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College football notes: Sandusky trial delayed
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 document that said the case should
Updated: 03/29/2012 11:36P
Bashing-accused policeman found not guilty
Mear's patrol partner, Constable Brian Newcombe, told Rotorua District Court earlier this week he had seen Mear strike Collier across the back of the head with his torch at least three times as Collier lay on the ground. The incident followed a police
Updated: 03/29/2012 11:36P
KOAM TV 7 Joplin and PittsburgPa. councilman to stand trial for 1979 killing
AP National News Video More>> Supreme Court takes up key health care law issue: Can the gov't force you to carry insurance? More>> BRIDGEWATER, Pa. (AP) - A borough councilman from western Pennsylvania will stand trial on charges he murdered his lover
Updated: 03/29/2012 11:33P
Pa. councilman to stand trial for 1979 killing
AP National News Video More>> Supreme Court takes up key health care law issue: Can the gov't force you to carry insurance? More>> BRIDGEWATER, Pa. (AP) - A borough councilman from western Pennsylvania will stand trial on charges he murdered his lover
Updated: 03/29/2012 11:31P
'Groping' driving teacher is killed in
By ROBIN PERRIE A DRIVING instructor on trial for groping girl pupils in lessons was killed in a car smash yesterday as he drove to court. Eric Coulson, 62, died when his Suzuki Swift slammed head-on into a lorry. Cops were last night probing if he
Updated: 03/29/2012 11:30P
Brit's court message to sneering teen who killed his two friends in Florida
Joe — who attended four days of the trial with another British friend Paul Davies — stood and looked Tyson straight in the eye as he told him: "You have taken us all on a journey to hell." In an emotional impact statement, the killer was forced to
Updated: 03/29/2012 11:30P
WDAM.COM - TV 7 - News, Weather and SportsPa. councilman to stand trial for
AP National News Video More>> Supreme Court takes up key health care law issue: Can the gov't force you to carry insurance? BRIDGEWATER, Pa. (AP) - A borough councilman from western Pennsylvania will stand trial on charges he murdered his lover more
Updated: 03/29/2012 11:29P
WDAM.COM - TV 7 - News, Weather and SportsPa. councilman to stand trial for
AP National News Video More>> Supreme Court takes up key health care law issue: Can the gov't force you to carry insurance? BRIDGEWATER, Pa. (AP) - A borough councilman from western Pennsylvania will stand trial on charges he murdered his lover more
Updated: 03/29/2012 11:29P
Managing our system of plea bargains
The 6th Amendment guarantees a defendant not only a trial by jury but also “the assistance of counsel for his defense.” In 1984, the court held that a defendant could challenge his conviction or sentence on the grounds that his lawyer's ineffectiveness
Updated: 03/29/2012 11:28P
Judge delays Jerry Sandusky sex abuse trial by 3 weeks
A 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 document that said the case should not
Updated: 03/29/2012 11:26P
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