Crimes and Trials
- Lawyer: DC sniper now wants to fight his death sentence
(AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 11:37:02
AP - Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad has changed his mind again and now wants to go forward with a federal appeal of his conviction and death sentence, according to his lawyers.
- Judge: Woman’s rape case against Halliburton can go to trial
(AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 02:34:44
AP - A woman who said she was raped by co-workers while employed by a contractor in Iraq can take her claims to trial, a federal judge ruled Friday. - Judge: Japanese man can be absent from LA courtroom
(AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 01:17:49
AP - A Japanese man accused of killing his wife can be absent from a Los Angeles courtroom when his attorney argues for the charges to be dismissed, a judge said Friday. - Passaic mayor pleads guilty in corruption case, resigns
(AP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 22:15:39
AP - The mayor of Passaic City resigned Friday after he pleaded guilty to attempted extortion and admitted he accepted $5,000 in cash to influence government contracts. - Nevada judge accused of demanding royal treatment
(AP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 21:52:09
AP - Elizabeth Halverson is a judge. But the way courthouse staffers see it, she expects to be treated like a queen. - R. Kelly faces jurors in child sex tape trial
(AFP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 20:58:38
AFP - Six years after R. Kelly was charged with filming himself having sex with a girl as young as 13, the rhythm and blues superstar’s child pornography trial began Friday with jury selection.
- Convicted NYC lawyer sentenced to 25-to-life for murder
(AP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 19:39:22
AP - A lawyer has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for arranging the murder of a client’s husband. - Jury selection to start in R. Kelly’s trial
(AP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 11:55:23
AP - Attorneys in R. Kelly’s child pornography trial are expected to begin questioning 150 potential jurors Monday, and it’s unlikely any of his fans will be chosen to hear the allegations against one of urban music’s biggest stars.
- Ex-Ill. sergeant accused of rape to go on trial
(AP)
Sun, 11 May 2008 16:58:44
AP - Four times between the winters of 2002 and 2005, a blue-eyed man wearing a ski mask and dark clothes crept quietly into the bedrooms of women in Bloomington, Ill., and raped them. - Mo. woman pleads, will be sentenced in stolen baby attack
(AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 11:39:31
AP - A woman who slashed a young mother and kidnapped her newborn entered into a plea deal Friday, and the prosecutor revealed additional details of the 2006 attack including that the victim was stabbed repeatedly and her toddler son was tied up.
- Foxy Brown pleads guilty to menacing Brooklyn neighbor
(AP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 18:36:29
AP - Rapper Foxy Brown has pleaded guilty to menacing a neighbor with her cell phone last year. She avoided jail based on time already served.
- ‘Best Santa ever’ arrested in N.J. on child sex charges
(AP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 09:07:00
AP - A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children’s parties and performed as “the best Santa Claus anyone has ever seen.”
- Police: Convicted murderer shot hikers on Appalachian Trail
(AP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 07:25:27
AP - A convicted murderer is suspected of shooting and wounding two men on the Appalachian Trail a few miles from the spot where he killed two hikers in 1981, authorities said. - SKorea to extradite US murder suspect: court verdict
(AFP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 03:10:28
AFP - A Korean-American who fled to South Korea a decade ago will be extradited to the United States to face charges of murdering a former policeman, according to a court verdict released Friday.
- U.S. man jailed for 20 years for eco-bombing plot
(Reuters)
Fri, 09 May 2008 02:38:03
Reuters - A California man described by prosecutors as an “eco-terrorist” was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison on Thursday for plotting to blow up a federal forestry site, telephone towers and other targets. - San Diego State students plead not guilty in major drug bust
(AP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 01:45:10
AP - The suspected leader of a drug trafficking ring was among seven students who pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges stemming from an undercover operation at San Diego State University that netted more than 100 arrests.
- Migrant smuggler gets life for deadly U.S. crash
(Reuters)
Thu, 08 May 2008 23:23:45
Reuters - A Mexican smuggler responsible for an accident that killed 10 illegal immigrants in the Arizona desert two years ago was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison. - Foxy Brown pleads guilty in BlackBerry case
(Reuters)
Thu, 08 May 2008 23:02:42
Reuters - Less than a month after being released
from prison, U.S. rapper Foxy Brown pleaded guilty on Thursday
to menacing a woman with her BlackBerry phone and avoided
another possible prison sentence.
- 2 murder convictions for suspect in Michigan serial killings
(AP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 22:45:51
AP - A man suspected of killing several women in this city over several terrifying weeks was convicted Thursday of two of the slayings and of attacking a third woman who survived. - Judge sentences former Alaska lawmaker in bribery case
(AP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 20:56:03
AP - A former Alaska legislator convicted of taking bribes to push legislation for a major natural gas pipeline was sentenced Thursday to 3 1/2 years in federal prison.
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