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At Guantanamo, A Discordant Start To A Dubious Trial
Our regular civilian courts and procedures cannot be used for that function, we've been told by those same legal, political, and military functionaries, because then the trials of the suspected terrorists would drone on endlessly, permitting the
Updated: 05/06/2012 01:43P

Judge OKs change of venue for ex-mayor Layshock's trial
By Ed Runyan Visiting Judge Barbara R. Watson said Friday she will approve a request by a special assistant prosecutor to move the misdemeanor ethics case against former mayor Pat Layshock to Ravenna Municipal Court. A jury trial in the case is
Updated: 05/06/2012 01:30P

Week two of murder trial
The second week of the murder trial of a former Zimbabwean vet is due to resume in Christchurch on Monday. George Gwaze, 60, is accused of the sexual violation and murder of his niece, Charlene Makaza, aged 10, in January 2007. The High Court has heard
Updated: 05/06/2012 01:22P

O.Altangerel: judges are letting a ball into an unguarded goal
He was detained for two weeks in accordance with the Sukhbaatar District court decision for his actions of leaving the hearing and refusing to support Ch.Amarbold, the former head of the General Police Office who was involved in the July 1 incidents.
Updated: 05/06/2012 01:15P

O.Altangerel: judges are letting a ball into an unguarded goal
He was detained for two weeks in accordance with the Sukhbaatar District court decision for his actions of leaving the hearing and refusing to support Ch.Amarbold, the former head of the General Police Office who was involved in the July 1 incidents.
Updated: 05/06/2012 01:15P

9/11 Plotters in Court Not the Courteous Terrorists Everyone Hoped They'd Be
The prisoners were first presented before a military commission in 2008, but the case was halted when it was announced they would, instead, be tried in federal court in New York City, a few blocks away from the World Trade Center site.
Updated: 05/06/2012 01:10P

Why is Corona afraid to testify?
At this late date, on the homestretch of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, the accused still refuses to testify in spite of calls from both the senator-judges and the public to do so. Only he can clear up the issues,
Updated: 05/06/2012 01:02P

Prayer rugs and legal moves in trial of 9/11 defendants
That's the point during an arraignment when the judge routinely announces that the defendant has a right to have the charges he or she is facing read out loud in open court. It is also the point when the defendant's attorney routinely responds that the
Updated: 05/06/2012 12:50P

Prayer rugs and legal moves in trial of 9/11 defendants
That's the point during an arraignment when the judge routinely announces that the defendant has a right to have the charges he or she is facing read out loud in open court. It is also the point when the defendant's attorney routinely responds that the
Updated: 05/06/2012 12:50P

Eaton to get new hearing in 'L'il Miss' murder
The former Riverton resident who is Wyoming's lone death row inmate will get a new court hearing on claims he didn't receive an adequate defense at trial in state court, a federal judge has ruled. Dale Wayne Eaton is challenging the constitutionality
Updated: 05/06/2012 12:34P