Recent Updates
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Ex-CIA executive pleads guilty to wire fraud
Court Alerts 09/30/2008A former high-ranking CIA official pleaded guilty Monday to abusing his influence within the agency to direct lucrative contracts toward an old friend who showered him with tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts.Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, 53, of Vienna...
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Appeals court reviews ruling on former Qwest CEO
Court Alerts 09/25/2008The insider trading conviction of former Qwest Chief Executive Joe Nacchio is going back to court.The full 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Thursday as judges review a decision overturning Joe Nacchio's April 2007 conviction.Pro...
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Okla. judge who used sex device in court disbarred
Court Alerts 09/24/2008The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday disbarred a former judge who served prison time for using a sexual device while presiding over trials.Former Creek County District Judge Donald Thompson, 61, was accused of using a "penis pump" in court and convi...
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Court: US govt can't block detainee photos release
Court Alerts 09/22/2008An appeals court says the federal government must release 20 photographs of U.S. soldiers and detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan that were demanded by a civil rights group seeking to expose abuse.The federal appeals court in New York on Monday rejecte...
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Virginia QB admits probation violation in court
Court Alerts 09/19/2008Peter Lalich, the starting quarterback at Virginia for the first two games before he was sidelined by legal trouble, admitted Thursday to violating his probation by drinking, but told a judge he has not recently smoked marijuana.During a court appear...
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McNamee again asks judge to toss Clemens lawsuit
Court Alerts 09/18/2008Brian McNamee responded to Roger Clemens by again asking a federal judge to toss out the pitcher's defamation suit or move it to a New York court.In papers filed late Wednesday night with the U.S. District Court in Houston, McNamee replied to Clemens...
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Parents charged in 2-year-old son's shooting death
Court Alerts 09/17/2008State police on Wednesday arrested the parents of a 2-year-old boy who died last month after accidentally shooting himself with a gun he found in the family's home.Jason Matteau, 27, and Rebecca Matteau, 24, of Jewett City, turned themselves to polic...
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4 Calif. Tree-sitters plead not guilty in court
Court Alerts 09/12/2008Four tree-sitters who ended their occupation of a University of California at Berkeley oak grove this week have pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges.The four face charges of trespassing and illegal lodging for taking part in the 21-month protest...
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Texas appeals court stop scheduled execution
Court Alerts 09/11/2008Attorneys for a killer who had been scheduled to die Wednesday say he should get a new trial because his trial judge and the prosecutor admitted having a secret sexual relationship that began years before his murder convictions.Charles Dean Hood won ...
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Judge: Pa. mass killer too unstable to be executed
Court Alerts 09/09/2008A man who killed 13 people in a 1982 shooting rampage in northeastern Pennsylvania can't be executed because he suffers from a major mental illness, a judge ruled Monday.George Banks, 66, is psychotic and unable to comprehend his sentence or particip...
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Judge limits questioning of O.J. Simpson jury
Court Alerts 09/08/2008The judge in O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas robbery-kidnap trial has rejected a bid by Simpson's lawyers to ask prospective jurors if they consider him a murderer.Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass turned down the request Monday during a hearin...
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Wash. rampage suspect in court: 'I kill for God'
Court Alerts 09/06/2008"I kill for God. I listen to God," a man accused of a northwest Washington shooting rampage said Friday at a hearing where six charges of first-degree murder and four of first-degree assault were filed against him.Isaac Zamora made the chilling comme...