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SHC seeks investigation report in extrajudicial killing case
The Sindh High Court directed the investigation officer of the Shah Latif Town police station to submit the entire record of investigation into the extrajudicial killing of an under-trial prisoner. Fazal Qayum submitted in the petition that his son,
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:15P
Calif. Woman: Life for Killing Ill Husband
On the night his cancer-stricken brother was stabbed to death, David Jessee knew his sister-in-law was somehow behind it. A few years earlier, Jessee said, his brother Jack told him over a glass of wine before bowling that if anything ever happened to
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:15P
Can the PM now pass 'honesty test' in SC?
ISLAMABAD: The latest statements of the Attorney General of Pakistan and of the senior senator who just retired, on the prime minister's stance taken in the Supreme Court in the contempt case, has further raised doubts whether the Pir-o-Murshid of
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:15P
Experts say legal system will collapse if Aitzaz's plea accepted
ISLAMABAD: Three top legal experts, including the official spokesman of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry when he was fighting to defeat a dictator alongside Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, are now simply laughing at the argument Aitzaz is making in the
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:15P
Christie Blatchford: Tori Stafford trial finally turns its eye back to the accused
excruciating weeks of evidence, most of it from convicted killer Terri-Lynne McClintic, the focus of the trial here before Ontario Superior Court Judge Thomas Heeney and a jury has finally shifted onto the man chewing ice in the prisoner's box.
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:15P
Prosecutors in upcoming Clemens trial to present extensive evidence of drug
Prosecutors spelled out plans for Pettitte in court papers Friday outlining evidence the government intends to introduce that shows many major league baseball players used performance enhancing drugs. The government says Pettitte, who recently emerged
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:12P
Why is Aitzaz asking the apex court to commit suicide? Perspective
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's legal Tzar Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan wants Justice Nasirul Mulk-led seven-member bench to pick and chose articles of the Constitution as per his dictation, ignoring those which give powers to the courts and
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:09P
Goldman Sachs's 'Fabulous Fab' in Rwanda while awaiting trial
The regulator identified Tourre as a "resident of Kigali, Rwanda," in court papers filed March 21 in Manhattan federal court. Tourre had been in the African nation's capital working for a non-governmental organization before beginning his studies at
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:08P
24/03/2012Transplant recipient testifies in Kosovo organs case
Raul Fain, 66, testifying by video link from Ontario, Canada, told the court Friday he had had transplant surgery in mid-2008 at the Medicus clinic, which has since been shut down. Fain said that with help from relatives in Israel, he had made contact
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:06P
3 indicted in Probation Department scandal
By Bob Salsburg Three former officials of the state probation department rigged the agency's hiring process to favor job applicants sponsored by powerful state lawmakers over more qualified candidates, according to an indictment returned by a federal
Updated: 03/23/2012 08:05P