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U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 28, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- The gunman in the notorious Pamela Smart murder case tearfully apologized to his victim's family Friday as he asked for early release from prison. Gregory Smart's father said he was moved by William Flynn's words -- but not enough to support his release a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 5, 2007 @ 9:46am neoform

MSNBC -- Are the terrorist suspects held at the Guantanamo Naval Base more akin to people accused in a criminal case or to German prisoners of war in 1944? An accused criminal can go to federal court to challenge his imprisonment; a German POW couldn’t. On.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 3:05pm neoform

www.kxii.com -- One man is in prison after allegedly stabbing the driver he hitched a ride with over the weekend. The victim is recovering, but it's the details of the case that officials say make it unlike any they've ever seen. Fannin County Sheriff’s Deputies rec.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 9:26am neoform

SF Gate -- Mychal Bell, the 17-year-old at the center of the controversial "Jena Six" case, was released on $45,000 bail Thursday, a week after 20,000 protesters from across the country rallied in Jena for his release. "When I first met Mychal, this day seemed li.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 14, 2007 @ 9:18am neoform

blogs.tampabay.com -- The Hillsborough State Attorney's Office has decided not to drop charges against Mark O'Hara, who was freed from prison after an appeals court said he deserved a new trial. O'Hara's lawyer, Ira Berman, angrily stormed out of the courthouse after a brie.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 26, 2007 @ 12:38pm neoform

CNN -- The Supreme Court ruled against a former high school student Monday in the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner case -- a split decision that limits students' free speech rights. Joseph Frederick was 18 when he unveiled the 14-foot paper sign on a public sidewal.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 25, 2007 @ 6:39pm neoform

BBC News -- A former high school student has lost his case in what is the US Supreme Court's first major ruling on students' free speech rights in almost 20 years. At issue was whether a school principal violated a student's right to free speech by suspending him.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 13, 2007 @ 11:13am neoform

CBS News -- The local prosecutor who charged three Duke lacrosse players with raping a stripper apologized to the athletes Thursday, acknowledging that the North Carolina attorney general's decision to drop the case was correct. "To the extent that I made judgment.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 3, 2007 @ 11:10pm neoform

FOX News -- No criminal charges will be filed in the case of Sacramento, Calif., mother of three who died early this year while competing in a water-drinking contest run by a local radio station, FOXNews.com has confirmed. Sacramento County District Attorney Jan S.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 5:50pm neoform

USA Today -- A high school principal was acting reasonably and in accord with the school's anti-drug mission when she suspended a student for displaying a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner, her lawyer told the Supreme Court Monday. "The message here is, in fact, critical,.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue Dec 19, 2006 @ 12:53am neoform

Salon -- In a Miami courtroom on Monday morning, defense lawyers for Jose Padilla, the American citizen accused of conspiring with al-Qaida, will argue what could be a landmark motion. Padilla's defense attorneys are asking the presiding judge to dismiss the case.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 6, 2006 @ 3:27pm mrmdc

Denver Post -- Salt Lake City - Utah Supreme Court justices acknowledged Tuesday that they were struggling to wrap their minds around the concept that a 13-year-old girl could be both an offender and a victim for the same act - in this case, having consensual sex with h.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 25, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- San Francisco prosecutors abandoned a double-murder case Thursday against a 19-year-old Daly City man in connection with a pair of slayings outside a Sunset District pizzeria, saying a key witness now insists authorities have the wrong man. Matthew Owy.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 16, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

MSNBC -- The federal government is asking a U.S. District Court in Vermont to order a man to type a password that would unlock files on his computer, despite his claim that doing so would constitute self-incrimination. The case, believed to be the first of its.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 22, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

MSNBC -- Three young men previously detained as suspects in the 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway were re-arrested Wednesday, the Aruban public prosecutor's office said, citing new evidence in the case. Holloway disappeared on May 30, 200.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 24, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

SF Gate -- Nearly 29 years after the execution-style slayings of three drugstore employees in San Mateo, police officials announced a $75,000 reward today, hoping the cash or someone's conscience will spark new leads in the cold case. The victims' family members.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 15, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

USA Today -- A federal crackdown on corruption involving U.S. contracts in Iraq produced a record number of criminal and administrative cases last month — including the largest bribery case. The flurry of activity resulted from investigations overseen by a Justic.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Thu Aug 2, 2007 @ 9:44am neoform

Seattle Pi -- In case I get picked up and taken away under President Bush's Military Commissions Act of October 2006, I want it on record that I am not a terrorist or an enemy combatant, and that the organization I run in Bellingham is not associated with any terrorist.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 1, 2007 @ 9:29am neoform

Washington Post -- The night before the government secured a guilty plea from the manufacturer of the addictive painkiller OxyContin, a senior Justice Department official called the U.S. attorney handling the case and, at the behest of an executive for the drugmaker, urged.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 23, 2007 @ 2:45pm neoform

FOX News -- The prosecutor in the case of a Liberian native charged with repeatedly raping and molesting a 7-year-old girl said Monday that he is filing an appeal of a controversial judge's ruling that dismissed all charges because an interpreter who spoke the suspec.. Read More