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Jury picked in sex abuse trial of former Clearwater fire chief.
She is expected to testify sometime today in what is likely to be a key moment in the trial. It is not yet known if Geer will testify. Jury selection consumed all of Tuesday. Two people also were selected as alternates — one woman and one man.
Updated: 04/24/2012 09:05P
Former soccer chief challenges bribery charges
Xie Yalong appeared before Dandong Intermediate People's Court in Northeast China's Liaoning province, with his successor, Nan Yong, due to face a court in Tieling, also in Liaoning, on Wednesday. However, while the first-round trials of officials and
Updated: 04/24/2012 09:04P
Jury selection begins in trial of slain South LA teen
Pedro Espinoza sat silently in court wearing a brown suit, glasses, and sporting a fresh crew-cut. He kept his eyes focused on his lawyers, asking them questions periodically. Directly behind him in the first row, sat the Shaw family.
Updated: 04/24/2012 08:59P
CPP revision: faster trials, rights guaranteed
According to Leong Heng Teng, they will allow “certain trials to be faster, treating different kinds of court processes in a different way.” The simplified process could be used for cases carrying a jail sentence of up to three years when “there is
Updated: 04/24/2012 08:54P
Voter ID battle intensifies in federal court, Texas Legislature
First, on Monday the US Department of Justice asked a federal court in Washington for a delay of a July 9 trial that would determine whether the law the Republican-dominated Texas Legislature approved in last year's session is constitutional.
Updated: 04/24/2012 08:51P
In John Edwards trial, Andrew Young is one confused witness
By Melinda Henneberger Former US Senator John Edwards leaves the federal court house in Greensboro, North Carolina April 23, 2012. Edwards, 58, is accused of secretly soliciting more than $900000 in illegal campaign funds from two wealthy donors to
Updated: 04/24/2012 08:51P
Witnesses testify Tuesday in Hannah Overton hearing to lack of evidence
Overton's appeal for an overturned conviction include two key claims: that her trial attorneys failed to properly represent her and that prosecutors withheld test results that showed low levels of sodium in the boy's stomach contents. The Texas Court
Updated: 04/24/2012 08:50P
Driver in fatal laughing-gas crash to stand trial
A Sacramento County judge has ordered a trial for a man accused of causing a fatal crash while driving under the influence of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas. The Sacramento Bee ( http://bit.ly/I03BUD) reports that 22-year-old Michael Dean
Updated: 04/24/2012 08:50P
Jealous boyfriend gave friend a hammer and asked him to kill Kiwi teen, court told
Murder-accused Elliot Turner allegedly gave a friend a hammer and asked him to kill New Zealander Emily Longley, a British court has been told. The trial into the killing of 17-year-old Longley is in its second day, with her partner, Turner, 20,
Updated: 04/24/2012 08:48P
SAN BERNARDINO: Man will face trial in war veteran shooting
23, according to testimony in court today, said San Bernardino County Deputy District Attorney William Lee. Lee said a discussion at the party about football included Sullivan's brothers Brandon Sullivan and Humberto Acero. It was joined by Jurado.
Updated: 04/24/2012 08:48P
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