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Will the Supreme Court Do the Right Thing?
But what struck me was this passage: “[The Court] should presume laws to be constitutional, just as trial courts presume accused criminals to be innocent.” The New Republic editors never say why the Court should presume laws to be constitutional,
Updated: 05/01/2012 11:36A

Prosecutors in Chicago drop case against former priest in sexual-assault case
Sleeva Raju Policetti has maintained his innocence since abruptly leaving Chicago in 2002, and in India he has waged a protracted court battle against efforts to extradite him to Chicago to face trial. Policetti's alleged victim initially worked with
Updated: 05/01/2012 11:31A

Judge: Maid's NY suit vs. Strauss-Kahn can proceed
Bronx state Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon's ruling kept alive the civil case that emerged from a May 2011 hotel-room encounter that also spurred now-dismissed criminal charges against Strauss-Kahn, then a French presidential hopeful.
Updated: 05/01/2012 11:28A

Judge: Maid's NY suit vs. Strauss-Kahn can proceed
Bronx state Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon's ruling kept alive the civil case that emerged from a May 2011 hotel-room encounter that also spurred now-dismissed criminal charges against Strauss-Kahn, then a French presidential hopeful.
Updated: 05/01/2012 11:28A

Supreme Court should hear Wausau-area prayer-death case
WAUSAU -- A Wausau-based appeals court recommended in a written ruling released this morning that the state Supreme Court hear the case of a Wausau-area couple and their conviction on reckless homicide charges for the 2008 death of their daughter.
Updated: 05/01/2012 11:24A

Newspaper reporter passes out at Werdesheim trial
One of two brothers on trial in the beating of a Baltimore teenager jumped out of his seat during court proceedings Tuesday morning to render aid to a newspaper reporter who passed out. A witness in the Werdesheim trial takes the stand to describe what
Updated: 05/01/2012 11:22A

Newspaper reporter passes out at Werdesheim trial
One of two brothers on trial in the beating of a Baltimore teenager jumped out of his seat during court proceedings Tuesday morning to render aid to a newspaper reporter who passed out. A witness in the Werdesheim trial takes the stand to describe what
Updated: 05/01/2012 11:22A

Queen's ex-Quebec rep going to trial on fraud charges
She'll return to court at the end of May to set a date for her jury trial. She pleaded not guilty to the charges in October 2009. She is accused of making $700000 in improper expense claims. She is charged with two counts of breach of trust,
Updated: 05/01/2012 11:19A

Appeals court recommends Supreme Court hear Neumann case
A Wausau-based appeals court recommended in a written ruling released this morning that the state Supreme Court hear the case of a Weston couple and their conviction on reckless homicide charges for the 2008 death of their daughter.
Updated: 05/01/2012 11:08A

Nebraska high court to hear appeal in Edwards case
of murdering a college student whose body hasn't been found wants the state Supreme Court to overturn his conviction, because he claims he was framed by a crime scene investigator who later was convicted of planting evidence in another case.
Updated: 05/01/2012 11:04A

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