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SC refuses to entertain clemency plea for Rajoana
The NGO had contended in its petition that Rajoana was not properly represented during the trial of the case and he hadalso not filed any appeal in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against his conviction and capital punishment awarded by the trial
Updated: 03/30/2012 07:03A
Court documents say Minneapolis firefighter repeatedly sold meth at fire station
AP Court affidavits say Larry Wajda sold methamphetamine to undercover police informants at the fire station across from the University of Minnesota's football stadium even while he was awaiting trial on drug charges in Anoka County.
Updated: 03/30/2012 06:54A
Jerry Sandusky Trial Postponed Until June
The trial was scheduled for May 15 but it “must be postponed to accommodate various logistical contingencies,” court documents said. Joe Amendola, Sandusky's lawyer, said the delay may still not be enough time. “We don't know if we will have all the
Updated: 03/30/2012 06:53A
Judge: Prosecutor can't call defense attorney in Iron Coffin case
A second man, Matthew Starkweather, 32, of Battle Creek also is charged with open murder and is awaiting a decision from Line after a separate preliminary hearing on whether his case will be sent to circuit court for trial. But testimony in the case
Updated: 03/30/2012 06:51A
Rajoana case: BJP, SAD for abolition of death penalty
The NGO had contended in its petition that Rajoana was not properly represented during the trial of the case and he had also not filed any appeal in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against his conviction and capital punishment awarded by the trial
Updated: 03/30/2012 06:51A
UK court halts honeymoon murder suspect's extradition to South Africa on
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." Mthunzi Mhaga, spokesman for South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority,
Updated: 03/30/2012 06:49A
Fitchburg woman not guilty in fatal I-495 crash
After a four-day trial, a Lowell District Court jury found Kaitlyn Driscoll not guilty in the July 24, 2008, crash that killed Charles "Barry" Butzer, of North Carolina. Prosecutors alleged Driscoll was speeding on the wet road and lost control of her
Updated: 03/30/2012 06:42A
The Court of Appeal sends s.8 case back to trial judge for redetermination
The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) has granted Apotex' appeal and sent a case considering s. 8 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (the Regulations) back to the Trial Judge for redetermination. The Trial decision can be found
Updated: 03/30/2012 06:40A
More courts allow cameras program
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride got the ball rolling in January when he announced that he and his fellow justices agreed to support the news media's use of cameras and microphones in courtrooms on a trial basis.
Updated: 03/30/2012 06:39A
Plea to close case involving Gilani's son dismissed
PTI ISLAMABAD, 30 MARCH: Pakistan's Supreme Court has turned down a request from authorities to close a case against irregularities in the import of a chemical that allegedly involved Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's younger son Ali Musa Gilani.
Updated: 03/30/2012 06:38A