Recent Updates
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Court says family can sue CHP over leaked photos
Court Alerts 02/03/2010An appeals court says an Orange County family can proceed with a lawsuit against the California Highway Patrol over graphic crash photos that were leaked by the agency. The Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana on Monday reversed a lower court...
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Gambling officer says south Ala. machines illegal
Court Alerts 02/02/2010The undercover officer who obtained a search warrant for a planned raid at the Country Crossing gambling hall in Dothan, Ala., said its electronic machines aren't bingo because they can be played blindfolded.In papers filed in federal court Monday, L...
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Court upholds state's death penalty
Court Alerts 02/01/2010Delaware's death penalty was upheld as constitutional on Monday, paving the way for executions -- on hold since May 2006 -- to resume.Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden said Monday he was pleased the court ruled that Delaware is meeting its constit...
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Man accused of keeping arsenal due in NJ court
Court Alerts 01/29/2010A man who authorities say had a cache of weapons and a map of an Army base in a New Jersey motel room is due in court on Friday. Lloyd Woodson was arrested Monday after a convenience store clerk in Branchburg called police to report he was acting str...
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After strangling, wife sues ex-Bush attorney for $30 million
Court Alerts 01/28/2010The wife of a former high-ranked Bush administration lawyer who was charged earlier this month with her attempted murder has brought a civil suit against him for $30 million.As previously reported, John Michael Farren is accused of flying into a rage...
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Court Kills Death Penalty for Retarded Man
Court Alerts 01/27/2010The Missouri Supreme Court overturned a death penalty sentence for man who is mentally retarded. Andrew Lyons, 52, was convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 and sentenced to death for the 1992 killing of his estranged girlfriend. Lyons filed a pet...
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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Virginia killer
Court Alerts 01/26/2010A new execution date could be set soon for death-row inmate Paul Warner Powell, whose most recent appeal was rejected yesterday by the U.S. Supreme Court. Powell, 31, twice has been sentenced to death for the Jan. 29, 1999, murder of Stacie Lynn Reed...
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California: Court Rejects Marijuana Limit
Court Alerts 01/22/2010The State Supreme Court struck down a law that sought to limit the amount of marijuana a medical patient can legally possess. The court, in a unanimous decision, ruled that state lawmakers were wrong to change provisions of a voter-approved propositi...
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Supreme Court Upholds Ala. Man's Death Penalty
Court Alerts 01/21/2010The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of an Alabama man who claimed his attorneys failed to present key evidence of his borderline mental retardation. The justices said the defense made a strategic decision, not a negligent omission. Holly...
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Judge: Kilpatrick at fault, he must pay $320,000
Court Alerts 01/21/2010The end was almost certainly worse than what Kwame Kilpatrick expected.Grilled for six days on the witness stand -- his integrity questioned by prosecutors who said that if they couldn't send him to jail, they'd settle for $225,000 -- Kilpatrick's re...
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No Misconduct Found in Blackwater Case
Court Alerts 01/20/2010A federal judge has opted not to impose a finding of prosecutorial misconduct on Justice Department lawyers for their handling of a case against Blackwater security guards involved in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad.In Federal District Court here last mon...
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Court throws out ruling favorable to suspect
Court Alerts 01/19/2010The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a court ruling that invalidated a former Black Panther's death sentence for killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981. The move was the latest twist in Mumia Abu-Jamal's racially tinged case that has drawn i...