Students do mock trial of Atticus Finch's case
The charges were serious: A brutal assault that left a young woman bruised and fighting for her life. Testimony on the witness stand was heated, emotional, and, at times, racially charged. But the...
View ArticleCentral Falls Man Found Guilty of Child Molestation (State of Rhode Island)
(Source: State of Rhode Island) Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Cesar Vasquez (age 39), with a last known address of 114 Perry Street, Central Falls, was found guilty yesterday by a...
View ArticleGiven graphic Holder photos, how did Greg Hardy get off?
The photographs of a scratched and bruised Nicole Holder released online this month resurrected a debate that had laid dormant around Charlotte for months: How could Greg Hardy have walked? He walked...
View ArticleTrial underway for Stow man accused of killing his wife in 30-year-old cold case
Jury selection is underway in a murder case that took nearly 30 years for Summit County authorities to bring the defendant to trial. Scott David Purk, who already is serving a 28-year prison term...
View ArticleProsecutors planning 3rd trial of Alabama police officer
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A federal prosecutor said Friday that he plans to pursue a third trial of an Alabama police officer accused of using excessive force on an Indian man if a judge doesn't...
View ArticleZain murder case: Victim's mother tells SC she can't fight influential people
ISLAMABAD: Visibly in distress, the mother of slain Zain Rauf told the Supreme Court on Monday that she had no means to fight with the killers of his son who were very powerful and influential. Along...
View ArticleChild-Abuser will Serve 64-Year Sentence after High Court Denies Bad-Lawyer...
(Source: Lancaster County, PA) A Lancaster man serving decades in prison for sexual abuse of a child continues his argument that he was innocent. The Pennsylvania Superior Court will no longer hear it....
View ArticleNew trial ordered in house party rape case
Saying his lawyer screwed up, a state Superior Court panel has ordered a new trial for a man who was convicted of raping an intoxicated woman during a house party in State College. The public defender...
View ArticleLawyers for defendant in McConville case to mount legal bid
Lawyers for a veteran republican charged in connection with the killing of Disappeared victim Jean McConville are to mount a legal bid to have the case thrown out, it emerged today. Ivor Bell's defence...
View ArticleAs jury deliberates, judge says no mistrial for ex-coal CEO
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — As a jury deliberated for a third full day in the criminal trial of in ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, the judge turned down a motion for a mistrial. Jurors have been...
View ArticleAccused in cases linked to Chhota Rajan keep ears open for his statement to CBI
All the accused facing trial in cases in which Chhota Rajan was wanted are keenly following the developments of the case, as what the erstwhile fugitive gangster tells the Central Bureau of...
View ArticleCourt ruling ups the ante for double murderer facing the death penalty
A midstate man who has been on and off the execution list for the April 1987 murder of a restaurant manager had his odds of returning to death row increased this week by a state court ruling. A state...
View ArticleProsecutors file appeal in Colton Turner case
Prosecutors on Friday filed an appeal against a ruling by a Travis County state judge to suppress evidence in the case of Meagan Work, charged in the death of her 2-year-old son, Colton Turner....
View Article2002 hit-and-run case: Salman Khan’s lawyer wants singer Kamal Khan as witness
Actor Salman Khan’s lawyer Monday filed an application before the Bombay High Court seeking singer Kamal Khan to be summoned as a witness in the 2002 hit-and-run case. Kamal Khan (43) was apparently...
View ArticleMom poisoned her son for about a year, police say
CLAYTON, Mo. — A Missouri woman was jailed Friday after being accused of repeatedly poisoning her 9-year-old son for about a year. St. Louis County prosecutors charged 35-year-old Rachel Kinsella, of...
View ArticleWashU Expert: The role of peremptory challenge in jury selection (Washington...
(Source: Washington University in Saint Louis) The trial of former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Hotlzclaw, accused of 36 charges resulting from assaults against several black women while on...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court orders new look at Oklahoma case involving police force
WASHINGTON — Three Marshall County law enforcement officers involved in the 2011 death of a hospital patient won a victory on Monday from the U.S. Supreme Court. Justices ordered a federal appeals...
View ArticleJudge wants files on Sandusky victims' deals with lawyers
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — State prosecutors must turn over any documents they may have about deals between Jerry Sandusky's victims and their civil lawyers, a judge ruled Thursday, handing a partial...
View ArticleVictims will not see day in court after accused 'candy doctor's' death: DA
It was a minor victory that the Cumberland County district attorney's office brought charges against Jay J. Cho. But the former midstate doctor's death on Nov. 9 has prevented any of his 10 alleged...
View ArticleProsecutorial Misconduct and the Public's Perception of Criminal Defense
One of the most recognizable lines in television history is the introduction to NBC's Law & Order: In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important...
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