Latest Trial Court News
ICC: Libya has evidence of killings by Gaddafi son
Luis Moreno-Ocampo told The Associated Press the Libyan government has until the end of April to present a case to the court to back its demand to try him. The international court indicted him in June along with his father and the Gaddafi regime's
Updated: 04/20/2012 06:47P
Glendora man to be freed on bail after having 1984 murder conviction overturned
Finding major problems with O'Connell's murder trial, Pasadena Superior Court Judge Suzette Clover threw out the conviction March 29. Clover cited several issues that she said denied him a fair trial. Key eye witnesses in the case have recanted their
Updated: 04/20/2012 06:47P
Glendora man to be freed on bail after having 1984 murder conviction overturned
Finding major problems with O'Connell's murder trial, Pasadena Superior Court Judge Suzette Clover threw out the conviction March 29. Clover cited several issues that she said denied him a fair trial. Key eye witnesses in the case have recanted their
Updated: 04/20/2012 06:47P
San Diego area school shooter sentenced to life
SAN DIEGO COUNTY OUT; ; COMMERCIAL INTERNET OUT; FOREIGN OUT Photo: UT San Diego, Peggy Peattie / AP VISTA, Calif. (AP) — A gunman who injured two second-graders when he opened fire on a crowded elementary school playground near San Diego was sentenced
Updated: 04/20/2012 06:45P
Girls dressed up as nuns played 'burlesque games': Berlusconi to court
Young women dressing up as nuns at parties hosted by Silvio Berlusconi were just playing a “burlesque game”, the former Italian premier said on Friday at his first appearance at a trial on charges he paid for sex with an underage prostitute.
Updated: 04/20/2012 06:40P
Girls dressed up as nuns played 'burlesque games': Berlusconi to court
Young women dressing up as nuns at parties hosted by Silvio Berlusconi were just playing a “burlesque game”, the former Italian premier said on Friday at his first appearance at a trial on charges he paid for sex with an underage prostitute.
Updated: 04/20/2012 06:40P
US judge commutes death penalty in racial killing
The American Civil Liberties (ACLU) hailed the action as a landmark "victory over racial bias" in a capital case. Weeks said the death penalty would violate North Carolina's 2009 Racial Justice Act, which prohibits courts from seeking or imposing the
Updated: 04/20/2012 06:36P
Murderer off death row in landmark US race case
The American Civil Liberties (ACLU) hailed the action as a landmark “victory over racial bias” in a capital case. Weeks said the death penalty would violate North Carolina's 2009 Racial Justice Act, which prohibits courts from seeking or imposing the
Updated: 04/20/2012 06:33P
NAACP's Barber on the RJA ruling: A strike against the fallacy of "inevitable
The ruling today in the Marcus Robinson case, the first appeal to be decided by a trial court under the Racial Justice Act, made national news. North Carolinians dealt a blow to racism. Still, not every North Carolinian acknowledges what the statistics
Updated: 04/20/2012 06:30P
Escapee gets 30-year sentence in surprise plea deal
Logan County District Court Judge Michael Singer gave Alward 15 years for the burglary and another 15 for the kidnapping, but dismissed 10 other charges against him. Alward was also facing charges for escape and holding hostages -- both class 2
Updated: 04/20/2012 06:24P