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Insight: Overloaded justice system ties Italy in knots
Like many magistrates, Davigo thinks the key to the problem is decriminalizing many offences to reduce crimes requiring a full trial and encouraging a fast track lower court process. A new penal code in 1988 introduced a series of alternative legal
Updated: 04/05/2012 05:19A
Boy's murder: man facing trial after pleading not guilty
A 23-year-old man will face trial over the murder and sexual assault of a three-year-old boy in Narrabri in 2010. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty in the NSW Supreme Court today. The little boy was flown to a Sydney
Updated: 04/05/2012 05:06A
Stepgrandmother's trial set in torture case
Walters first returns to Livingston County Circuit Court for a pretrial hearing April 27. The case heads to trial if no plea deal is reached. Authorities said the more than 60 injuries suffered by the boy were discovered Oct. 21 when he was admitted to
Updated: 04/05/2012 05:05A
Illinois court to rule on banning assault weapons
The Illinois Supreme Court is about to weigh in on whether it's constitutional for Cook County officials to ban assault weapons. The county imposed the ban back in 1993. It has been upheld by trial courts and appeals courts. But opponents think their
Updated: 04/05/2012 05:05A
Illinois court to rule on banning assault weapons
The Illinois Supreme Court is about to weigh in on whether it's constitutional for Cook County officials to ban assault weapons. The county imposed the ban back in 1993. It has been upheld by trial courts and appeals courts. But opponents think their
Updated: 04/05/2012 05:05A
Miss Great Britain contestant Rachel Hatton denies £22000 benefit swindle with
The case was adjourned for trial at Northampton Crown Court at a date to be fixed. Both were granted bail. The former beauty pageant contestant hit the headlines in 2010 after becoming the first divorcee in the contest's 65-year history to be allowed
Updated: 04/05/2012 04:30A
Sandusky due in Pa. court for pretrial arguments
He is confined to home while awaiting trial and has repeatedly denied the charges. Both sides agree that prospective jurors should be questioned individually, and sequestered during the trial now set to begin June 5, although Judge John Cleland has not
Updated: 04/05/2012 04:26A
Sandusky due in Pa. court for pretrial arguments
He is confined to home while awaiting trial and has repeatedly denied the charges. Both sides agree that prospective jurors should be questioned individually, and sequestered during the trial now set to begin June 5, although Judge John Cleland has not
Updated: 04/05/2012 04:26A
RI governor makes case before US appeals court
The legal tug of war over Jason W. Pleau, 34, went back before the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, where a federal prosecutor argued the Woonsocket man should be handed over to federal authorities to stand trial in the fatal shooting of a
Updated: 04/04/2012 11:49P
Danziger Bridge Katrina killings case: 5 cops jailed
"These through-the-looking-glass plea deals that tied the hands of this court ... are an affront to the court and a disservice to the community," he said. Police gunned down 17-year-old James Brissette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison, who were both
Updated: 04/04/2012 11:44P
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