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Insight – Overloaded justice system ties Italy in knots
Like many magistrates, Davigo thinks the key to the problem is decriminalising 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 06:58A
Kidnapping suspect found competent to stand trial
Donald Kevin Alldredge, 53, appeared with his attorney, Jay Winward, in 5th District Court on Wednesday during a hearing to review the results of a mental health evaluation ordered to determine if Alldredge can assist his attorney in establishing his
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:58A
Suspect waives right to hearing
CEDAR CITY - An Enoch man accused of eight counts of rape of a child waived his right to a preliminary hearing in 5th District Court on Wednesday. George Osborn Lafaye Fletcher, 18, was arrested June 8, 2011, on charges of eight counts of rape of a
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:57A
Chinese fisherman may get death penalty
The Incheon District Prosecutors' Office said Thursday that it asked the court to sentence the 43-year-old captain of a 66-ton Chinese fishing boat to death on charges of murdering KCG officer Lee Cheong-ho, 41, while the latter was clamping down on
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:56A
Four Foreigners Testify in Trial on Terrorism
VIVAnews – The trial of Umar Patek, defendant of a terrorism case, was held in West Jakarta District Court. Today's agenda was to hear statements from some witnesses. A witness was an American named Steven while three others were Australians named
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:55A
Jerry Sandusky to appear for hearing on child sexual abuse charges
(MICHAEL KUBEL, THE MORNING CALL / December 13, 2011) By Peter Hall, Of The Morning Call Lawyers will clash in Centre County Court on Thursday over Jerry Sandusky's claims that the child sexual abuse charges against him should be dismissed.
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:51A
Clemens Lawyers Object to Ban
WASHINGTON - Lawyers for Roger Clemens are objecting to prosecutors' bid to ban some of the arguments the former pitcher used at last year's perjury trial, which ended in a mistrial. In a pretrial motion filed with the court Wednesday, Clemens' lawyers
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:51A
Rafferty trial to hear about search of his home
Michael Rafferty, 31, was arrested May 19, 2009, and is now on trial charged with first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping. Court heard Wednesday about the unprecedented scale of the ground, air and water search for Tori
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:50A
Turner man accused of killing wife back in court
The Sun Journal reports that Brian Nichols is scheduled for a 1 pm hearing in Androscoggin County Superior Court today. His trial is scheduled to start next month. Authorities say the 46-year-old Nichols admitted to police that he killed his wife,
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:48A
Former Inmates Sue TF Jail for Sexual Harassment, Battery
According to the lawsuit, filed March 26 in US District Court in Idaho, Frank Lee Gorrell, Timothy Eugene Harvell and Jonathan Guidi were among 11 men housed in the 100 block of the jail in January 2011. At about 2 pm on Jan. 11, according to the suit,
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:44A
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