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Verdict in rights activists' trial on Tuesday
The verdict in the trial of rights activists Ni Yulan and her husband will be announced on Tuesday, a year after the couple were detained amid growing unrest in China, their daughter said yesterday. Ni and Dong Jiqin, who have long helped victims of
Updated: 04/07/2012 08:24P

Capital Hill thief sentenced to 4 years
David Vines, 48, of the District, was sentenced by DC Superior Court Judge Ronna L. Beck after pleading guilty to contempt of court and second-degree theft. "Our community needs to be protected from you," Beck told Vines as she handed down the sentence
Updated: 04/07/2012 08:21P

Bias suit against UO revived An appeals panel says a jury should hear charges
A three-judge panel of the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a June 2010 ruling by US District Judge Michael Hogan in Eugene, who had said there wasn't enough uncertainty about the evidence to take the case to trial.
Updated: 04/07/2012 07:52P

Warner Robins Ex-Councilman Face Trial on Extortion Charges
A former Warner Robins city councilman is preparing to face extortion charges in federal court. Prosecutors say Williams tried to get a car deal to pay him for arranging the sale of a truck to the police department. Williams says he's not guilty.
Updated: 04/07/2012 07:50P

Inadmissible evidence leads to dismissed indictment in sex abuse case
By EMILY RUSSO MILLER A Juneau Superior Court judge this week dismissed an indictment against a man accused of child sex abuse, two weeks before the case was slated to go to trial. In a ruling issued Thursday, Judge Philip Pallenberg agreed to drop the
Updated: 04/07/2012 07:41P

DUI driver changed judge's career, life
On March 30, District Court Judge Charlie Andrews — a judge regarded as a master of the settlement conference to avoid long jury trials — retired after 21 years on the bench in Shawnee County. In 1963, Andrews lived in Leavenworth, where he played
Updated: 04/07/2012 07:40P

FIA rejects adjournment plea by Musharraf
The Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) rejected an adjournment plea of former President Pervez Musharraf in Benazir Bhutto assassination case, saying that Anti-Terrorist Court Rawalpindi had declared him a Proclaimed Offender (PO).
Updated: 04/07/2012 07:28P

BORDER OFFICIALS IN TRIAL BLUNDER
Prosecutors at Hove Crown Court had intended to call 18 illegal immigrants as witnesses, and argued that they would be unable to make their case with just the five remaining. Judge Paul Tain refused to allow statements from the missing witnesses to be
Updated: 04/07/2012 07:02P

Delays trouble those within court system
Johnson has remained in custody ever since, but has yet to face trial. Moody said a special prosecutor has been assigned to the case out of Raleigh, but has not been told of a court date. Moody said he considered Johnson to be something of a friend
Updated: 04/07/2012 06:52P

Delays trouble those within court system
Johnson has remained in custody ever since, but has yet to face trial. Moody said a special prosecutor has been assigned to the case out of Raleigh, but has not been told of a court date. Moody said he considered Johnson to be something of a friend
Updated: 04/07/2012 06:52P