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Defense rests in Burge trial
Closing arguments tomorrow Defense attorneys wrapped up their case Tuesday in the perjury trial of former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:11:16 -0700)
Funeral director wanted by police
A judge has issued an arrest warrant for the former owner of a Gary funeral home after he missed a court hearing on criminal charges over four bodies left behind at the business. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:35:13 -0700)
Bernard Madoff's right-hand man freed to house arrest
Ponzi king Bernard Madoff's onetime right-hand man was freed to house arrest this afternoon, but stayed silent about claims he knows where his ex-boss stashed $9 billion in loot. A grizzled-looking Frank DiPascali Jr. refused to answer questions about yesterday's report in The Post that Madoff told fellow... (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:49:24 -0700)
Rubashkin legal team vowing to fight conviction, 27-year sentence
For years Sholom Rubashkin made his living as an executive in the countrys largest kosher meatpacking company. Now to keep him out of prison, his defense team is arguing that the judge in his financial fraud case made treif use of federal sentencing guidelines. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:19:08 -0700)
A general's life: From clandestine missions to controversy
Shortly after President Obama tapped Stanley McChrystal in June 2009 to be the top commander in Afghanistan, CNN reported that McChrystal would never let a reporter in the room during classified morning meetings he led among senior military officers. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:26:03 -0700)
Defense grills psychiatrist who treated Leeds
A psychiatrist who treated a Santa Maria man accused of killinghis father and three others in a salvage yard shooting testifiedMonday that while Lee Leeds is mentally competent to stand trial,he barely met requirements. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:40:40 -0700)
Ian Friedman recognized
Defense lawyer Ian Friedman, president of Ian N. Friedman & Associates LLC, has received the Honorable William K. Thomas Professionalism Award from the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association for his work in furthering the practice of criminal law. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:28:58 -0700)
Faisal Shahzad, Times Square car bomber, details his chilling plot
Faisal Shahzad, who attempted to detonate a car bomb in New York's Times Square, eagerly explained how he plotted to murder Americans. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:29:12 -0700)
Opening statements in Fields' murder trial debate her involvement
COLUMBIA Opening statements and testimony began Tuesday in the trial of Tausha L. Fields, accused of murdering her ex-husband Mitchell Wayne Kemp. Fields is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in Kemp's death. Prosecutors believe Fields led Kemp to a property owned by Gregory Morton, with whom Fields was in a relationship, and that Morton fatally shot Kemp and hid the ... (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:29:36 -0700)
Ballard discredited as DA and columnist
For all of the job duties of a prosecutor, turning a blind eye to a potential crime is not one of them. Yet that is exactly what our District Attorney, Scott Ballard, has done in his investigation into a physical affair between a then-sitting Superior Court Judge and a defense attorney. Ballard should have probed the cases leading up to the moment the couple was caught in the throes of passion ... (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:43:38 -0700)
This system needs to start fresh
Judge Edwards pushed to clear the air of lingering cloud; DA Ballard urged not making things worse and not overreacting Superior Court Judge Christopher C. Edwards felt strongly that an alleged affair between fellow jurist Paschal A. English Jr. and defense attorney Kim Cornwell had caused the publics faith of the judicial system to waver. read more (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:12:32 -0700)
Rocky Mountain Instrument Company Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced for Illegally Exporting Defense Articles Without a ...
DENVER, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rocky Mountain Instrument Company (RMI), a Colorado corporation located in Lafayette, Colo., pleaded guilty today to one count of knowingly and willfully exporting defense articles without a license. The company was then immediately sentenced to forfeit $1 million and spend five years on probation for its criminal conduct. Attorneys for the corporation ... (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:25:00 -0700)
Trial opens for rigger in NYC crane collapse
A reckless rigger's safety shortcuts caused a crane collapse that killed seven people, a prosecutor said as the rigger's manslaughter trial began Tuesday. His lawyer said the rigger was being unfairly blamed for bad decisions that set up a vulnerable tower of metal. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:52:39 -0700)
U.S. indirectly funding Afghan insurgents, report says
Portions of a taxpayer-funded $2.1 billion Pentagon contract to truck supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan are being indirectly paid to Afghan insurgents and corrupt public officials as protection money, a congressional investigation revealed. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:55:00 -0700)
Russian minister says unaware of tycoon oil theft
Russia's industry minister testified in the trial of Mikhail Khordokovsky on Tuesday that buying oil cheaply from a subsidiary was not a crime, which the ex-tycoon's lawyers said would help with their defense. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:56:38 -0700)
Minnesota law prof detained in Rwanda returns home
A Minnesota law professor who was imprisoned in Rwanda for challenging the official version of the country's 1994 genocide got a big hug from his wife and cheers from supporters as he arrived home Tuesday. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:04:00 -0700)
Trial opens for rigger in NYC crane collapse
FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2009 file photo, Contractor William Rapetti, center. exits Manhattan criminal court with his wife Audrey and brother Al following his arraignment, in New York. The contractor that raised the crane that toppled in midtown Manhattan last year and killed seven people was charged Monday with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for failing to stabilize it ... (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:08:00 -0700)
Colo. company pleads guilty in military tech case
A Colorado company has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting defense technology to Turkey, South Korea, China and Russia. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:12:58 -0700)
Trial opens for rigger in NYC crane collapse
A reckless rigger's safety shortcuts caused a crane collapse that killed seven people, a prosecutor said as the rigger's manslaughter trial began Tuesday. His lawyer said the rigger was being unfairly blamed for bad decisions that set up a vulnerable tower of... New York City - Lawyer - Manslaughter - Crane - Business (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:20:17 -0700)
Colo. company pleads guilty in military tech case
DENVER A Colorado company has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting defense technology to Turkey, South Korea, China and Russia. Federal authorities say Rocky Mountain Instrument Co. pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Denver to one count of exporting defense technology without a license. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:22:04 -0700)
Tausha Morten's Murder Trial Continues
The first day of testimony in the Tausha Morton's murder trial began Tuesday. She is charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action, after being accused of plotting to kill her ex-husband. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:28:44 -0700)
Colo. Company Pleads Guilty in Military Tech Case
Colorado company pleads guilty to illegally exporting military technology United States - Plea - Colorado - Shopping - New York (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:44:06 -0700)
Colo. company pleads guilty in military tech case
A Colorado company has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting defense technology to Turkey, South Korea, China and Russia. Federal authorities say Rocky Mountain Instrument Co. pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Denver to one count of exporting defense... Colorado - Denver - Plea - United States - South Korea (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:50:18 -0700)
Scared straight: Pushing the panic button
RAY ARMSTRONG, a model whose chiseled body once graced a Target billboard in Times Square, ran out of the Grays Ferry house of his friend, Anthony Williams, on Sept. 27, 2008, stark naked and soaking wet, according to witnesses. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:04:00 -0700)
Arguing the Final Moments in the Life of a D.C. Attorney
A doctor testifies for the defense about the lack of defensive wounds on a slain lawyer's body. Lawyer - Law - Services - United States - Criminal Defense (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:09:05 -0700)
Former slaughterhouse exec gets 27 years for fraud
A former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in prison for financial fraud, a sentence legal experts called severe but not necessarily surprising as judges take tough stances on white-collar crime. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:20:31 -0700)
Motion Seeks To Disqualify DA, Staff From Peele Case
Defense attorney contends district attorney has conflict of interest The defense attorney for a county official accused of taking bribes to get jail inmates into a controversial house arrest program has filed a motion to disqualify District Attorney Kari Brandenburg . . . (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:08:12 -0700)
Testimony wraps up in Burge trial
Closing arguments slated for Thursday in case linked to police torture Closing arguments are slated for Thursday in the federal trial of former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge on charges he lied about the torture of criminal suspects. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:57:33 -0700)
Testimony ends in Burge trial; Closing arguments Thursday
Closing arguments are slated for Thursday in the federal trial of former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge on charges he lied about the torture of criminal suspects. The arguments were planned for Wednesday after testimony concluded Tuesday in the 4-week-old trial, but late in the day U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow announced the one-day delay because of an unspecified emergency. Burge is charged ... (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:05:01 -0700)
Stamford teen accused of Darien home invasion linked to car-theft ring
STAMFORD -- A city teenager arrested on charges of breaking into a Darien home with friends last winter and assaulting a man faces more felony criminal charges in connection with a car-theft ring. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:03:24 -0700)
Pot Law Practices Grow as Medical Marijuana Debate Rages
The universe of marijuana laws may be devolving into chaos, but Bill McPike remains a mellow man. For 30 years, the Fresno, Calif., attorney has defended clients against pot charges and counseled entrepreneurs on setting up shop to legally grow and sell the substance. At no other point has the law on marijuana been so unsettled, providing McPike with a steady stream of work. There are several ... (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:52:14 -0700)
Attorney Accused of Smuggling Heroin Into Jail
An attorney has been charged with bringing drugs into a jail in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office alleged that Michael Inman intended to sell 14.25 grams of heroin when he entered a secure lockup to visit two clients in a burglary case. If convicted, Inman faces up to five years in prison. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:52:35 -0700)
Wis. man whose baby had 22 fractures gets 9 years
A Wisconsin Rapids man who pleaded no contest to physically abusing his 2-month-old daughter has been sentenced (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:59:52 -0700)
