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US Sends Five 9/11 Suspects to Trial Before Military Tribunal
They could face the death penalty, if found guilty. In a statement Wednesday, the US Defense Department said the defendants are due in court within 30 days. The trial will be held at the US naval base in Guantanamo Base, Cuba. The Pentagon says that,
Updated: 04/04/2012 04:46P

Trial date for man accused of assault
After he appeared before Nottingham Magistrates' Court, he was granted unconditional bail until his trial on May 25. AMANDA Bennett, 37, from SwildonWalk, Top Valley, will appear at Nottingham Crown Court on May 14. She is accused of entering an
Updated: 04/04/2012 04:45P

Trial date for man accused of assault
After he appeared before Nottingham Magistrates' Court, he was granted unconditional bail until his trial on May 25. AMANDA Bennett, 37, from SwildonWalk, Top Valley, will appear at Nottingham Crown Court on May 14. She is accused of entering an
Updated: 04/04/2012 04:45P

Pentagon approves 9/11 death penalty trial against five Guantanamo prisoners
The chief war court judge, Army Col. James L. Pohl, would then assign a military commissions judge to the case, Oten added. President Barack Obama halted the previous trial and Attorney General Eric Holder wanted them prosecuted in a civilian court in
Updated: 04/04/2012 04:43P

Accused 9/11 plotters to face death penalty trial at Guantanamo
But the case was suspended after President Barack Obama sought to try the men in federal court in New York City, and to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. The civilian trial was derailed by fierce opposition in Congress and by local officials in New
Updated: 04/04/2012 04:43P

Two plead not guilty in teen sex-trafficking case
After Phillips reportedly took the 17-year-old girl to Portland to prostitute, White provided phone numbers to call to set up “dates,” according to court documents. Police said investigators were alerted to the case by the girl's friends in Oregon City
Updated: 04/04/2012 04:38P

5 ex-cops sentenced in Katrina killings case
The case became the centerpiece of the Justice Department's push to clean up the troubled New Orleans Police Department. US District Kurt Engelhardt heard hours of testimony earlier in the day from prosecutors, defense attorneys, relatives of shooting
Updated: 04/04/2012 04:37P

Criminal Court judge was 'addicted to drugs for years, had sex during court
During breaks in court Baumgartner, 64, was having sex. He also bought pills from convicts he had sentenced in his court Another judge has already tossed out the convictions from the high-profile murder case and ordered new trials.
Updated: 04/04/2012 03:43P

PENTAGON READY TO RESUME 9/11 TRIAL
The moves comes more than two years after US President Barack Obama halted the case in an ultimately failed effort to prosecute them in a civilian court. A Department of Defence legal official, known as the convening authority, has approved trying the
Updated: 04/04/2012 03:42P

September 11 accused to face trial at Guantanamo
The decision to move to trial in a military court follows years of political and legal wrangling over whether terrorism suspects like Mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators should be tried in civilian courts as criminals or before military courts as
Updated: 04/04/2012 03:41P