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Jury questions in Google-Oracle trial hint at copyright infringement
SAN FRANCISCO – The jury in the Oracle-Google trial returned without a verdict yet and with more questions at the US District Court on Wednesday morning, but the nature of their questions suggest where some the jurors might be thinking.
Updated: 05/02/2012 12:28P
Juror Facebooking not enough for new trial for Bridgewater embezzler
A three-judge panel of the state Appeals Court issued a ruling Wednesday in which it upheld a lower court ruling denying a new trial for Clare Werner, now 66, of Bridgewater. Following her conviction in April 2009, Werner was sentenced to three years
Updated: 05/02/2012 12:25P
Email gaffe stirs calls for Cambodia KRouge judge to go
Judge Silvia Cartwright and prosecutor Andrew Cayley were last month warned by the UN-backed court's highest body that their trial management meetings could give the appearance they had privileged access to each other. But the pair apparently continued
Updated: 05/02/2012 12:25P
Murder case jury still out
A Supreme Court jury in Launceston was unable to come to as verdict yesterday for the second day in a row. The jury, which has been considering its verdict for 14 hours, asked Justice Peter Evans for a "layman's" explanation of the difference between
Updated: 05/02/2012 12:13P
Accused Rapist Njoku Wants Quick Trial, Attorney Says
Accused rapist Dr. Edwin Njoku wants his trial to start as soon as possible, his attorney said in Superior Court on Wednesday. Njoku is facing charges of first-degree sexual assault for allegedly raping a patient during an office visit along with other
Updated: 05/02/2012 12:12P
Nithari Killings: SC Notice to CBI on Pandher's Acquittal
The apex court issued the notice to CBI after counsel BP Singh Dhakray and Shakti Singh Dhakray appearing for the father of one of the deceased pleaded that the premier investigating agency be made a party to the case. On February 15 last year,
Updated: 05/02/2012 12:11P
Courts fight time in food giant scion's detention
Although Yang Shih-ming, 41, is expected to appeal the sentence of the retrial — his eighth — on drug-smuggling charges to the Supreme Court, he will likely be released irrespective of the appeal ruling, as Article 5 of the Speedy Criminal Trial Act
Updated: 05/02/2012 12:10P
Made in the USA: Does the "First Sale" Doctrine Require It?
The Supreme Court first planned to address this issue a couple of years ago in the case Omega SA v. Costco Wholesale Corporation, but Justice Kagan had to recuse herself from participating, and the remaining justices split 4-4 over the issue.
Updated: 05/02/2012 12:09P
Retrial set in N. Freedom man's sex assault case
BARABOO — A North Freedom man freed after the jury deadlocked will face child sexual assault charges again during a retrial of his case in September. The case of Jacob E. Morris, 18, was back before the Sauk County Circuit Court for a status hearing
Updated: 05/02/2012 12:03P
Retrial set in N. Freedom man's sex assault case
BARABOO — A North Freedom man freed after the jury deadlocked will face child sexual assault charges again during a retrial of his case in September. The case of Jacob E. Morris, 18, was back before the Sauk County Circuit Court for a status hearing
Updated: 05/02/2012 12:03P