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Long Beach man killed child to cover up sex abuse, DA alleges
Jacinto Zuniga Trujillo, 31, is alleged to have stabbed the girl -- identified in court papers as Xiomara J. -- because he feared she might reveal that he been sexually abusing her since November, prosecutors alleged. The District Attorney's Office
Updated: 05/04/2012 01:30P
SolGen tries, fails to save homes in Cebu
Cebu Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Soliver Peras on Friday “noted without action” the pleading filed by the Office of the Solicitor-General (OSG), which sought to halt the demolition for 30 days. The OSG, in its urgent motion, asked Judge Peras to
Updated: 05/04/2012 01:24P
Barry Bonds asks appeals court to overturn conviction
And so the Bonds team is asking a federal appeals court to overturn his 2011 conviction on obstruction-of-justice charges, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Because a trial jury deadlocked on whether he lied about taking PEDs, Bonds's lesser
Updated: 05/04/2012 01:24P
Parker Waichman LLP Reports C.R. Bard Transvaginal Mesh Injury Lawsuits Moving
Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm dedicated to protecting the legal rights of victims of defective medical devices, reports that the first bellwether trial in the CR Bard Inc. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2187) has
Updated: 05/04/2012 01:13P
Prosecution seeking dismissal of De Lima subpoena
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2 nd district) in the decision of the Supreme Court that lifted the government's travel ban against her. The request of the defense panel, said the prosecution, "is making a mockery out of our legal procedure.
Updated: 05/04/2012 01:00P
New judge in Peterson case a former Will County state's attorney
Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow said prosecutors were "ready for trial and we're anxious to get this case in the courtroom." The Third District Appellate Court — which recently issued a ruling making it easier for prosecutors to use hearsay
Updated: 05/04/2012 12:58P
Troika atop M&A plaintiffs' bar
After graduating from Brandeis University in 1982 and New York University School of Law in 1986, Grant clerked for Naomi Reice Buchwald of the US District Court in Manhattan and then became an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in
Updated: 05/04/2012 12:42P
Jurors have verdict in alleged 'Bishop' bombs case
AP CHICAGO — There's a verdict at the trial of a former Iowa letter carrier accused of sending dud pipe bombs to investment advisers. Word from courtroom officials and the US attorney's office of a verdict came just hours after jurors began
Updated: 05/04/2012 12:41P
Breivik trial hears autopsy details of Utoeya massacre
On the 12th day of the right-wing extremist's trial, the Oslo district court heard a clinical explanation of how the first nine victims died before being given more intimate descriptions, illustrated with photographs of the same people when they were
Updated: 05/04/2012 12:40P
September 11 case returns to Guantanamo
are headed back to a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, more than three years after President Barack Obama put the case on hold in a failed effort to move the proceedings to a civilian court and close the prison at the US base in Cuba.
Updated: 05/04/2012 12:39P
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