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Court allows Om Prakash Chautala to visit Aussies
New Delhi: Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, facing trial in a case of alleged illegal recruitment of over 3000 teachers in the state, has been allowed by a Delhi court to visit Australia to attend cultural programmes.
Updated: 04/08/2012 12:20A

Man accused of killing wife, eating her flesh acted in 'self-defense'
AP Allan Jung/MetroWest Daily News/via AP Jieming Liu, 79, appears for arraignment in Westborough, Mass., District Court Friday, April 6, 2012, where he faced a murder charge in the death of his wife, Yuee Zhou, in their of Shrewsbury home Thursday.
Updated: 04/08/2012 12:19A

The hang-ups of building case vs. serial offender
"Repeat offenders are still eluding full prosecution," Linda Atkinson, co-founder and director of the DWI Resource Center in Albuquerque, said in a recent interview. The state can "pass laws all day long," closing loopholes that allow offenders to
Updated: 04/08/2012 12:12A

Trial to start Monday for former Toms River Regional schools chief
Former Toms River Schools Superintendent Michael Ritacco, right, and his attorney Jerome Ballarotto arrive outside federal court Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, in Trenton, NJ, for an arraignment hearing. Ritacco retired last month after he was arrested on
Updated: 04/08/2012 12:11A

Trial to start Monday for former Toms River Regional schools chief
Former Toms River Schools Superintendent Michael Ritacco, right, and his attorney Jerome Ballarotto arrive outside federal court Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, in Trenton, NJ, for an arraignment hearing. Ritacco retired last month after he was arrested on
Updated: 04/08/2012 12:11A

DA concedes judge was right to discard drug evidence
District Attorney Scott Andreassi conceded Armstrong County Judge James Panchik correctly threw out evidence in a controversial case against a Leechburg man. Andreassi's concession came in a brief filed with the Pennsylvania Superior Court on March 27
Updated: 04/08/2012 12:02A

Two banned from Burgess' court
The issues stem from a 1963 US Supreme Court ruling in Brady vs. Maryland that addresses a defendant's 14th Amendment rights to due process under the law. The court ruled that exculpatory evidence is material if the outcome of the trial would have been
Updated: 04/07/2012 11:51P

Judge on Matthew David Stewart case: Locked court a rarity
The doors to 2nd District Judge Noel Hyde's courtroom have been locked from the outside during the past two hearings for Stewart. In each case, a Salt Lake City reporter was locked out of the hearing after arriving a bit late.
Updated: 04/07/2012 11:15P

Arrai TV chief faces trial in Iraq for stealing state property
Juburi was sentenced to 15 years in prison in absentia for embezzlement in the case in 2007, but under Iraqi law is entitled to a new trial if he appears in court. He has meanwhile been cleared of terror charges stemming from a video aired on his
Updated: 04/07/2012 11:04P

Apple may get US support to block Samsung tablets
In a high-stakes patent dispute, the court heard arguments about whether a federal trial judge acted correctly in December when she ruled that Apple failed to provide enough evidence to support an injunction of Samsung's Galaxy product line.
Updated: 04/07/2012 11:04P