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Jury to continue deliberations Monday in pastor assault on teen trial
jury in the assault case against the Rev. Paul Nelson of St. James Lutheran Church in Mason City has been sent home for the weekend. The three men and three women will begin their deliberations at 9 am Monday in Cerro Gordo County Magistrate Court.
Updated: 03/30/2012 07:34P
Tori Stafford trial: Officer found body in a garbage bag
Staff Sgt. Jim Smyth told the court he was driving to Woodstock, Ont., on July 19, 2009 when he decided to take a detour by going through Mount Forest. Days earlier, investigators had received information from a nearby cellphone tower that Rafferty had
Updated: 03/30/2012 07:33P
Kwara Central District: Court affirms Saraki's election
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, who gave the ruling after he dismissed a suit that was filed before him by an aggrieved aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the District, Alhaji Lasisi Kolawole Jimoh,
Updated: 03/30/2012 07:28P
Iowan who dumped 23 dogs violated probation
Denise Withee, of Mapleton, Iowa, was in Hall County District Court in Nebraska on Thursday to face a motion by prosecutors to revoke her probation. When her attorney told Judge William Wright that Withee would be admitting to the violation,
Updated: 03/30/2012 07:24P
Lawyer seeks court order to probe DPP's misconduct
A lawyer has sought a court order to investigate his complaint of alleged misconduct by a deputy public prosecutor (DPP). The complaint relates to a criminal case where the lawyer, Zero Nalpon, defended an accused person against two counts of criminal
Updated: 03/30/2012 07:22P
Somerville man sentenced to life in prison for killing Everett woman in 2009
By Anonymous A Superior Court jury found a Somerville man guilty of first-degree murder for the Oct. 2, 2009, stabbing death of Sheila Dos Santos, 26, of Everett, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said today. Antonio Marcos Ferreira, 41,
Updated: 03/30/2012 07:21P
Conviction for oral rape reversed on judge's remarks
The Court of Criminal Appeal has overturned the conviction of a man jailed for seven years arising from remarks by the trial judge in his charge to the jury which, it was argued, put pressure on it to reach a verdict. The three-judge appeal court
Updated: 03/30/2012 07:18P
Mississauga schoolgirl murder trial: Jury didn't hear about vampire fantasies
The poster wasn't allowed into evidence in the first-degree murder trial of LaSota, 28, and his former girlfriend Michelle Liard, 22, in Brampton court. They were both charged in the stabbing death of Grade 8 student Aleksandra Firgan-Hewie,
Updated: 03/30/2012 07:18P
US woman to be retried in Rwandan genocide case
win asylum in the United States will face a second trial on immigration fraud charges following a mistrial. Federal prosecutors on Friday notified a court in Concord, New Hampshire, that they would not drop charges against Beatrice Munyenyezi, 41,
Updated: 03/30/2012 07:14P
Rick Baker takes stand in Wells Fargo trial
But during testimony Friday in US District Court in Tampa, Baker described a different management style, one that was decidedly more detached in the oversight of the city's $400 million investment portfolio when he was mayor from 2001 to 2010.
Updated: 03/30/2012 07:11P
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