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Desperate Housewives actress suffers court setback
The decision by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth White came as the nearly two week trial approached closing arguments before a jury. The case brought by Sheridan, an actress in the hit ABC comedy Desperate Housewives from 2004 to 2009,
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:54A
Teacher on trial here in murder-for-hire
Despite that man's 'severe" health problems, Young, who also is a licensed nurse, gave him pills to facilitate an erection, prosecutors claim in court filings. Also soon after Griesbauer's death, Young began to "bamboozle or otherwise persuade" a
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:52A
Historic verdict condemns Congolese warlord
however, a source of disappointment to campaigners for justice - and an indication of the political limitations on the court. It was set up to provide a permanent forum after ad hoc tribunals, inspired by the Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders,
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:50A
Congolese warlord Lubanga guilty of use of child soldiers
Lubanga became the first person ever arrested under a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court when the Congolese authorities arrested him and transferred him into ICC custody in March 2006. His trial began in January 2009.
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:45A
Congolese warlord guilty in war crimes court's first verdict
First transferred to The Hague in 2006, the alleged founder of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) and chief commander of its military wing went on trial in January 2009. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges. Prosecutors told the court that
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:45A
Nebraskan pleads not guilty in kidnap, sex assault
(AP) - A 26-year-old Grand Island man faces a June trial on charges that he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 4-year-old girl. On Tuesday, Abraham Richardson pleaded not guilty in Hall County District Court. Richardson is suspected of abducting the
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:43A
Durango Guide Gets Probation in Groping Case
“I stand before this court an innocent man accused of a crime I did not commit,” Harper told the court. He is appealing the case, according to The Herald. SILVERTON, Colo. — A Durango outfitter has been found guilty of unlawful sexual contact after he
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:40A
Durango Guide Gets Probation in Groping Case
“I stand before this court an innocent man accused of a crime I did not commit,” Harper told the court. He is appealing the case, according to The Herald. SILVERTON, Colo. — A Durango outfitter has been found guilty of unlawful sexual contact after he
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:40A
Lease renewals save otherwise time-barred breach of fiduciary duty claims in a
The New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed a trial court decision holding that lease renewals would revive stale claims in a partnership dispute. In Munoz v. Perla, et al., A-5922-08T3, the Munoz brought claims, among others, for breach of fiduciary
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:33A
DRC: ICC conviction of Thomas Lubanga welcomed
The verdict, says Amnesty, demonstrates that the ICC can bring the world's worst offenders to justice for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. A Trial Chamber made up of three judges delivered the ICC's first-ever verdict against Lubanga
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:29A
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