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Calif. gov. commutes sentence in shaken baby case
She was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, but has been free since 2006, when the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals set aside her sentence. Smith has maintained her innocence. The 9th Circuit ruled that the case likely was "a miscarriage of justice
Updated: 04/06/2012 03:39P
Court appearance Monday for JetBlue pilot put off
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- A judge in the case of the JetBlue Airways pilot accused of interfering with a flight crew by disrupting a Las Vegas-bound flight after leaving the cockpit has put off hearings set for Monday. US Magistrate Judge Clinton E.
Updated: 04/06/2012 03:37P
Supreme Court Says Jails Can Strip Search You - Even for Traffic Violations
One such person was Albert Florence, a 35-year-old Black man erroneously arrested in 2005 for failing to pay a traffic fine he had already paid -- and whose experience is the center of the case decided by the Court. A New Jersey state trooper pulled
Updated: 04/06/2012 03:36P
Mob charge dropped in fraud case
NEW DELHI: Five people, accused of being involved in 29 cases of cheating, forgery and breach of trust in various states, have been discharged of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) by a trial court. The court said that
Updated: 04/06/2012 03:34P
Dara Singh encounter: We have no faith in CBI, says Raj HC
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court on Friday came down heavily on CBI for giving "differential" treatment to the accused in Dara Singh fake encounter killing case in which a DIG and a BJP MLA were among those arrested, saying the agency's objectives have
Updated: 04/06/2012 03:33P
DA: Shrewsbury husband may have eaten wife's flesh
The couple's adult son found his mother murdered inside her Shrewsbury home yesterday, the floor “soaked” in blood in a suspected domestic homicide, authorities said. Jieming Liu, 79, was arrested on charges of murdering his wife, Yuee Zhou,
Updated: 04/06/2012 03:31P
Death penalty trial due for 5 accused of planning 9/11
The Obama administration "is making a terrible mistake by prosecuting the most important terrorism trials of our time in a second-tier system of justice," said Anthony Romero, the group's executive director. He said the war court was "set up to achieve
Updated: 04/06/2012 03:30P
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Gitmo Trial a Slap in the Face of Justice
Although this is welcome news, it would have been good to see the suspects tried by the civil justice system instead of putting them through a military kangaroo court. Commenting on the imminent trial, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Executive
Updated: 04/06/2012 03:30P
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Guantanamo Bay Trial a Slap in the Face of Justice
Although this is welcome news, it would have been good to see the suspects tried by the civil justice system instead of putting them through a military kangaroo court. Commenting on the imminent trial, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Executive
Updated: 04/06/2012 03:29P
Desai's Federal Trial Delayed
Prosecutors and the defense agreed to delay the trial of Dipak Desai, originally scheduled to start on May 22, 2012, until the end of the year. In a court filing, both sides agreed the case was complex, and that Desai is also facing another trial in
Updated: 04/06/2012 03:26P
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