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Judge turns in notice for Aldawsari case
The suspected student terrorist is scheduled to go on trial April 30th for trying to make a weapon of mass destruction. Judge Cummings' notice was short and terse. The order gives no reason for the recusal and court records show no recusal motion.
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:43P

East Coventry killer Richard Greist a no-show for court review
At a nonjury trial the next year, Greist was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity after the judge heard testimony by competing experts. He was determined to have undergone a massive mental breakdown at the time of the killing and thus was
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:39P

Gaddafi son attacked, misled: defense lawyer
The Libyan authorities and the International Criminal Court (ICC), the war crimes court based in The Hague, have been locked in a dispute over where Saif al-Islam should face trial. Libya wants to try Muammar Gaddafi's son in a domestic court,
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:38P

Man charged in Santa Cruz coffee shop rape case ruled competent to stand trial
Judge Paul Burdick on Thursday said that based on the results of a mental evaluation completed by a court-appointed psychologist, Garcia is competent. The case will now proceed to trial. Garcia's attorney, James Reilly had requested the mental
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:34P

Detective texted tycoon's daughter during her trial
Detective Constable James Quigley, an expert on gangs in south London, is said to have contacted Laura Johnson, 20, shortly before she was due to give evidence at her trial. She alerted her defence barrister who then informed the court.
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:32P

Choi dismisses attorneys, may represent himself
The petition that Kameny wrote asking the high court to take his case has been hailed as a precedent-setting manifesto for the gay rights movement. “I think for activists, especially for people who protest at the public square, there's no more powerful
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:29P

Choi dismisses attorneys, may represent himself
The petition that Kameny wrote asking the high court to take his case has been hailed as a precedent-setting manifesto for the gay rights movement. “I think for activists, especially for people who protest at the public square, there's no more powerful
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:29P

Nicollette Sheridan Demands A Re-Trial
The jury was dead-locked at a vote of 8-4 in the trial, with 9 votes being needed in Nicollette's favor in order to award punitive damages. ABC is asking the court award them a victory but lawyers for the actress are asking for a re-trial because they
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:22P

Few issues resolved at Sandusky pretrial hearing By The Associated Press
Amendola said the judge could split off the allegations related to that boy, described as Victim 2 in court records, for a separate trial, or that he could dismiss those charges if Curley and Schultz are not available as defense witnesses.
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:21P

In court, priest's lawyer suggests witness was jealous
The Bucks County accuser had been identified in court papers and at the trial, but The Inquirer does not publish the names of alleged victims of sex crimes without their permission. A grand jury report called him "Mark." On Wednesday, Mark told jurors
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:20P