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'Facial trauma' cited in Rowan Ford case
Kansas City office at the time of the 9-year-old Stella girl's rape and murder in 2007, was used by prosecutors to introduce a number of photographs into evidence on the third day of the Chris Collings trial in Phelps County Circuit Court in Rolla.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:44P
Tori was considered not young enough, court heard
Shortly after being kidnapped outside her elementary school, eight-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford was considered not young enough by the man now standing trial for first-degree murder and sexual assault, the court heard Wednesday.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:34P
Vote Set for Thursday for Out Gay Judicial Nominee Fitzgerald
in the coming weeks on 14 of President Obama's judicial nominees -- including out gay nominee Michael Fitgerald, whose nomination for the US District Court for the Central District of California is due to be voted on about 2 pm Thursday, March 15.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:31P
Cerritos man, La Mirada substitute teacher pleads not guilty to child
Ted Nishihara, 29, was charged with one misdemeanor count of child molestation, said Sandi Gibbons, a Los Angeles County District Attorney's spokeswoman. Nishihara entered his plea at the Downey Superior Court Wednesday afternoon and was ordered to
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:31P
Jury retires in Black Saturday arson trial
By court reporter Sarah Farnsworth, ABC March 15, 2012, 2:13 pm The jury in the trial of a Victorian man accused of deliberately lighting a bushfire that killed ten people on Black Saturday, has retired to consider its verdict.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:29P
Media won't be barred from JPL 'intelligent design' case, judge rules
In court, attorneys for JPL asked Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ernest Hiroshige to bar the media from testimony by JPL workers. "It's unfair to put these people through that kind of exposure on these sorts of personal subjects," James Zapp,
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:27P
Former warlord convicted by court for using child soldiers
After a three-year trial, the court convicted Lubanga of recruiting boys and girls as soldiers during a civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002 and 2003. The verdict was seen as a major breakthrough in forcing warlords and politicians to
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:26P
JBLM may be in for 2nd major war-crimes trial in short period
But the experts noted the military justice system gives the Army broad latitude to prosecute the 38-year-old combat veteran elsewhere, and leaders may choose to do so for various reasons, including Afghan cries for justice on their soil.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:23P
Mediation in homeless veterans suit falls apart
By AP LOS ANGELES — Three homeless Southern California veterans suing the US Department Veterans Affairs for failing to provide proper housing say court-ordered mediation has not worked and are requesting the case be brought to trial in June.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:17P
Police: Man at court with family opens fire outside Texas courthouse
(S. Chen, AP) BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A man opened fire Wednesday outside a Texas courthouse where he was on trial in a family dispute, killing an elderly woman and wounding three other people, including a daughter he ran over with a pickup truck as he
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:17P
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