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Chaotic start to 9/11 trial
made outbursts in court. Defence lawyers answered routine questions about their resumes with complaints that the proceedings were unfair and that the defendants had been abused. The judge struggled to keep the proceedings in the death penalty case
Updated: 05/05/2012 10:02P
Flathead deputy recounts shooting
KALISPELL- A Flathead County Sheriff's Deputy took the stand earlier this week and delivered emotional testimony in Flathead District Court in an effort to keep a man who shot at him behind bars. District Court Judge Stewart Stadler eventually denied a
Updated: 05/05/2012 09:35P
Big drama and bigger egos in Edwards' court
By Joanna Weiss It has been a source of deep despair to me, and surely countless others, that the John Edwards trial isn't televised. It's the ultimate soap opera: Sobbing on the witness stand! Betrayal! A sex tape! A defense attorney who admits
Updated: 05/05/2012 09:23P
Guantanamo trials begin: 9/11 mastermind and others face the music
The alleged mastermind of the 911 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, was brought before a military judge on Saturday and refused not only to answer routine questions in open court, but also refused to listen to a simultaneous Arabic translation of the
Updated: 05/05/2012 09:14P
Ex-cop admits abuse of boy
ALBANY — Former Albany police Officer Paul Pierce, who took the stand while on trial in Rensselaer County last month and denied he abused a 16-year-old boy, has now admitted in another court that he abused the teen. The former DARE officer admitted the
Updated: 05/05/2012 09:13P
One of two brothers convicted in Maryland Shomrim trial
(photo credit: AP Photo/Baltimore Police Department) ASHINGTON (JTA) — Eliyahu Werdesheim, one of two Baltimore brothers charged with beating an African-American teenager, was found guilty by a circuit court. Werdesheim, a former member of Israeli
Updated: 05/05/2012 08:55P
Kris Humphries 'looking forward' to seeing Kim Kardashian tell the truth under
But the NBA player is not intimidated, according to Radar Online, and he is pressing for a divorce trial rather than an out-of-court settlement in order to get the truth out. 'The only way that this case won't go to trial is if Kim publicly apologizes
Updated: 05/05/2012 08:55P
Trial dates set for man accused of shooting at officers in 2010
Browne filed a motion April 27 to continue the case. Tom Smith opposed the motion in court Thursday. “This case has been pending in both divisions for a while,” Smith said. He added that West has filed a motion for a speedy trial in the 2010 case,
Updated: 05/05/2012 08:32P
Suspected 9/11 planner refuses to talk at arraignment
Earlier charges against him were withdrawn after President Barack Obama sought to move the case to US District Court in New York. The administration returned the matter to the military in 2011. The charges were referred to the tribunal last month.
Updated: 05/05/2012 08:31P
Oracle-Google Trial Jury Try to Avoid Deadlock
(Getty Images) But instead of requiring one and a half days to deliver the verdict, as Judge Alsup had predicted at one point, the jury seemed to be painfully stretched out about the case. On Thursday afternoon, a juror sent a note -- the jury's eighth
Updated: 05/05/2012 08:30P