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Judge in Edwards case won't block sex tape testimony
The judge in the John Edwards trial today rejected a bid by Edwards' former mistress to sharply restrict what the court and the public can hear about a sex tape the couple made together. The tape shows Rielle Hunter , who later gave birth to Edwards'
Updated: 04/29/2012 02:34P
Lack of aboriginal jurors on trial in Ontario court
The makeup of juries in Ontario goes on trial this week as two convicted killers fight their guilty verdicts in a case that goes to the heart of the justice system. At issue before the province's top court is whether the aboriginal men were treated
Updated: 04/29/2012 02:27P
Conditional acquittal for all accused in Umta rioting case
All the surviving 109 accused in the Umta rioting case, in which two persons were killed during the post-Godhra communal riots, have been granted conditional acquittals by the Visnagar court. Mohammad Abdul Sheikh, a retired teacher, and Abdul Mansuri,
Updated: 04/29/2012 02:18P
Theft case a puzzle, jury told
Suzanne Harvey is standing trial in the Bendigo County Court on two counts of burglary and two of theft. She has denied any involvement in either incident. Prosecutor Peter Jones said it was the Crown's case that while her employers were on holiday in
Updated: 04/29/2012 02:15P
Theft case a puzzle, jury told
Suzanne Harvey is standing trial in the Bendigo County Court on two counts of burglary and two of theft. She has denied any involvement in either incident. Prosecutor Peter Jones said it was the Crown's case that while her employers were on holiday in
Updated: 04/29/2012 02:15P
Lawyer absent, Mbokonavera murder case adjourned
The case of the two men facing the murder of a man at Mbokonavera in 2010 was last Friday further adjourned to Monday, in the High Court. The adjournment was made following the absence of one of the lawyers representing the two accused.
Updated: 04/29/2012 02:14P
Execution scheduled in Tulsa robbery case
Huggins says Selsor's 1976 trial, his 1998 retrial and the many appellate court decisions that have impacted the case over three decades has kept the memory of her father's violent death fresh in the minds of his family members.
Updated: 04/29/2012 01:47P
Sentencing set in battery case
SANDPOINT — One of the teens implicated in a brutal beating of a Bonner County woman last year is scheduled to be sentenced on May 3 in 1st District Court. Joseph John Martin pleaded guilty to battery with intent to commit a serious felony earlier this
Updated: 04/29/2012 01:03P
The Record: Juvenile justice
ABOUT 250000 juvenile defendants across the nation are tried as adults each year, according to the Campaign for Youth Justice, a national organization that opposes placing minors in the adult criminal justice system. A small number of them are from
Updated: 04/29/2012 01:00P
2 more Illinois counties can allow courtroom cameras
The pilot program doesn't affect US courts in Illinois, which do not permit cameras or recorders in court. Some of the highest profile trials, including the corruption trial of ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, took place in federal court Including
Updated: 04/29/2012 12:48P
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