Megrahi may have suffered a miscarriage of justice, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission examined numerous other issues which, according to his lawyers, affected the safety
Updated: 03/14/2012 05:25A
ECHR president Sir Nicolas Bratza admits euro judges have no judicial experience
By Jason Groves, Political Correspondent Many of the 'best' judges at the European Court of Human Rights have no judicial experience, its president admitted yesterday. In a rare appearance at Westminster, Sir Nicolas Bratza came under fire from MPs
Updated: 03/14/2012 05:21A
ECHR president Sir Nicolas Bratza admits euro judges have no judicial experience
By Jason Groves, Political Correspondent Many of the 'best' judges at the European Court of Human Rights have no judicial experience, its president admitted yesterday. In a rare appearance at Westminster, Sir Nicolas Bratza came under fire from MPs
Updated: 03/14/2012 05:21A
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