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Court to hear appeal today in Neil Entwistle case
AP BOSTON — A British man convicted of killing his wife and infant daughter in their suburban home is going before the highest court in Massachusetts to request a new trial. Lawyers for Neil Entwistle today are expected to ask the Supreme Judicial
Updated: 04/06/2012 06:06A
Ritacco critics see vindication in plea
Ritacco, the former Toms River Regional school district superintendent, pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasions charges before US District Court Judge Joel A. Pisano Thursday. “It proved everything we said was factually correct,” said
Updated: 04/06/2012 05:58A
Ritacco critics see vindication in plea
Ritacco, the former Toms River Regional school district superintendent, pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasions charges before US District Court Judge Joel A. Pisano Thursday. “It proved everything we said was factually correct,” said
Updated: 04/06/2012 05:58A
Chilliwack man unfit for trial
In September 2011, following an initial assessment of Miller's mental health, BC Supreme Court Justice Brian Joyce deemed that he was fit to stand trial. The prosecution and Miller's lawyer had agreed that he had committed the slaying but that the only
Updated: 04/06/2012 05:56A
Wife killer unfit to stand trial
Due to the effects of Huntingdon's disease, a progressive and terminal genetic neurological disorder, he'd been hospitalized around Christmas time in 2006. A day after Christmas, he left the hospital, went to his home and entered his wife's bedroom,
Updated: 04/06/2012 05:53A
Sandusky Hearing Postponed
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky briefly appeared in a Pennsylvania courtroom Thursday before the judge adjourned the hearing, saying that court decisions will be postponed because the grand jury
Updated: 04/06/2012 05:51A
Hearings begin for China's former No. 1 fugitive
AP | Posted: Friday, April 6, 2012 1:06 am | (0) Comments The man once considered China's most-wanted fugitive went on trial Friday, accused of using cash, liquor and prostitutes to bribe officials while he ran the country's largest-ever smuggling ring
Updated: 04/06/2012 05:51A
Details emerge in Joseph Webster case
Two people charged with his murder were ordered held without bail after their arraignment yesterday in Westboro District Court. Lara Cori, 22, and James Howze, 19, both of Providence, pleaded not guilty to the charges before Judge Vito A. Virzi.
Updated: 04/06/2012 05:47A
Driving case for Crown
A MAN allegedly drove his vehicle into the open door of a car with a motorist standing nearby, a court heard. Kevin Marriott, aged 32, was brought to Plymouth Magistrates' Court in custody to be charged with a string of offences including dangerous
Updated: 04/06/2012 05:34A
Judge drops sex abuse case on a technicality
By Sanne Specht Misdemeanor sex abuse charges filed against a former McLoughlin Middle School volunteer tutor were dismissed midway though a trial Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court. The jury had already heard testimony from the alleged
Updated: 04/06/2012 05:27A