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Information on troubled family pours out
Joshua is being prosecuted as an adult in Jefferson Circuit Court. Schuler also wants Joshua released from the juvenile detention center to foster care or a secure residential center for children while awaiting his Oct. 15 trial.
Updated: 03/14/2012 02:00P
Mass. bill seeks to deny lawyer to poor charged with certain crimes
The report also recommends expanding tighter indigency verification processes in place in four courts – Worcester District, Stoughton District, Middlesex Superior, and Berkshire Juvenile — to the entire Trial Court system for a $2 million savings,
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:59P
County to foot DNA bill in White murder trial
On Friday, March 9, Greene County Circuit Court Judge Daniel R. Bouton granted a defense request to hire Dr. Dan Krane, a DNA expert from Fairborn, Ohio, to consult with them on evidence in the murder case against Taybronne Altereik White.
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:55P
Rafferty proposed 'Bonnie and Clyde'-style escape
This court sketch shows Michael Rafferty as he listens to testimony at his trial in London, Ont., Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Terri-Lynne McClintic told a shocked courtroom details of an eight-year-old girl's last moments on March 13, 2012.
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:54P
Berlusconi trial, brother's to be combined
An Italian court ruled former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's wiretapping trial is to be combined with a related trial of his brother Paolo. The case in a Milan court focuses on publication of a conversation from a wiretap in Paolo Berlusconi's
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:52P
Serb war crimes suspect: trial was political
More>> By TOBY STERLING Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) - In closing remarks at his war crimes trial, Serbian politician Vojislav Seselj questioned the impartiality of UN judges and said Wednesday he doesn't care about their verdict.
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:51P
UPDATE: Hash arrives at court, seeks freedom in Culpeper murder case
At a hearing set for this afternoon, Hash's lawyers will be asking a circuit court judge to allow their client to be released as Morrogh studies the case. Hash was 15 and living in the Lignum area when Scroggin's body was discovered in her home after
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:51P
Oded Golan, James Ossuary Proponent, Acquitted of Antiquities Fraud
The case marked the first time an Israeli court dealt in suspected antiquities forgery. Judge Aharon Farkash of the Jerusalem District Court said Wednesday that extensive expert testimony in the case served to confound rather than clarify whether the
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:47P
Ninth Circuit holds Federal Arbitration Act preempts California law
The helicopter school filed for bankruptcy before the students completed their training. The students brought an action under California's Unfair Competition Law ("UCL"), Business and Prof. Code section 17200, alleging that KeyBank had knowledge that
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:45P
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms dismissal of EEOC's class action
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms dismissal of EEOC's class action sexual harassment case against CRST Van Expedited, Inc. based on EEOC's failure to fulfill its pre-suit obligations under Title VII On February 22, 2012, the Eighth Circuit Court
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:45P
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