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Wilton man avoids jail term in accidental shooting case
The judge said he wasn't convinced O'Rourke would be convicted if the case went to trial and said the case could drag on through the appeals process for months if he were convicted. O'Rourke did not speak in court. After the proceeding, he was led
Updated: 03/29/2012 04:40P
Judge delays Sandusky child-sex-abuse trial by 3 weeks
By MARK SCOLFORO AP HARRISBURG -- The judge overseeing former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's child-sexual-abuse case on Thursday delayed the start of the trial by three weeks to early June, and prosecutors filed a lengthy court
Updated: 03/29/2012 04:38P
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
coach Ed Thomas claims he deserves a new trial because the trial judge gave the jury faulty instructions. Mark Becker's attorney is arguing before the Iowa Supreme Court that the written instructions the jury received on insanity were not adequate.
Updated: 03/29/2012 04:38P
Lennon trial murder charges dropped
At the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday, trial judge Lord Turnbull told the jury: "The evidence led in this case, no matter what you decide to make of it, would never be sufficient in law to entitle you to conclude a conspiracy to murder has taken
Updated: 03/29/2012 03:42P
Lennon trial murder charges dropped
At the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday, trial judge Lord Turnbull told the jury: "The evidence led in this case, no matter what you decide to make of it, would never be sufficient in law to entitle you to conclude a conspiracy to murder has taken
Updated: 03/29/2012 03:39P
BC court delays lead to sex assault charges being stayed against father
That decision, Turpel-Lafond said, sends a heart-breaking message to both the victim in this case and to victims in similar cases before the courts. "It is so important that victims have the opportunity to come forward and that there is a prosecution.
Updated: 03/29/2012 03:32P
French nuclear physicist in terror trial
In court, Hicheur pointed to his academic projects and his personal history — he has no previous criminal record — as signs of someone not likely to carry out terrorism. He is also the only person to face trial in the case.
Updated: 03/29/2012 03:27P
The public needs both gavel and pen
In the Mirajkar case (Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar And Ors vs State Of Maharashtra And Anr on 3 March, 1966) a nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court under its legendary Chief Justice, PB Gajendragadkar, held that “save in exceptional cases, the proceedings
Updated: 03/29/2012 03:22P
Dink Case May Go Back To Court
ISTANBUL (Hurriyet Daily News)—Prosecutor Hikmet Usta has appealed the ruling in the Hrant Dink murder trial, arguing that the crime was an organized hit. Usta said the court's ruling acknowledged the existence of an organization behind the killing,
Updated: 03/29/2012 03:20P
Dink Case May Go Back To Court
ISTANBUL (Hurriyet Daily News)—Prosecutor Hikmet Usta has appealed the ruling in the Hrant Dink murder trial, arguing that the crime was an organized hit. Usta said the court's ruling acknowledged the existence of an organization behind the killing,
Updated: 03/29/2012 03:20P
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