Prosecutors want retrial jury to tour Etan Patz crime scene
Manhattan prosecutors are planning to tweak their case for the retrial of Etan Patz’s accused killer, including two additional psychiatric experts and taking jurors on a tour of the crime scene, it was...
View ArticleNevada judge sets more hearings in Reno end-of-life case
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Money is behind a Reno hospital's rush to pull the life-support plug from a 20-year-old woman declared brain dead by doctors more than six months ago, a lawyer for the woman's family...
View ArticleLife or death of hospitalized 20-year-old back in Reno court
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada hospital where a college student has been on life support since doctors declared her brain dead more than six months ago wants a judge to order new tests — over the...
View ArticleMan in prison for 16 years in ‘teardrop rapist’ case has conviction tossed
A Los Angeles County judge Monday threw out the conviction of a man who has spent 16 years behind bars for three sexual assaults his attorneys say were committed by a serial rapist still on the loose....
View ArticleWhy Freddie Gray cases won't get a fair hearing in Baltimore
(CNN)In September, Judge Barry G. Williams ruled against motions for a change of venue filed by all six former Baltimore police officers charged with various crimes in connection with the custodial...
View ArticleJudge in Freddie Gray case is expected to seat jury in officer’s trial
A Baltimore judge is expected to seat a jury Wednesday in the trial of an officer accused in the death of Freddie Gray, a case that sparked protests and riots across the city in April, a court...
View ArticleJIS sexual abuse case not based on solid evidence: Watchdogs
Human rights and judicial watchdogs have claimed that a child abuse case that led to the imprisonment of teachers and janitors at the Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) violated the standards of...
View Article'Cannibal Cop' cleared of all charges
New York's so-called "Cannibal Cop" has been cleared of all charges by a divided US appeals court, more than two years after a jury convicted him of plotting to kill and eat women. Former New York City...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds decision to toss guilty verdict of ‘Cannibal Cop’
A sharply divided federal appeals court Thursday upheld a lower court judge’s 2013 decision to toss a jury’s guilty verdict against so-called “Cannibal Cop” Gilberto Valle, who was charged with...
View ArticleCannibal cop: Fantasising about murdering and eating your wife is not a...
A former New York City police officer committed no crime when he fantasised online about committing horrific acts of sexual violence against his wife and others, including bizarre exchanges about...
View ArticleHow was a cop not 'traceable' as witness in Salman case, asks Justice Joshi
MUMBAI: As the hearing in the appeal filed by Salman Khan drew to a close in the Bombay high court on Thursday, the state lawyers cited the actor's "conduct after the incident", his failure to say...
View ArticleHow was a cop not 'traceable' as witness in Salman case: Justice Joshi
MUMBAI: As the hearing in the appeal filed by Salman Khan drew to a close in the Bombay high court on Thursday, the state lawyers cited the actor's "conduct after the incident", his failure to say...
View ArticleMan in prison for 16 years in ‘teardrop rapist’ case has conviction tossed
A Los Angeles County judge Monday threw out the conviction of a man who has spent 16 years behind bars for three sexual assaults his attorneys say were committed by a serial rapist still on the loose....
View ArticleAttorney for suspect in transient deaths pushes for mistrial
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A lawyer for one of three suspects accused in the fatal beatings of two homeless men in Albuquerque sought a mistrial Thursday because three jurors appeared inadvertently in...
View ArticleLysander man's 83-count child porn case ends in 6 months' jail, probation
Syracuse, NY -- An Onondaga County County judge and an assistant district attorney were at odds this morning as to the punishment for a Lysander man convicted of 83 counts of child pornography. The...
View ArticleKamduni rape case judge shifted on last day of hearing
The Kamduni murder-rape trial hit a road block on Friday, the day when the last witness was supposed to depose, after the trial judge was handed her transfer orders. With a new judge slated to...
View ArticleProsecutors forced mistrial to prevent acquittal in Robert Yetman case
A Houston doctor accused of fondling a young patient should not have to go through a retrial because of the misbehavior of prosecutors, a judge ruled Friday. On Friday, state District Judge Stacey Bond...
View ArticleMistrial declared in rape case against two former Vanderbilt players
View photo. Cory Batey testifies in his own defense during the his trial Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Larry … A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the rape case against two...
View ArticleHung jury again in Rintala case; mistrial declared
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – For the second time, a Hampshire County jury has failed to reach a verdict in the Cara Rintala murder case. The jury failed to reach a verdict after five days of...
View ArticleCharlotte jury deadlocks; mistrial declared in police shooting trial
Friday is the fourth day of deliberations for the jury in the voluntary manslaughter trial of Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Randall “Wes” Kerrick, who is accused of wrongfully killing Jonathan...
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