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Lip-reading is still evidence in UK
London, Mar 17(ANI): Chelsea captain John Terry request to not consider lip-reading evidence has been rejected by the Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London during his trial in alleged racist abuse on Queens Park Rangers defender Anton
Updated: 03/17/2012 09:16A

NJ spycam case stirs debate over hate crime laws
In 2009, Congress followed suit, expanding federal hate-crimes legislation to cover crimes motivated by bias against gays, lesbians and transgender people. The bill is known as the Matthew Shepard Act, in honor of the gay college student brutally
Updated: 03/17/2012 09:16A

No proof for match fixing claims, UK court told
Justice David Bean retired from London's High Court to consider the Kiwi Test star's libel case against former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi. Cairns, 41, is seeking substantial damages after Mr Modi posted a Twitter comment in January
Updated: 03/17/2012 09:02A

Retrial ordered in case tied to police use of Taser
By Thomas J. Prohaska LOCKPORT — It's illegal for police to use a Taser to compel a suspect to give a DNA sample, an appeals court ruled Friday as it ordered a new trial for a Niagara Falls man convicted of two home invasions, one including a shooting,
Updated: 03/17/2012 08:55A

Convicted Nazi criminal John Demjanjuk dies
staying since his trial ended in Munich last year. Demjanjuk had been released pending an appeal in a federal court, which had yet to take place. Steger says prosecutors in nearby Traunstein are looking into Demjanjuk's death as routine procedure.
Updated: 03/17/2012 08:50A

John Demjanjuk, convicted death camp guard, dies
"I am again and again an innocent victim of the Germans," he told the panel of Munich state court judges during his 18-month trial, in a statement he signed and that was read aloud by his attorney Ulrich Busch. He said after the war he was unable to
Updated: 03/17/2012 08:49A

Muskegon's Judge Timothy Hicks finalist for appeals court; Muskegon native
Snyder Friday afternoon announced Boonstra's appointment to the Third District Court of Appeals bench. The district stretches from lakefront West Michigan to Washtenaw County, including Dexter, where Boonstra lives. Hicks and Boonstra were among four
Updated: 03/17/2012 08:49A

Convicted Nazi criminal Demjanjuk dies
staying since his trial ended in Munich last year. Demjanjuk had been released pending an appeal in a federal court, which had yet to take place. Steger says prosecutors in nearby Traunstein are looking into Demjanjuk's death as routine procedure.
Updated: 03/17/2012 08:48A

Seabrook politician's gunfire trial: Abramson asked why he didn't call 911
By Nancy Rineman BRENTWOOD – The case of the state v. Albert "Max" Abramson, a Seabrook resident and Budget Committee member, continued Friday at Rockingham Superior Court, with another key witness in place, but closing arguments were held over until
Updated: 03/17/2012 08:46A

State Appeals Ruling Striking Down Law Requiring State Workers Contribute to
AP TALLAHASSEE | An appeal of a ruling that struck down a requirement that public employees contribute to their pensions is going to the Florida Supreme Court. The 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday agreed to send the state's appeal directly to the
Updated: 03/17/2012 08:44A