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Occupy Augusta supporters face trial April 25-26
The trial is set for Kennebec County Superior Court and the jury was selected Friday. Each defendant, charged with criminal trespassing, will receive an individual verdict. The co-defendants are Elizabeth A. Burke, 48, of Union; Kimberly G. Cormier,
Updated: 04/07/2012 12:02A

Is ministers' 'advice' needed, asks SC
The apex court slated to examine the files on April 10 has posed the crucial question to the lawyers assisting it mainly in the backdrop of three layers of judiciary — trial court, high courts and the Supreme Court — taking on an average 15 years to
Updated: 04/06/2012 11:46P

Lulu Trial: Now the Gloves Are Of
And so the foursome were charged at an Abuja High Court – the first high profile football officials to be so treated (most others were given a 'soft landing'). And as the case progressed I kept wondering if Nigerians will get to hear the sordid tails
Updated: 04/06/2012 11:29P

American testifies at the trial of Umar Patek
Steven William Cabler told the West Jakarta District Court that a few days before the bombing, he was approached by four men. One of them spat in his face and cursed him. He said “Why are the Americans trying to kill Saddam Hussein?
Updated: 04/06/2012 11:29P

SB COUNTY: Former deputy moves to dismiss underage sex case
BY RICHARD K. De ATLEY The attorney for a former San Bernardino County deputy accused of illicit sex with an underage girl in the department's Explorer program said in court Friday that he has filed a motion to dismiss the case.
Updated: 04/06/2012 11:16P

Noblesse Oblige, If You Please
that the 68-year-old King of Denpasar, Raja Ida Tjokorda Ngurah Jambe Pemeutan IX, more generally known as “Cok Samirana,” is facing the possibility of 3 years in prison if found guilty in a trial now underway in the Denpasar District Court.
Updated: 04/06/2012 11:04P

Fraud Trial for German Hotelier in North Bali
Bali Post reports that, after several postponements in the court proceedings, the trial for fraud and malfeasance in the purchase and sale of shares involving the former owner of the Melka Lovina Hotel, has resumed for Karl Gunther Meyer on Monday,
Updated: 04/06/2012 11:04P

Rape case documents unsealed
By BOB DUNN STAFF WRITER David Fried Oppenheim, left, listens to his attorney David Hoose prior to being sentenced Thursday in Hampshire Superior Court. David Fried Oppenheim waits for his trial to begin Jan. 30 at Hampshire County Courthouse.
Updated: 04/06/2012 10:50P

US court hands arms dealer 25 years in jail, Russia protests - World News Today!
Bout blurted out in English in court. US District Judge Shira Scheindlin said 25 years, not the life sentence wanted by prosecutors, was sufficient because there was no evidence Bout would have been charged with seeking to harm Americans if not
Updated: 04/06/2012 10:43P

Producers Zwick, Herskovitz Win 'Last Samurai' Trial Over Allegedly Stolen Script
But in a unanimous decision reached Friday after a seven-day trial in US District Court in Los Angeles, a jury ruled that the script never was submitted to Bedford Falls in the first place. All other issues in the case, including whether an "implied"
Updated: 04/06/2012 10:23P