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Convict out on paperwork screw up
Gangi, 72, is expected to hit the streets early next month thanks to a Supreme Judicial Court decision Monday dismissing the Essex district attorney's lower-court petition to keep him locked up as a sexually dangerous person under a judge's civil order
Updated: 05/08/2012 11:30P
Fortune teller changed mother from caring to cruel, torture trial hears
A trial at the crown court in Hull, northern England, heard how her son, Andrew, who is now 18, was "treated like a dog", forced to sleep without bedding in rooms so cold he suffered frostbite. Her daughter, now 13, told a jury her mother had shaved
Updated: 05/08/2012 11:28P
Fortune teller changed mother from caring to cruel, torture trial hears
A trial at the crown court in Hull, northern England, heard how her son, Andrew, who is now 18, was "treated like a dog", forced to sleep without bedding in rooms so cold he suffered frostbite. Her daughter, now 13, told a jury her mother had shaved
Updated: 05/08/2012 11:28P
Man jailed for pouring boiling water over woman
In the Palmerston North District Court, Judge Barbara Morris decided Douglas must serve a minimum term of three years. Under parole legislation, offenders are otherwise eligible for release after a third of their sentence. Douglas is no stranger to the
Updated: 05/08/2012 11:25P
New twist in battle over Rinehart trust
But the battle for control of the family's wealth is far from over and is set to go to trial. In a surprise announcement in the NSW Supreme Court this morning, lawyers for Mrs Rinehart and her children said Mrs Rinehart had bought forward the vesting
Updated: 05/08/2012 11:18P
New twist in battle over Rinehart trust
But the battle for control of the family's wealth is far from over and is set to go to trial. In a surprise announcement in the NSW Supreme Court this morning, lawyers for Mrs Rinehart and her children said Mrs Rinehart had bought forward the vesting
Updated: 05/08/2012 11:18P
Judge's ruling favors Steve Powell; trial jury is seated
Opening arguments in the case are expected to begin Wednesday morning in Pierce County Superior Court. Prosecutors wanted the journals shown to jurors as proof of Powell's voyeuristic behavior. Defense attorneys maintained the journal entries were
Updated: 05/08/2012 11:01P
Judge's ruling favors Steve Powell; trial jury is seated
Opening arguments in the case are expected to begin Wednesday morning in Pierce County Superior Court. Prosecutors wanted the journals shown to jurors as proof of Powell's voyeuristic behavior. Defense attorneys maintained the journal entries were
Updated: 05/08/2012 11:01P
'Fixation' can't be part of Powell voyeurism trial, judge decides
Superior Court Judge Ronald Culpepper on Tuesday swore in a jury of seven men and seven women to hear the case. Two will serve as alternates. After seating the jury, Culpepper ruled most of the journal entries written by Steven Powell that prosecutors
Updated: 05/08/2012 10:54P
Sandusky pre-trial hearing to focus on defense motions
Attorneys for Jerry Sandusky and prosecutors will be in court Wednesday at a pre-trial hearing for the former Penn State assistant coach's sex abuse case. Judge John Cleland is expected to rule whether to dismiss several subpoenas filed by the defense
Updated: 05/08/2012 10:50P
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