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Attacking Eyewitness Identification Testimony
ISSN 0011-1341 Criminal Law Reporter™ness identifications. But first reads, like eyewitness identifications, may be unreliable and in this instance too pessimistic. In light of Perry we consider here a range of remedies and approaches available to
Updated: 03/19/2012 10:24P
Bhagavad Gita ban row: Russian court set to give its verdict today
A Siberian court is set to give a key ruling on the Bhagavad Gita ban row on Tuesday. The court will act on the appeal of Tomsk district prosecutors against the verdict of a trial court, which had dismissed their petition to ban the translation of the
Updated: 03/19/2012 10:22P
Bhagavad Gita ban row: Russian court set to give its verdict today
A Siberian court is set to give a key ruling on the Bhagavad Gita ban row on Tuesday. The court will act on the appeal of Tomsk district prosecutors against the verdict of a trial court, which had dismissed their petition to ban the translation of the
Updated: 03/19/2012 10:22P
Ontario top court blasts, overrules judge Howard Chisvin for freeing accused
“The trial judge's actions were high-handed and did a real disservice to the proper administration of justice,” the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled in a decision released Monday. The strong rebuke comes after Chisvin decided in the summer to free a dozen
Updated: 03/19/2012 10:11P
Arsonist guilty over deadly Black Saturday blaze
By court reporter Sarah Farnsworth A former Victorian Country Fire Authority volunteer has been found guilty of killing 10 people by deliberately lighting a bushfire on Black Saturday. Forty-two-year-old Brendan Sokaluk has been on trial in the
Updated: 03/19/2012 10:04P
Forbidden Trips Led to Firing of Former House Manager Accused of Invasion at
A trial for her former butler, Emanuel Nicolescu, starts Wednesday, March 14, 2012 in US District Court in New Haven, Conn. He is charged with attempting to extort millions of dollars from Bass by breaking into her Connecticut estate and injecting her
Updated: 03/19/2012 10:02P
Major League Baseball roundup: Clemens trial judge asked to nix defense
The agreement was announced by Judge Jed Rakoff just as a civil trial was set to begin in US District Court in Manhattan, to determine whether the team's owners might owe as much as $386 million because they were among those who made significantly more
Updated: 03/19/2012 09:45P
AB mayor to have jury trial Tuesday for driving on wrong side of road charge
Pierce was charged with driving on wrong side of road/ left of center on Nov.22, according to the Horry County 15th Judicial Circuit Public Index. A jury was selected Monday for Pierce's trial at the North Myrtle Beach Municipal Court.
Updated: 03/19/2012 09:37P
San Giorgio pizza bar shooting charges dropped
Leonard Gjeka leaves the District Court after the Rundle St shooting charges against him were dropped. Picture: Greg Higgs Source: AdelaideNow THE man charged over a shooting at San Giorgio Pizzeria in 2009 has walked free from court after prosecutors
Updated: 03/19/2012 09:10P
Attorney: Morton court of inquiry to move slowly
Clemens' trial on charges that he lied to Congress about steroid use begins April 16. Hardin says the court of inquiry on former Williamson County district attorney Ken Anderson will likely move slowly until at least June.
Updated: 03/19/2012 09:07P