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Nicollette Sheridan trial: Jury deadlocked for now
The jury in the Los Angeles County Superior Court case wrapped a third day of deliberations without reaching a verdict on Sheridan's original $6 million suit against ABC. The media company argued that it had approved the death of Sheridan's Edie Britt
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:49P
Murder suspect says he, co-defendant were foes
In a motion filed this week in US District Court, lawyers for Dion Neal, who is accused of paying Kelly to kill rival drug dealer Lajuante “BB” Jackson, ask for a hearing to challenge Neal's continued pretrial detention. The motion cites a secretly
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:49P
Abortion foe seeks judge, not jury, trial
By AP WICHITA — An abortion opponent accused of sending a threatening letter to a Wichita doctor who was training to offer abortions wants a judge, not a jury, to decide her case. Angel Dillard filed a motion Friday in federal court in Kansas opposing
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:49P
Challenge of congressional maps won't be delayed
By Tia Mitchell, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE — The state Democratic Party and a coalition of voter groups hoping to invalidate the boundaries of Florida's 27 congressional districts will be allowed to make their case during a trial next
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:48P
Jury in 'Housewives' case remains deadlocked
FILE - In a March 2, 2012 file photo "Desperate Housewives" creator and executive producer, Marc Cherry leaves court in Los Angeles during Nicollette Sheridan's trial in which she alleges that she was fired after a dispute with Cherry.
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:44P
Appeals court tosses death penalty for 1977 murder
By AP SAN FRANCISCO—A federal appeals court in California has tossed out the death penalty sentence of a man convicted of a 1977 murder in Chowchilla. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals kept Richard Phillips' first-degree murder conviction intact,
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:43P
Federal jury convicts Arizona postal carrier of stealing retail gift cards
AP PHOENIX — An Arizona postal carrier has been convicted by a federal jury of stealing mail. Prosecutors said Friday that 48-year-old Dawn Corbally Staszak was found guilty on two counts of possession of stolen mail. She's scheduled to be sentenced on
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:42P
College student guilty in webcam suicide case; `Hopefully parents will use
Dharun Ravi, center, is helped by his father, Ravi Pazhani, second right, as they leave court around in New Brunswick, NJ, Friday, March 16, 2012. Defense attorney Philip Nettl follows, second left.... (Associated Press) Dharun Ravi, center,
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:42P
Rafferty trial: McClintic addresses contradicting statements over who killed
It is those details specifically that were questioned at court on Friday. The Crown began the day by asking McClintic if she would like to review statements made in a May 24, 2009 interview to a detective – statements that she contradicted in the first
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:42P
Tori Stafford trial: McClintic's claim she was killer contradicts previous
(Justice Thomas Heeney of Ontario Superior Court instructed the jury that the statement cannot be used as evidence in the trial but to assess McClintic's credibility as a witness.) In the video, McClintic wore a red T-shirt, a blue sweater and her hair
Updated: 03/16/2012 05:41P
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