Frank Bowen murder trial continued
The second jury trial of Frank Bowen, 26, in the 2014 murder of his friend Joseph Graley III, 31, of Bethel Twp., Miami County, was continued Monday, Nov. 16, as potential jurors were...
View ArticleThe Latest: Judge says no to mistrial motion for ex-coal CEO
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The latest in the federal criminal trial of ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship. All times local: 3:30 p.m. A judge has denied a motion for a mistrial as jurors continue...
View ArticleLawyer speaks out over annulled genocide trial of Guatemalan dictator
A leading Guatemalan human rights lawyer who represented families of the victims of Guatemala’s civil war in the 1980s has called for an international response to the annulled trial of ex-dictator José...
View ArticleMan caught on hidden camera molesting girl has appeal of child-sex conviction...
A Lancaster County man who was filmed molesting a teenage girl in his own living room has failed to persuade a state Superior Court panel that bad legal advice caused him to plead guilty to child-sex...
View ArticleMalaysian diplomat Muhammad Rizalman pleads guilty to indecent assault in NZ
A Malaysian former military attache who confronted a New Zealand woman in her home while he was almost naked, has pleaded guilty to indecent assault. Muhammad Rizalman bin Ismail, at the time a...
View ArticleAll potential jurors called Monday morning indicate they are familiar with...
The first trial in the death of Freddie Gray began Monday with jury selection in the case against Officer William Porter, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 25-year-old's April death...
View ArticleAashiana rape: Survivor seeks to shut out crowds
LUCKNOW: The Aashiana gang rape survivor Zahira (name changed), while deposing before court, on Monday demanded an in-camera hearing of the case. She told the court that she felt uneasy and nervous in...
View ArticleFirst officer heads to trial Monday in Freddie Gray's death
Seven months ago, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby shocked the nation by announcing a range of criminal charges against six police officers in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray. On...
View ArticleFirst officer goes on trial in Freddie Gray death
Baltimore, Maryland (CNN)The first of six city police officers went on trial Monday in a closely watched case involving a 25-year-old black prisoner who died after being shackled and placed without a...
View ArticleMore prospective jurors questioned for Freddie Gray trial
A second set of 75 prospective jurors was due to be questioned in a Baltimore court for the first trial of a city police officer stemming from Freddie Gray's death. Tuesday is the second day of jury...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bomber’s lawyers to argue for new trial
Boston — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are heading to court to urge a judge to grant him a new trial. Judge George O’Toole Jr. is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in U.S....
View ArticleBoston Marathon bomber's lawyers to argue for new trial
Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are heading to court to urge a judge to grant him a new trial. Judge George O'Toole Jr. is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in U.S. District...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bomber's lawyers argue for new trial
BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - sentenced to death for his admitted role in the deadly 2013 attack - deserves a new trial to reconsider both his guilt and his punishment, his...
View ArticleTrial begins in murder of Beau Zabel, teacher killed for an iPod
After seven years investigating what was long considered a cold case, the trial of the South Philadelphia man accused of killing Minnesota teaching student Beau Zabel for his iPod opened Monday before...
View ArticleFreddie Gray case legal analysis: jury selection could get complicated
Judge Barry Williams told those assembled in the courtroom for the first trial of a police officer charged in Freddie Gray's death that he recently allowed another Circuit Court judge to be seated on a...
View ArticleTrial begins for Allentown man accused of repeatedly raping girl
A teen girl tearfully described in court on Tuesday how an Allentown man would repeatedly molest her, force her to perform sex acts and then rape her for more than three years. But David Huertas'...
View ArticleLawyers for Ken Paxton, prosecutors clash at hearing
Lawyers for Attorney General Ken Paxton urged the judge to release transcripts from the grand jury that indicted Paxton for alleged securities law violations, saying during a hearing Tuesday that they...
View ArticleBellefontaine mom’s lawyer seeks to move trial, change prosecutors
The lawyer for the Bellefontaine mom accused of killing her three sons has filed nearly 50 motions in the case, including seeking to move the trial out of Logan County and to remove the prosecutor....
View ArticleConvicted child porn possessor got a raw deal, Pa. court rules
In an unusual and divided decision, a state Superior Court panel has ordered a county judge to resentence a convicted child porn possessor to a prison term that was set in a plea offer he rejected...
View ArticleCambodian doctor jailed for 25 years for infecting 200 people with HIV
Unlicensed rural doctor is found guilty of manslaughter after infecting village residents by reusing dirty needles...
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