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Murder trial lets out early Friday due to elevator breakdown
The trial of two young local men for a June 2011 shooting that killed a child and wounded five others let out early on Friday after a broken elevator prevented them from getting to court on time. Paul William Braden, 22, and Orlando Joseph Lopez, 24,
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:19A
Simpson trial lawyer alleges slander
A lawsuit filed Thursday by Yale Galanter in Florida's Miami-Dade County Circuit Court accuses Gabriel Grasso of defamation in the breach of contract lawsuit Grasso filed March 30 against Galanter in Las Vegas. Grasso alleged he was promised $250000 to
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:18A
Opening date delayed for start of CityCenter construction trial
By Tim O'Reiley Clark County District Court Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez has postponed the opening date of the CityCenter construction trial by a month, to March 12. The trial is expected to run from six to 12 weeks. With most of subcontractors having been
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:16A
Trial delayed for ex-Forest City officer
The Globe Gazette (http://bit.ly/I7LpIW ) in Mason City says 34-year-old Thaddeus Ellenbecker was to be tried on May 7 in Winnebago County District Court. Court officials say the trial was continued and no new date was immediately set.
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:14A
Jailed Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko moved to hospital
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, whose jailing last year has soured the former Soviet republic's relations with the West, has been moved to hospital where she is expected to receive treatment for back pain.
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:10A
Trial delayed for former Forest City police officer charged with arson, burglary
The Globe Gazette (http://bit.ly/I7LpIW ) in Mason City says 34-year-old Thaddeus Ellenbecker was to be tried on May 7 in Winnebago County District Court. Court officials say the trial was continued and no new date was immediately set.
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:08A
NC man no longer faces death after judge invokes 'Racial Justice Act'
The ruling by Cumberland County Superior Court Judge Gregory Weeks, the first under the state's controversial Racial Justice Act, means that 38-year-old Marcus Robinson now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. Robinson, who is black,
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:03A
'Beaten and left to die': Leeds murder trial is told of friends' brutal attack
Carey, of Lombard Street, is on trial at Leeds Crown Court where he denies murder and two offences of attempting to pervert justice. Kevin Spencer, Carey's cousin, also of Lombard Street, is on trial accused of attempting to pervert justice.
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:02A
'Beaten and left to die': Leeds murder trial is told of friends' brutal attack
Carey, of Lombard Street, is on trial at Leeds Crown Court where he denies murder and two offences of attempting to pervert justice. Kevin Spencer, Carey's cousin, also of Lombard Street, is on trial accused of attempting to pervert justice.
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:02A
Carlisle boss too ill to stand trial on fraud charges
By Emily Parsons The prosecution had almost finished presenting its case in Richard Dixon's trial at Carlisle Crown Court when he became ill at the beginning of April. Judge Peter Hughes QC adjourned the case, to give Dixon time to improve,
Updated: 04/21/2012 04:47A