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Mauritius hotel workers to go on trial this week
Hotel room attendant Avinash Treebhoowoon, 30, and floor supervisor Sandip Moneea, 42, will stand trial in the Mauritius Supreme Court in the capital city Port Louis on Tuesday. Mr Treebhoowoon, from Plaine des Roches, and Moneea, from Petit Raffray,
Updated: 05/20/2012 04:56A

Bradford County Court News 5/20/2012
Bradford County District Attorney Daniel J. Barrett announced that the following persons recently entered pleas of guilty and were sentenced in Bradford County Magisterial District Courts: Brian M. Hirst, 31, Philadelphia, Pa. entered a plea of guilty
Updated: 05/20/2012 04:55A

Wanted man killed in shootout
The suspect has an arrest warrant for a murder case issued by Naic (Cavite) Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 15 Judge Lerio C. Castigador. Recovered from the crime scene were one .38 cal. revolver loaded with five bullets and one shell and a jungle
Updated: 05/20/2012 04:36A

Wanted man killed in shootout
The suspect has an arrest warrant for a murder case issued by Naic (Cavite) Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 15 Judge Lerio C. Castigador. Recovered from the crime scene were one .38 cal. revolver loaded with five bullets and one shell and a jungle
Updated: 05/20/2012 04:36A

Editorial: No reason to replace four Riverside County judges who face
Attorneys can file a pre-emptory challenge to have a judge removed from a case. Sometimes, the district attorney's office will challenge a judge repeatedly — a practice known as “papering” — until the judge is assigned to a different area of the court
Updated: 05/20/2012 04:17A

Saudi Arabia Starts Al-Qaeda Kidnapping Trial, Al-Riyadh Reports
A Saudi Arabian court began the trial of 16 suspected al-Qaeda militants accused of kidnapping and killing a foreign national and trying to murder expatriates with poison, al-Riyadh reported, citing the court hearing. The group filmed the killing of
Updated: 05/20/2012 04:06A

Saudi Arabia Starts Al-Qaeda Kidnapping Trial, Al-Riyadh Reports
A Saudi Arabian court began the trial of 16 suspected al-Qaeda militants accused of kidnapping and killing a foreign national and trying to murder expatriates with poison, al-Riyadh reported, citing the court hearing. The group filmed the killing of
Updated: 05/20/2012 04:06A

Trial set for Burbank woman accused of fatally stabbing family dog
The trial for Charissa Bodtcher, 23, is slated to be scheduled sometime in July after she appeared in Los Angeles County Superior Court this week for a pretrial hearing, a court clerk said. She faces one felony count of animal cruelty or neglect.
Updated: 05/20/2012 03:14A

Okla. woman guides victims through court process
(AP) — Although Amanda Grizzle, District Attorney's Office victim-witness coordinator for Sequoyah County, took a sick day recently to care for her 3-year-old son who'd just had dental surgery, her work-related phone and text messages never slowed.
Updated: 05/20/2012 03:07A

Editorial: Law officer transparency helps ensure fair trials
Then, the Washington Supreme Court overturned a death penalty conviction and ordered a new trial, citing violations of civil liberties protections stemming from the 1963 US Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland. The Brady ruling, which has been tweaked
Updated: 05/20/2012 03:07A