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Jury to retire in Urewera trial
A High Court jury is set to retire on Thursday to decide whether the "Urewera four" were planning to undertake serious violent offences in the name of Tuhoe independence. The jury at the High Court in Auckland has been hearing evidence for just over a
Updated: 03/14/2012 12:14P
Polish soldiers face retrial in Afghan war crimes case
WARSAW — Four Polish soldiers face a new war crimes trial after Warsaw's supreme court on Wednesday overturned their acquittal of the killing of Afghan civilians, including women and children, in 2007. The court however confirmed the acquittal of three
Updated: 03/14/2012 12:05P
On Trial at Rutgers: Hate Crime or Thought Crime?
The crimes he is being prosecuted for? Invasion of privacy, tampering with evidence, and what the New Jersey criminal code calls "bias intimidation" -- a hate crime. Without the bias charge, Ravi might be looking at three to five years for violating
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:58A
Prosecutor describes night of terror at Bass house
A prosecutor described a night of terror in 2007 when three masked men broke into the Connecticut estate of philanthropist Anne H. Bass, tied up her and her guest and injected them with what they claimed was a deadly virus in an attempt to extort
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:45A
Dimora Arrives in Court in Prison Jumpsuit
AKRON, Ohio – Jimmy Dimora arrived at federal court in a prison transport van Wednesday, handcuffed and dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit. Once inside he was hustled into a waiting elevator by a detail of US Marshals. Although he has not yet been
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:36A
Tori Stafford trial: Terri-Lynne McClintic helped search for missing girl
"I helped my neighbour hand out flyers," said Terri-Lynne McClintic on her second day on the witness stand at the first-degree murder trial of her ex-boyfriend, Michael Rafferty. McClintic, 21, told the court that the posters contained pictures of the
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:36A
Congo militia leader found guilty in landmark ICC ruling
The trial, which began in January 2009, is the first at an international court to focus exclusively on the use of child soldiers. A bodyguard stands behind the leader of the rebel Union of Congolese Patriots, Thomas Lubanga, in this June 3, 2003,
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:34A
Split appeals court upholds Ky. murder conviction
(AP) — A split federal appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of a Louisville man after finding that prosecutors needed only to play the taped statement of a co-defendant at the trial and not call the man as a witness.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:30A
Murder trial hears police calls
By Jane Seyd, North Shore News March 14, 2012 A 9-1-1 recording was played Monday in BC Supreme Court, where Alexander LaGlace, 47, is on trial without a jury before Justice Terry Schultes for the second-degree murder of Tammy-Lynn Cordone.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:29A
Tori Stafford trial: Terri-Lynne McClintic aided search for missing girl
"I helped my neighbour hand out flyers," said Terri-Lynne McClintic on her second day on the witness stand at the first-degree murder trial of her ex-boyfriend, Michael Rafferty. McClintic, 21, told the court that the posters contained pictures of the
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:29A
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