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Nashiri Motions Hearing #9: Bill of Attainder Time
Rights against the admission of coerced evidence, to a speedy trial, and to judicial independence all likewise help to optimize the truth-seeking process. But, Paradis says – and he means no disrespect to the court – this commission is appointed by one
Updated: 04/11/2012 10:51P
Defining Campaign Spending Is at Heart of Edwards Trial
Mr. Edwards's character is going to be hard to keep out of the trial. His affair was conducted while his wife, Elizabeth, publicly struggled with cancer. (She died in December 2010.) Mr. Edwards was also drawn into a battle in civil court that centered
Updated: 04/11/2012 10:29P
Gary Kimura murder accused committed to trial
Jesse Christopher Hartley, 27, of Mount Maunganui, Taonui Hiku, 25, and Witeri Ahomiro Neketai, 34, both unemployed from Te Puke, and Joseph Rewiri, 44, from Auckland were committed to trial in Tauranga District Court this morning.
Updated: 04/11/2012 10:25P
Bribes offender was naive, says lawyer
The last of 10 people to face court over an illegal car defects scheme has asked the Adelaide District Court to spare him a jail term. The scheme involved payments to have vehicle defect notices illegally removed from the Transport SA computer system
Updated: 04/11/2012 10:24P
Judge to deliver verdict in 1962 rape case
Jack McCullough, 72, is charged with the 1962 rape of 14-year-old Jeanne Tessier, whose credibility was the focus of proceedings Wednesday in DeKalb County court. The charge is separate from allegations of murder McCullough faces in connection with the
Updated: 04/11/2012 10:23P
Self-defense hearing could dismiss death charge
By Henry Pierson Curtis, Orlando Sentinel George Zimmerman can ask to have the second-degree-murder charge against him dropped without having to stand trial in the death of Trayvon Martin. Two years ago, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that anyone
Updated: 04/11/2012 10:15P
Sica said he stumbled upon triple-murder scene: court
The trial of the man accused of slaying three siblings in their Brisbane home nearly nine years ago heard yesterday how the alleged killer claimed to have happened upon the horrific crime scene. Constable Daniel Gerald Bonwick gave evidence in
Updated: 04/11/2012 10:15P
Trayvon Martin's killing is now a murder case
The US Justice Department became involved and even President Obama weighed in, offering: "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon." On the night of the shooting, Zimmerman, whose father is white and mother is Hispanic, had called police minutes earlier
Updated: 04/11/2012 10:13P
TV Cameras Set to Film Murder Trial in a First for UK
STV will film the sentencing of David Gilroy for the murder of his former mistress Suzanne Pilley April 18 in the High Court in Edinburgh, with the Judiciary of Scotland confirming that it is "the first time that permission has been granted to film
Updated: 04/11/2012 10:08P
Originally acquitted, man is convicted of murdering Edmonton teen
A man who was originally acquitted in the brutal sex slaying of an Edmonton teenager was convicted of first-degree murder in the case on Wednesday. Mr. Justice Keith Yamauchi of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta ruled that Michael Briscoe, 41,
Updated: 04/11/2012 10:06P
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