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Mejia, at second trial, gets maximum sentence
The Appellate Division of State Supreme Court, however, granted him a new trial and ruled that alleged incriminating statements he made to police should have been suppressed in his first trial. "I was here before. I'll be here again," Mejia told
Updated: 03/19/2012 12:20P
Rape trial in missing child case to go forward without defendant after another
By Jim O'Hara / The Post-Standard Syracuse, NY - Offered a misdemeanor deal in a statutory rape case, Damion Davis today began screaming and ranting wildly in court late this morning. But unlike the last time when the judge postponed the trial to have
Updated: 03/19/2012 12:20P
Karaka?: Anti-terror law threatens freedom of press
The package, which introduces nearly 100 amendments to the TCK, the CMK, the TMK and the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law, was designed to increase democratization in line with the standards of the ECtHR and ease the judiciary's burden by accelerating
Updated: 03/19/2012 12:13P
New York Mets Owners Settle in Madoff Case, Avoid Trial
The pact was announced in US District Court in New York just as the trial was set to start. The trustee had accused the Mets owners of turning a blind eye to signs of Madoff's fraud while enriching themselves as long-term investors in his funds
Updated: 03/19/2012 12:11P
Gupta Lawyer Fingers Goldman Employee, Says 'Wrong Man' Is On Trial
Former McKinsey & Co. chief Rajat Gupta's lawyer previewed his planned defense on Friday during a testy court hearing. Gary Naftalis insisted that the "wrong man is on trial" for passing confidential information to Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam.
Updated: 03/19/2012 12:11P
Alleged people smuggler to appeal
An alleged people smuggler accused of organising a boat that sank in 2001 resulting in the deaths of over 350 people will appeal his extradition to Australia to stand trial. Iraq-born Maythem Radhi appeared in the Manukau District Court yesterday where
Updated: 03/19/2012 12:10P
Trial Date Set For 3 Charged In Marijuana Case
The owner of a used car dealership in Jackson and two other men have been scheduled for trial in May on charges of possession with intent to distribute 416 pounds of marijuana. Jeremy Lee Stambaugh, the owner of Paradise Auto Sales in south Jackson,
Updated: 03/19/2012 12:08P
William Browning on the Groundhog Day of Capitol Murder Trials
In Mississippi early in the summer of 2010, emotionally spent jurors, some of them in tears, recommended that Curtis Giovanni Flowers be put to death for a quadruple murder. The judge agreed with the recommendation, sending Flowers to death row at the
Updated: 03/19/2012 12:08P
Supreme Court to hear death row mental competency cases
His attorneys said in 2006 that he had become mentally incompetent and was unable to assist them in the case. A US court of appeals then put the proceedings on holding pending a determination of his mental competency. The case from Ohio involved a
Updated: 03/19/2012 12:07P
Supreme Court to hear death row mental competency cases
His attorneys said in 2006 that he had become mentally incompetent and was unable to assist them in the case. A US court of appeals then put the proceedings on holding pending a determination of his mental competency. The case from Ohio involved a
Updated: 03/19/2012 12:07P
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