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Patiala jail authorities again send back hanging order
The Patiala Jail authorities have once again sent back the March 31st hanging order of Beant Singh assassination convict Balwant Singh Rajoana to the trial court at Chandigarh. The Jail authorities have asked the additional sessions court for clarity
Updated: 03/25/2012 02:43A

SC-MURDER 2 LAST
PTI | 11:03 AM,Mar 25,2012 Dismissing the appeal, the apex court said the trial Dismissing the appeal, the apex court said the trial court had placed heavy reliance on the presence of blood clots below the scalp and inside the middle portion of the
Updated: 03/25/2012 02:23A

Ampatuan arraignment set Monday
MANILA -- Former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., prime suspect in a 2009 massacre case, is set to be arraignment Monday at the Pasay City regional trial court for his electoral sabotage case. Felda Domingo, spokesperson of Pasay RTC branch 112
Updated: 03/25/2012 02:13A

Local death row inmate loses claims
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision Thursday, agreed with Circuit Judge Isadore W. Patrick that Brown's attorneys “had not acted deficiently so as to satisfy a claim of ineffective assistance.” In 2009, Brown's case was among nine death row
Updated: 03/25/2012 01:32A

TERRORISM TRIAL: Intrigues as Ndume names VP Namadi Sambo
He was docked before the high court on December 12, 2011, and subsequently released on bail after he had spent 26-days in detention. He was specifically accused of violating sections 7(1) (b) and 3(b) of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2011,
Updated: 03/25/2012 01:28A

Florida new congressional redistricting map likely to face court outcome
Or a special master appointed by the Supreme Court, which is what happened in 2002 when part of Collier was included with Miami-Dade County to ensure a Hispanic district. Lawsuits have been filed over the Legislature's map for a variety of reasons,
Updated: 03/25/2012 01:11A

Defense doing good litigation, but bad PR tack: analyst
Bautista said Corona's lawyers, led by former Associate Justice Serafin Cuevas, are doing what criminal trial lawyers would do if they were in a trial court: laying the basis for the chief justice's SALN declarations and bank deposits and showing where
Updated: 03/25/2012 01:07A

Defense doing good litigation, but bad PR tack: analyst
Bautista said Corona's lawyers, led by former Associate Justice Serafin Cuevas, are doing what criminal trial lawyers would do if they were in a trial court: laying the basis for the chief justice's SALN declarations and bank deposits and showing where
Updated: 03/25/2012 01:07A

Sheriff says inmate hasn't been kept from filing suit
He was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation before his next court appearance on April 5. Massey wrote to the US District Court in Chattanooga on Feb. 28, claiming that he had received a packet to file a federal civil rights suit against the county,
Updated: 03/25/2012 01:02A

In York County court, fewer delays than in Lancaster County court
By JACK BRUBAKER The Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas uses what judges refer to as a hybrid system. The most serious cases are handled by one judge from arraignment to guilty plea or trial. But the vast majority of cases are assigned to judges at
Updated: 03/25/2012 12:39A