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Legal error causes delay to Mladic trial
Photo / AP An apparent clerical error prompted judges to postpone the long-awaited war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, possibly for months. The delay cast a shadow over one of the court's biggest cases - and over the
Updated: 05/17/2012 01:39P
Court awards five-year jail to Kashmiri militant
New Delhi: A Kashmiri militant has been awarded a five-year jail term by a Delhi court for possessing explosive material. The five-year detention undergone by the convict during the trial period would be set off against the sentence.
Updated: 05/17/2012 01:36P
Court awards five-year jail to Kashmiri militant
New Delhi: A Kashmiri militant has been awarded a five-year jail term by a Delhi court for possessing explosive material. The five-year detention undergone by the convict during the trial period would be set off against the sentence.
Updated: 05/17/2012 01:36P
Judge expected to set trial date for Drew Peterson this afternoon
Peterson, 58, appeared at the Will County courthouse earlier this month for the first time in 1-1/2 years as he prepares to finally go to trial for the drowning death of his third wife, 40-year-old Kathleen Savio. He returned to court Thursday morning
Updated: 05/17/2012 01:34P
Judge relents on September 11 trial in Brecksville bridge bomb plot
By: Associated Press CLEVELAND - The trial for five men charged with plotting to bomb an Ohio bridge was pushed back a week from Sept. 11 after the defense complained the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks would highlight terrorism concerns and taint the
Updated: 05/17/2012 01:33P
It's Human Nature to Question ICC
The court has also struck out some charges against Mladic. There is only limited value in comparing Kenya and Serbia. But it is clear that such trials are always emotionally supercharged. There will always be accusations of conspiracy and
Updated: 05/17/2012 01:32P
Anger, drama at start of genocide trial
But the fact that he is jailed and on trial is seen as another victory for international justice and hailed by observers as evidence that — more often than not — war crimes tribunals get their indicted suspects, even if years later. In another court
Updated: 05/17/2012 01:31P
Alone Among Network Broadcasts, CBS Evening News Ignores John Edwards Trial
She's been, as you may know, a steadfast supporter of her father and has accompanied him to court every day.” Perhaps the CBS Evening News chose not to cover the Edwards trial in detail because they thought that it was not serious news.
Updated: 05/17/2012 01:30P
SC Denies Review of Removal of Orange County Judge Stanford
The CJP also declined to adopt the finding by the special masters that Stanford was reasonable in believing his actions conformed to common practices in the trial court. McConnell emphasized that the dispositions ordered by Stanford were “unusually
Updated: 05/17/2012 01:23P
Pedro Espada found guilty of theft, faces another trial
Pedro Espada Jr. leaves Brooklyn federal court after he was found guilty of embezzlement in partial verdict on Monday. His Son's hand is on shoulder while he stands beside his lawyer, Susan Necheles. After 11 days of deliberation, a jury decided that
Updated: 05/17/2012 01:22P