In Ireland this crime is unique but I am willing to bet that anyone anywhere would consider it to be very unusual. It would make a great film script."The jury in the Ennis murder conspiracy trial has returned a verdict on some of the charges. Sharon Collins, who had denied...
"Two lawyers accused of defrauding their clients in a diet-drug settlement of $65 million were sent back to jail Thursday after a jury deadlocked and a federal judge declared a mistrial.The jury had considered the case against suspended lawyers William Gallion and Shirley...
"Daybreak, September 20 1906… about 500 adults wearing kamben alancingan putih (white ceremonial uniform), with keris on his back and long spears on their hand rally from Puri Denpasar heading to Taensiat area. Led...
After less than a day of deliberation, the jury has acquitted singer R Kelly of all charges of child pornography." The jury of nine men and three women includes the wife of a Baptist preacher from Kelly's...
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Are any of our congressmen and senators who condemned these men without a trial rushing to offer apologies? How about the media? What - no? All I've got to say is that these same people who convicted these Marines in...
"These are an odd couple stories. On the one hand you have the ineffectual French courts kowtowing to a Muslim husband who wanted his marriage annulled because his wife wasn’t a virgin. On the other hand is...
"CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES, France (AP) -- A French court has convicted Michel Fourniret of murdering seven girls and young women and sentenced him to life in prison....
Ouch! A harsh assessment of Heathrow by an American Airlines executive. Although I have to say, having used both BA's facilities and AA's facilities at Heathrow, I don't think it's Heathrow's fault that their...
Hundreds of people turned up for a protest in the streets of New York today against the decision to clear all three officers in the shooting death of Sean Bell.The decision to clear the officers was revealed...
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We must elevate our conversation to face the weakness of ourcommunities. Our economic, social and political agenda must beaddressed beyond the complaints that we all can agree fill ourdiscussion. If we can move above the fray of this and the many pastshameful events that have...
Wesley Snipes is going to jail."A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the actor Wesley Snipes to three years in prison for willfully failing to file tax returns. Mr. Snipes, who was convicted in February,...
More time to wait." Leeds verdict before season end Ken Bates' club are currently sixth in League One (Getty) The arbitration hearing into Leeds United's 15-point...
The jury in the Princess Diana inquest has now retired to deliberate the verdict. Many are waiting with baited breath to see what the outcome will be. "Before they left, coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker instructed...
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This trial was groundbreaking in that it was the first time in BC that Canada's new anti-gang law was put to the test. Under the current system, each time an alleged member of the gang is tried the Crown must prove...
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"The Princess Diana Inquest has drawn to a close with Mohamed Al Fayed’s bid to make the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh give evidence at the Diana inquest rejected by the High Court. There was little chance of his...