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SCOTUS: No Double Jeopardy in Murder Trial
The Supreme Court says a man can be retried on murder charges despite a jury forewoman's statement that they were unanimously against finding him guilty. The high court on Thursday ruled Arkansas can retry Alex Blueford on murder charges in the death
Updated: 05/24/2012 04:39P
Rwanda genocide suspect refused extra time
Kigali - Rwandan genocide suspect Leon Mugesera, who was deported by Canada to Kigali after a long legal battle, said on Thursday he would appeal a court decision to refuse his request for a further delay of his trial. Mugesera returned to court on
Updated: 05/24/2012 04:36P
John Yoo: A Fugitive From Justice, With Help Of US Courts, In Torture Of Jose
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Analyzing this scandalous denial of justice (and also the DC Circuit Court's equally unjust interventions to gut habeas corpus of all meaning for the Guantanamo prisoners, most recently in the case of Adnan Farhan
Updated: 05/24/2012 04:34P
John Yoo: A Fugitive From Justice, With Help Of US Courts, In Torture Of Jose
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Analyzing this scandalous denial of justice (and also the DC Circuit Court's equally unjust interventions to gut habeas corpus of all meaning for the Guantanamo prisoners, most recently in the case of Adnan Farhan
Updated: 05/24/2012 04:34P
Trial of Ex-Goldman Board Member Rajat Gupta Starts
Rajat Gupta "threw away his duties, threw away his responsibilities and broke the law," Assistant US Attorney Reed Brodsky told jurors in opening statements at Gupta's highly anticipated insider trading trial in federal court in Manhattan.
Updated: 05/24/2012 04:31P
Sequestered At The Edwards Trial, And I'm Not On The Jury
By editor One day last week, I was entering the federal courthouse in Greensboro, NC, where John Edwards is on trial, when a US marshal took my local newspaper. A moment later, he told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff to hand over his morning paper.
Updated: 05/24/2012 04:25P
Sequestered At The Edwards Trial, And I'm Not On The Jury
By editor One day last week, I was entering the federal courthouse in Greensboro, NC, where John Edwards is on trial, when a US marshal took my local newspaper. A moment later, he told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff to hand over his morning paper.
Updated: 05/24/2012 04:25P
Abu Ghraib Torture Suit Revived
based federal appeals court found it lacked jurisdiction to review pretrial orders that refused to dismiss two cases: Al-Shimari v. CACI International and Al Quraishi v. L-3 Services. Each case involves alleged detainee abuse by CACI International,
Updated: 05/24/2012 04:20P
Abu Ghraib Torture Suit Revived
based federal appeals court found it lacked jurisdiction to review pretrial orders that refused to dismiss two cases: Al-Shimari v. CACI International and Al Quraishi v. L-3 Services. Each case involves alleged detainee abuse by CACI International,
Updated: 05/24/2012 04:20P
Japan court to consider retrial over 1961 killings
A court will today rule on the case of a farmer who has spent 40 years on death row for the murder of his wife, his mistress and three other women who died after drinking poisoned wine in Japan. The Nagoya high court is set to declare whether
Updated: 05/24/2012 04:19P