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Doubt cast over duo in white supremacist Terre'Blanche trial
Advocate Norman Arendse told the court that the claims of sexual abuse could not be verified because investigators never collected semen off his body, seen in police photographs. "The substance itself could never be subjected to forensic investigation
Updated: 04/19/2012 12:05P
Norway's Breivik wanted to kill PM, other ministers
Anders Behring Breivik, who admits killing 77 people in Norway last summer, was trying to kill the prime minister and other government ministers by bombing a building in Oslo, he testified Thursday. The blast killed eight people, but Breivik said he
Updated: 04/19/2012 12:03P
Opening Arguments Today in Shasta Beating, Torture Case
Opening arguments are set to begin today in Shasta County Superior Court in the criminal trial of a Cottonwood woman accused of nearly beating a 7-year-old boy to death in late 2009. The trial is expected to decide whether Rachel Ann Limon, 30,
Updated: 04/19/2012 12:03P
Court: Man admits killing five-year-old Tyler Whelan
The prosecution began its case today in a trial that is expected to last several weeks, telling the court that Tyler died after being kicked in the abdomen by Lee, as well as having blunt force head injuries. On the day of his death,
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:58A
James Cooke threatens judge in Bonistall trial
WILMINGTON — Defendant James Cooke lashed out at Superior Court Judge Charles H. Toliver this morning threatening to do harm to the judge and his family. The outburst by Cooke, the first time he has threatened anyone during the course of his re-trial,
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:57A
Hard sell for possible Clemens juror
The reluctant potential juror, a self-described unemployed 27-year-old, said he was a fan of basketball but not baseball — "It's not my sport" — and didn't know who Clemens was. The prospective juror had plenty of company: Lots of Washingtonians
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:52A
Bring on e-book pricing trial, Apple lawyer says
NEW YORK — Apple Inc. wants to go to trial to defend itself against US government allegations that it conspired with publishers to raise prices of electronic books, a lawyer for the Silicon Valley giant said in court on Wednesday.
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:51A
Jury duty in Roger Clemens case hard sell for qualified man
The court took time out to debate whether Clemens' former teammate Andy Pettitte could identify his source of human growth hormone as the trainer who allegedly supplied Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs. US District Judge Reggie Walton said he
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:50A
Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll murder trial: Gangster 'tried to shield himself with
A SMALL amount of DNA found on the grip plate of a gun was a "perfect match" to the man accused of shooting a gangland figure dead, a court has heard. Forensic scientist Pauline McSorley, 55, said she took wet and dry swabs from the right-hand grip
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:49A
Trayvon Martin Judge Kenneth R. Lester: All About The New George Zimmerman
Lester, who has been a judge on the circuit court since 1996, found himself involved in the trial Wednesday after Florida Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler, who was presiding over the George Zimmerman trial, stepped down due to a conflict of interest,
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:49A
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