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Baby murder mum on trial
A BABY aged four months died as a result of “deliberate and violent shaking”, a court has heard. Karen Irvine, 19, of Gerrard Street, Lancaster, and Christopher Roberts, 19, of Garth Lane, Powys, North Wales, are accused of assaulting Lucas Irvine
Updated: 03/14/2012 12:24P
Judge overturns death sentence in heinous double murder case of Johnnie A. Worsley
By Jim Mustian - jmustian@ledger-enquirer.com A Superior Court judge agreed this morning to grant a new penalty phase to confessed double murderer Johnnie A. Worsley, a Columbus death row inmate who argued 13 years after his conviction that his defense
Updated: 03/14/2012 12:21P
Cheryl McCafferty seeks new trial
“Defense counsels' ineffectiveness and the trial court's erroneous evidentiary rulings precluded Cheryl from telling the jury her full story and led to an unjust verdict.” McCafferty was indicted for murder but a jury found her guilty of first-degree
Updated: 03/14/2012 12:19P
Defense drops bombshell in Goodman DUI manslaughter trial
By Daphne Duret WEST PALM BEACH — WEST PALM BEACH – The first big bombshell in the DUI manslaughter trial against polo mogul John Goodman came this morning in the form of a revelation from defense attorney Roy Black that a key witness in the case had
Updated: 03/14/2012 12:18P
Oracle patent and copyright suit against Google to start on April 16th
California judge William Alsup issued an order yesterday setting the trial date and stating that he expected the case to last about eight weeks. This suit will determine whether the Java-based code on Google's Android platform violates patents and
Updated: 03/14/2012 12:17P
Jury begins deliberations in Dharun Ravi webcam spying trial
Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman charged the 15-member jury this morning for about an hour and a half, then three alternates were randomly chosen. Two men and a woman were chosen as alternates, leaving five men and seven women to deliberate.
Updated: 03/14/2012 12:17P
Tori Stafford trial: Terri-Lynne McClintic agreed to "take the fall for
By Linda Nguyen, Postmedia News March 14, 2012 11:03 AM Sketch art of Terri-Lynne McClintic testifying Tuesday at the murder trial of Michael Rafferty in London, Ont. Rafferty, 31, is charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of
Updated: 03/14/2012 12:16P
No ruling on whether burial box is that of Jesus' brother
AP JERUSALEM -- A Jerusalem court on Wednesday acquitted an Israeli collector of forging a trove of Bible-era artifacts but failed to determine whether a purported burial box of Jesus' brother James at the center of the seven-year trial was authentic
Updated: 03/14/2012 12:15P
Salem Witch Trial document up for auction
The original court indictment of Margaret Scott, a Rowley widow in her 70s and one of the last people hanged during the 1692 hysteria in colonial Massachusetts, is part of a private collection of historical documents being sold Thursday at Swann
Updated: 03/14/2012 12:15P
'Criminals' get a real grilling at mock trials
Police officer Caitlin Jones from Minchinhampton CofE giving evidence at the schools' mock trial competition. The move comes after the real-life Stroud Magistrates' Court was no longer available. Now the challenge is using the educational and care
Updated: 03/14/2012 12:14P
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