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Report: Prosecutors Hid Evidence In Ted Stevens Case
By NPR People: Carrie Johnson An extraordinary special investigation by a federal judge has concluded that two Justice Department prosecutors intentionally hid evidence in the case against Sen. Ted Stevens, one of the biggest political corruption cases
Updated: 03/15/2012 06:08P
Jury returns to Rafferty trial Friday
Superior Court Justice Thomas Heeney told jurors Wednesday to return Friday morning. Rafferty has pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping and sexual assault causing bodily harm in the April 2009 abduction and killing of eight-year-old Victoria 'Tori'
Updated: 03/15/2012 06:08P
State appeals voter ID rulings
(WSAU) – State Republicans and the Justice Department suffered a legal defeat this afternoon, when a judge in Madison refused to re-instate Wisconsin's voter ID law. Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan rejected the state's request to toss out a
Updated: 03/15/2012 06:06P
Trial decision delayed in murder case
By David Clarkson at the Court House A decision has been delayed for seven weeks on whether to commit Keith Donald Bonner for trial on a charge of murdering and raping Northcote bar worker Tracey Lee Morris. Bonner, a 53-year-old Ilam man,
Updated: 03/15/2012 06:05P
U.S. dismantling voter roadblocks
Earlier this month, the department told a three-judge district court that it also opposes key provisions of Florida's recent election law changes because minority voters will be adversely affected. The department should continue to aggressively enforce
Updated: 03/15/2012 06:05P
Jury deliberations entering Day 3 in Ravi trial
5:35 pm NEW BRUNSWICK — More than 100 people lingered outside a courtroom door all day Thursday in Superior Court, New Brunswick, waiting for a verdict to be reached in the trial of Dharun Ravi. The only real piece of news they got was an announcement
Updated: 03/15/2012 06:04P
From Lubanga to Kony, is the ICC only after Africans?
By Leela JACINTO In June 2009, just months after the Thomas Lubanga trial opened in the International Criminal Court (ICC), a group of former child soldiers and municipal officials in the northeastern Congolese district of Ituri - where Congolese
Updated: 03/15/2012 06:03P
From Lubanga to Kony, is the ICC only after Africans?
By Leela JACINTO In June 2009, just months after the Thomas Lubanga trial opened in the International Criminal Court (ICC), a group of former child soldiers and municipal officials in the northeastern Congolese district of Ituri - where Congolese
Updated: 03/15/2012 06:03P
Catherine Greig Pleads Guilty to Three Felonies
BOSTON—In US District Court today, Catherine E. Greig pleaded guilty to three felonies in connection with the harboring and concealing of one of the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, James J. “Whitey” Bulger. (PressZoom) - BOSTON—In US District
Updated: 03/15/2012 06:02P
Catherine Greig Pleads Guilty to Three Felonies
BOSTON—In US District Court today, Catherine E. Greig pleaded guilty to three felonies in connection with the harboring and concealing of one of the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, James J. “Whitey” Bulger. (PressZoom) - BOSTON—In US District
Updated: 03/15/2012 06:02P