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Augusta Commissioner Alvin Mason's domestic violence trial postponed
By Susan McCord The trial was set for Monday before Richmond County State Court Judge David Watkins, but Mason attorney Freddie Sanders said Friday the commissioner “needed more time” and “breathing room.” All parties agreed to wait on the case until
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:14P
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The suit in US District Court in New Orleans claims Goodell has made false statements about Vilma while discussing the NFL's bounty investigation of the New Orleans Saints. Goodell has said Vilma was a leader of the team's bounty program that put up
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:10P
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The suit in US District Court in New Orleans claims Goodell has made false statements about Vilma while discussing the NFL's bounty investigation of the New Orleans Saints. Goodell has said Vilma was a leader of the team's bounty program that put up
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:10P
Appeals court approves key voting rights provision
It's not a prime time soap opera; it's the trial of John Edwards. Jurors have to decide who is a bigger liar and who committedMore >> Jurors have to decide who is a bigger liar, and who committed a crime: The former presidential candidate who cheated
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:08P
Former county judge Michael Joseph Melody Jr. dies
Those who knew Melody, the grandson of a Coatesville steel worker who rose through the ranks of the county's legal community to join the District Attorney's office and ultimately serve as a trial court judge for 20 years, recalled him fondly on Friday,
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:08P
Pennsylvania Supreme Court judge charged with corruption
Orie Melvin "directly and knowingly" used members of her judicial staff and her sister's legislative staff to pursue a seat on Pennsylvania's Supreme Court in 2003 and 2009, according to a grand jury report posted on the Allegheny County District
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:03P
Riverside courts working for the weekend
Courts usually schedule sentencings on Friday and juries will often return their verdicts on Friday, to avoid having to come back for another week of deliberations next week. We're expecting a verdict this afternoon in a 2006 murder trial,
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:03P
Galleon prosecutor aims to cement legacy in Gupta trial
Rajaratnam was convicted by a Manhattan federal court jury in May 2011. "It was a surprising development and Reed did a very good job of pulling that out," said Richard Holwell, the presiding judge in the case who is now retired from the bench and
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:02P
Mason domestic violence trial continued
By Susan McCord The trial was set for Monday before Richmond County State Court Judge David Watkins, but Mason attorney Freddie Sanders said Friday the commissioner “needed more time” and “breathing room.” All parties agreed to continue the case until
Updated: 05/18/2012 05:01P
Forester-Hoare case is with the jury
Timothy Kwiatkowski testified during day two of Forester-Hoare's murder trial on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Racine County Circuit Court that he pulled Forester-Hoare away from an altercation with his wife near their family's home, striking him in the
Updated: 05/18/2012 04:59P
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