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Former Slidell Police officer found guilty of payroll fraud
William Massimini, a 36-year-old former Slidell Police Officer, was found guilty in 22nd Judicial District Court of Louisiana Thursday of filing a false public record, attempted public payroll fraud and attempted second degree injuring public records.
Updated: 05/13/2012 02:11A
Former Judge on the Mend
When retired District Court Judge John Pope was forced to step down in March, he wasn't ready to end his nearly 20-year career on the bench. “It's been difficult,” Pope said last week, two days after leaving a rehabilitation center.
Updated: 05/13/2012 02:10A
Hong Kong Appeals Court Reinstates $55 Million Arbitral Award
Pacific China applied to the Hong Kong Court of First Instance to set the award aside on the grounds that the arbitral tribunal effectively prevented it from making its case by severely limiting the amount of time it had to prepare a number of
Updated: 05/13/2012 01:58A
Cutting court delays: solutions
In the vast majority of cases, the magistrate often finds that there is a case that has been made out against the accused and consequently commits the matter to the Circuit Court for trial, where once again the entire process begins.
Updated: 05/13/2012 01:56A
NHRC for night courts to tackle jail overcrowding
New Delhi: To tackle overcrowding in prisons across the country, the National Human Rights Commission has suggested holding of night courts in jails for trial of petty offences. NHRC Chairperson KG Balakrishnan said various strategies could be employed
Updated: 05/13/2012 01:49A
Barfield reflects on road to judgeship
Now a year away from his 20th anniversary as a US Magistrate Court judge in the Southern District of Georgia, Barfield admits with a smile that life has a funny way of upending our best-laid plans. The fickle nature of fate is something Barfield, 64,
Updated: 05/13/2012 01:36A
MPS disability case on verge of demise, rebirth
That's when a federal appeals court panel ruled that the group suing the district - the nonprofit Disability Rights Wisconsin - had overreached in assembling a class of students potentially wronged by the district over the years.
Updated: 05/13/2012 01:24A
Bliss trial expected to begin this week
by CHRIS NORWOOD TALLADEGA — Jury selection is expected to begin Monday morning in Talladega County Circuit Court in the trial of Richard Bliss Jr., 53, who is charged with shooting into an occupied vehicle and assault in the first degree.
Updated: 05/13/2012 01:15A
County busy with Baxter murder trial
NATCHEZ — Even though the murder trial of Christopher Lee Baxter had little visible effect on the lives most Adams County residents, hosting the trial in Natchez sent ripples through the local justice system as law enforcement and court personnel had
Updated: 05/13/2012 01:15A
County busy with Baxter murder trial
NATCHEZ — Even though the murder trial of Christopher Lee Baxter had little visible effect on the lives most Adams County residents, hosting the trial in Natchez sent ripples through the local justice system as law enforcement and court personnel had
Updated: 05/13/2012 01:15A
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