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Hung verdict announced in molestation case vs Sierra Oaks after-school instructor
The Sacramento County Superior Court Clerk said prosecutors would now decide whether to retry the case against Vicars, or drop the charges. The judge did not release a determination on whether Vicars would remain in custody until the commencement of a
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:34P
Year in jail for man charged with helping trooper's killer
But Kitsap County District Court Judge Jeffrey Jahns, after reviewing Banks' criminal history, decided otherwise. Jahns noted that Banks was not amenable to treatment and said that his criminal history, which includes an attempt to elude police,
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:32P
Year in jail for man charged with helping trooper's killer
But Kitsap County District Court Judge Jeffrey Jahns, after reviewing Banks' criminal history, decided otherwise. Jahns noted that Banks was not amenable to treatment and said that his criminal history, which includes an attempt to elude police,
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:32P
Four co-defendants accused in fatal beating of Old Bridge man revealed to jurors
By Sue Epstein/The Star-Ledger Enlarge John O'Boyle / The Star-Ledger Cash Johnson, Julian Daley, Christian Tinli and Christopher Conway stand in front of the jury during the Steven Contreras trial in Middlesex Superior Court in New Brunswick.
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:28P
Teacher says Catholic school fired her for IVF
Legal experts say Herx's case illustrates a murky area in the debate over separation of church and state that even the US Supreme Court has failed to clearly address. Diocese officials said in a statement issued to The Associated Press on Wednesday
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:27P
Is International Criminal Court the best way to stop war crimes?
For the ICC, which started work in July 2002, and until last month hadn't completed a single case, the Kony video may have been great public relations – it had had 88 million hits through Tuesday – but it also was a display of the court's impotence.
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:25P
Is International Criminal Court the best way to stop war crimes?
For the ICC, which started work in July 2002, and until last month hadn't completed a single case, the Kony video may have been great public relations – it had had 88 million hits through Tuesday – but it also was a display of the court's impotence.
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:25P
Baruch Lebovits Free
The appeals court has ruled that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion, and that a new trial is ordered. Dershowitz, Eiger & Adelson, PC, New York, NY (Nathan Z. Dershowitz, Amy Adelson, and Alan M. Dershowitz, Cambridge,
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:22P
Longley's last night out shown to court
Security camera footage of Emily's Longley last night out has been to shown to a jury in the trial of her boyfriend accused of murdering the 17-year-old. Elliot Turner is charged with murdering his New Zealand girlfriend at his home in Bournemouth last
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:22P
Big Day for Employers at Connecticut Supreme Court
Today, I'll address one portion of the court's decision in the other case, Perez-Dickson v. City of Bridgeport (download here). In an unanimous decision, the court reversed the $2 million jury verdict in favor of the employee and entered judgment for
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:21P
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