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Victims' son details own attack at Rockford man's murder trial
In what was an apparent robbery gone bad, Jones told police he didn't bludgeon the retired Filipino couple to death, according to a partial transcript of an interrogation in court records. Jones said he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Updated: 05/03/2012 08:59P
Judge postpones liability trial in BP Gulf oil spill
(CNN) -- A federal judge in Louisiana on Thursday rescheduled the liability trial in the BP oil spill in Gulf of Mexico and postponed it to early next year from later this year. BP earlier asked the court to delay the liability trial until it decides
Updated: 05/03/2012 08:57P
Prosecution demands 80-year sentence in Charles Taylor war crimes case
Taylor fled into exile in Nigeria after being indicted by the court in 2003 and wasn't arrested for three years. And while the Sierra Leone court is based in that country's capital, Taylor's trial was staged in The Hague, The Netherlands,
Updated: 05/03/2012 08:55P
Arlene Fraser murder trial: Fraser's ex-friend behind Arlene's death, court told
Hector Dick faced defence claims in court that he had lied persistently and it was the “obvious conclusion” that he was responsible for the death of Arlene Fraser. Mr Dick, 56, has been giving evidence for a week at the trial of his former friend,
Updated: 05/03/2012 08:52P
Edwards trial: Interior designer testifies about money funneling scheme
By Michael Biesecker, The Associated Press / May 3, 2012 Former senator John Edwards outside the federal court where he is being tried for illegally diverting campaign funds to his secret mistress. An interior designer testified Thursday about his role
Updated: 05/03/2012 08:51P
Developer's ex-wife: Guilty, your honor
In a plea agreement reached in US District Court-Minneapolis, Holly Claire Damiani, of Minneapolis, admitted that from "at least" 2003 through October 2006, she conspired with Wirth and their tax return preparer Michael James Murry to defraud the
Updated: 05/03/2012 08:50P
Android expenses questioned at Oracle copyright trial | Bangkok Post: tech
The order in the case pitting Internet titan Google against business software giant Oracle came after the judge fielded a question from the jury, which began deliberations on Monday in San Francisco federal court. With the jury out of the courtroom,
Updated: 05/03/2012 08:50P
Jury note raises possibility that verdict won't be reached in 1st round of
The note asked US District Judge William Alsup what would happen if jurors couldn't agree on a verdict. The note also indicated some jurors weren't budging from their positions. The question came after more than 20 hours of jury deliberations spread
Updated: 05/03/2012 08:46P
Witnesses describe Breivik's ruse to get to Utoeya
"You have a certain level of authority when you arrive in a police uniform," Simen Braeden Mortensen told the Oslo district court on the 11th day of the gunman's trial. In charge of running checks on anyone wanting to go to Utoeya, where the ruling
Updated: 05/03/2012 08:46P
39 Essex Street | Court of Protection Newsletter May 2012
This case shows that where the Court requests the Official Solicitor to act as litigation friend for a person lacking litigation capacity and the Official Solicitor accepts the appointment, that person will be liable for the Official Solicitor's costs
Updated: 05/03/2012 08:45P
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