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Dewani extradition halted
But the court said it was plainly in the interests of justice that he should be extradited "as soon as he is fit" to be tried. Care home owner Dewani strenuously denies any wrongdoing. He has been diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder
Updated: 03/30/2012 05:49A
Scroggins murder assigned to Fairfax Co. cold case squad
28, Senior US District Court Judge James C. Turk overturned the 2001 capital murder conviction of Michael Wayne Hash in Scroggins' shooting death, citing extreme police and prosecutorial misconduct in the handling of the case by former Culpeper County
Updated: 03/30/2012 05:46A
UK court halts honeymoon murder suspect extradition to South Africa on mental
Justice John Thomas said "his mental illness apart, it is plainly in the interests of justice that the appellant be tried in South Africa as soon as he is fit to be tried." Dewani's family said in a statement that it was grateful for the decision,
Updated: 03/30/2012 05:45A
ICC names judges to try suspects
By WAHOME THUKU and ISAIAH LUCHELI The International Criminal Court appears to be fast tracking the cases of four Kenyans facing trial at The Hague. ICC President formally constituted the Trial Chamber V to preside over the trial of the suspects.
Updated: 03/30/2012 05:37A
Judge sums up in murder trial
Mr Justice Field started summing up yesterday but will said he will finish on Monday as the trial at Winchester Crown Court is not sitting today. Hanlon, a former scaffolder, formerly of Studley Avenue, Holbury, admits that he killed Mr Pass but denies
Updated: 03/30/2012 05:33A
Shrien Dewani Extradition: Timeline Of The Honeymoon Murder Case
3-5 May 2011 - Dewani's extradition hearing begins at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court. Prosecutors cite an unnamed witness who claims Dewani confessed he needed to "find a way out of" his marriage months before the wedding. 10 August 2011 - District Judge
Updated: 03/30/2012 05:32A
Fancy sheets won't make prostitutes any safer
The court gave the government one year to rewrite the law. Other countries that have undergone such experimentation in the name of greater security for women have experienced similar results - the sex industry remains dominated by organized crime and
Updated: 03/30/2012 05:28A
Judge Delays Sandusky Sex Abuse Trial by Three Weeks
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: 03/30/2012 05:28A
The Bibi Jagir Kaur case: Judgement today. 5 big developments
Patiala, Punjab: CBI court in Patiala is expected to pronounce the verdict for Punjab's cabinet minister Bibi Jagir Kaur in the mysterious death of her daughter Harpreet Kaur on April 20, 2000. Bibi Jagir Kaur is accused of murdering her daughter,
Updated: 03/30/2012 05:23A
Verdict to be heard in Stephen Carroll murder case
40-year-old Brendan McConville, from Tullygally, Co Armagh, and John Paul Wootton, who is 20 and from Collindale in Lurgan, deny the murder. Their trial, before Lord Justice Girvan at Belfast Crown Court, got under way in January.
Updated: 03/30/2012 05:22A
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