10/19/15 – JUDGE LAGRUA TO HEAR GEORGIA SUPREME COURT CASE (Georgia Supreme...
(Source: Georgia Supreme Court) Atlanta, October 19, 2015 - Superior Court Judge Shawn Ellen LaGrua of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Carol Hunstein in...
View ArticleJudges discuss challenges to impartiality in criminal courts (ABA - American...
(Source: ABA - American Bar Association) A panel of judges discuss challenges to impartiality in criminal courts during ABA Criminal Justice Section Eighth Annual Fall Institute in Washington, D.C....
View ArticleEx-NFLer Anthony Wayne Smith convicted on 3 counts of murder
A Southern California jury on Thursday convicted former Oakland Raiders defensive end Anthony Wayne Smith on three counts of first-degree murder, but the judge declared a mistrial for a fourth count....
View ArticleRaiders first-round pick Anthony Smith found guilty of three murders
Former Raiders defensive end Anthony Wayne Smith was found guilty Thursday of murdering three men, including two whose faces appeared to have been branded with a hot iron....
View ArticleCASUAL, COLD-BLOODED STREET EXECUTION (Bronx District Attorney's Office)
(Source: Bronx District Attorney's Office) Photos, videos, indictment, etc. at: http://tinyurl.com/ndcfhjm CASUAL, COLD-BLOODED STREET EXECUTION Cell Mapping Technology Helps Convict in 2013 University...
View ArticleRussian insurgent captured in Afghanistan to be sentenced Dec. 3
Irek Hamidullin, a Russian citizen and jihadist wounded and captured by American soldiers in Afghanistan six years ago, will be sentenced on Dec. 3. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson set the date in...
View ArticleUnborn child's death could be factor in re-sentencing on murder conviction
When David Biro was 16, he shot and killed Nancy and Richard Langert in their Winnetka home. But Nancy also was pregnant, and on Thursday, a Cook County prosecutor and Biro’s attorney argued over...
View ArticleExpert says DNA tests exclude former police captain from bite-mark evidence
The first defense witness in a new round of Summit County court hearings that could lead to a new trial for Douglas Prade has had his DNA findings used in 20 criminal cases that resulted in the...
View ArticleCourt hearing to be held at Engeline’s home
In an effort to unravel the murder case of an 8-year-old girl, Engeline Margriet Megawe, the panel of judges at Denpasar District Court has decided to hold a hearing at the crime scene next week....
View ArticleThe FBI investigated the Wu-Tang Clan in the case of 2 murders in 1999: Court...
RZA. A federal trial of two brothers who ran a crack-cocaine empire in Staten Island for two decades has uncovered documents that show that the FBI investigated whether the Wu-Tang Clan had ordered the...
View ArticleFor South Africans, the Pistorius appeal has helped restore our faith in the law
As the court considers whether culpable homicide should be upgraded to murder, the fundamentals of the country’s constitution are being reaffirmed, argues Mandy Wiener...
View ArticleCourt of Appeals Media Releases - November 4, 2015 (Oregon Judicial Department)
(Source: Oregon Judicial Department) 30a2d8fa-be6d-43ef-8240-8bdacd054427.pdf COURT OF APPEALS Media Release COPIES: CONTACT: Copies of the slip opinions may be obtained from the Appellate Records...
View ArticleYork man convicted with third-degree murder in the death of former basketball...
A man charged with the shooting death of a former New Hope Academy basketball star has been convicted of third degree murder. Daequahn Jones, 21, of York, will be sentenced on Dec. 31,...
View ArticleAdnan Syed of Serial is getting a new hearing
Related 'Serial' update: Adnan Syed may be allowed to submit new evidence in appeal...
View ArticleSouth African prosecutors ask court to convict Oscar Pistorius of murder
Prosecutors in the Oscar Pistorius case say legal errors led a judge to sentence the South African paralympian for a lesser offense. Bloemfontein: Prosecutors have called for South Africa's "Blade...
View ArticleMicah's Council Against Court Proceedings
Counsel for Ekow Micah, the ace musician who is being held over 127 grammes of alleged cannabis has prayed the court to halt proceedings before it. According to counsel, Mr Andrew Kudzu Vortia he has...
View ArticleConvicted Russian Taliban fighter to be sentenced in U.S. next month
By Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - The first enemy combatant from Afghanistan to be found guilty in a U.S. federal court of charges related to helping Taliban fighters will be sentenced next...
View ArticleMalaysian's execution in Singapore is halted on the eve, as his family waits
Disclosure: The author is a founding member of a Singapore-based group campaigning against the death penalty in the country, and has been working closely with Kho Jabing's family with regard to this...
View ArticleHerald
On August 31, the Lahore High Court ordered a ban on the broadcast of images and speeches by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain across all electronic and print media. A week later,...
View ArticleNew evidence allowed in Serial case
Lawyers for Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit US podcast Serial, will be allowed to present new evidence in his case after a court ruling on Friday. ......
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