Stockman Reveals No Way to Get Reputations Back When Prosecutors Walk Away
David Pinkerton had just left his 8- year-old twins at his in-laws home in Morristown, New Jersey , when he learned he was no longer a suspected felon. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:09:12 -0700)
What Journalists Should Do When Police Tell Them to Stop Taking Photos, Video
A recent Gizmodo story, " Are Cameras the New Guns ?," created quite a stir in journalism circles recently. Gizmodo found that there appears to be an increase in the number of citizens arrested for filming abuse by police, or just police in action: (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:17:17 -0700)
Plea deal for woman who called 911 from police department
"You're trapped where?" the Naperville police dispatcher asks, perhaps somewhat incredulously. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:07:11 -0700)
St. Paul man gets 7 years in brother's slaying during argument sparked by overflowing bathtub
George E. Robertson was an ailing 59-year-old man who was letting his younger brother stay at his St. Paul home when no one else in the family would take him in. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:12:52 -0700)
This is not scripted: Attorney sounds off
Ottawa defense attorney Joe Navarro, a former state's attorney who unexpectedly won his client an acquittal in a recent meth possession case, said he has no sense from a defense standpoint that juries have ongoing bias against the (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:23:15 -0700)
After jail in Rwanda, a Twin Cities homecoming
A St. Paul law professor who was imprisoned in Rwanda for challenging the official version of the country's 1994 genocide got a big hug from his wife and cheers from supporters as he arrived home Tuesday. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:28:41 -0700)
No Charges Filed For Fountain Councilman Accused Of Hitting Citizen
The Canon City District Attorney won't file criminal charges against a Fountain council member accused of slugging a citizen. The decision comes the same day the council voted on new restrictions for medical marijuana dispensaries (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:43:41 -0700)
Man says he blanked out during shooting
WILKES-BARRE Taking a brisk walk to the witness stand, Luzerne County Assistant District Attorney Jarrett Ferentino slammed a box of tissues down in front of a sobbing Donnell Buckner on Tuesday. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:49:37 -0700)
Jury selection begins in Davis murder trial
Jury selection began this week in the second-degree murder trial of Jason Ray Davis, the 24-year-old accused of killing a man and leaving the victim's bloodstained truck at a Swartz car wash in June 2009. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:20:14 -0700)
Suspended chief 'was doing his job'
HALEDON Suspended Police Chief Louis Mercuro is undergoing disciplinary hearings that will decide his fate as the borough's top lawman. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:28:36 -0700)
Woman sentenced for sexual assault
A Hatfield Township woman is going to jail for multiple sexual assaults of a teenage girl. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:45:32 -0700)
Miranda rights may complicate SB 1070 enforcement
Officials worried about how to effectively enforce the law without creating legal and financial problem. (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:56:30 -0700)
Driver had mix of drugs before crash, trial told
The blood work showed Michael Eugene Jastraub mixed his methamphetamine and methadone with Miltown and muscle relaxers. It was a pharmaceutical conflagration that proved fatal, prosecutors said for the woman Jastraub crashed into and killed. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:02:12 -0700)
Expert private eyes: Moms
DANVILLE, Calif. The philandering husband leaves home in a black Mustang on a Thursday night with his wife, confident that neither she nor his mistress are on to him. Little does he know that the other woman has grown suspicious and called a Concord, Calif., firm staffed almost exclusively by private investigator moms. Barely an hour later, they will nail him. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:23:02 -0700)
Cox campaign says opponents hit a new low
Michigan's most notorious hall of mirrors, the rumored, never-proved 2002 party at the Manoogian Mansion, opened a new wing Tuesday as unaired -- and possibly stolen -- campaign ads produced by Attorney General Mike Cox mysteriously appeared on a YouTube channel called AnyOneButCox. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:25:44 -0700)
Conviction for silencer dismissed
A jury found Michael A. Crooker, 56, guilty of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. However, the "firearm" in question was a silencer for an air rifle which Crooker was attempting to send through the mail to a collector in the Midwest. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:41:11 -0700)
Fatal shooting justified, DA says
The Lycoming County district attorney has ruled that a Williamsport man was acting in self-defense on June 14 when he shot and killed a Milton man during a gunfight inside his home. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:42:14 -0700)
Father, son acquitted in pot-grow case
OROVILLE A jury on Tuesday acquitted two Concow men of criminal charges in a medical marijuana grow on their property. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:44:57 -0700)
Rape suspect arrested
An unemployed Bear man arrested Tuesday in two Stanton-area rapes has an extensive criminal record in three states but managed to have charges dropped in most of the cases, police and others said. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:19:17 -0700)
Road Dog owner admits to racketeering charge in deal
The main target of a federal racketeering case involving bikers, debts and allegations of law enforcement corruption pleaded guilty to a single charge Tuesday. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:25:10 -0700)
Why no jail time for Wall Street
The financial crisis wiped out almost $7 trillion in stock market value in 2008. It destroyed iconic American companies like AIG, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and nearly broke GM, costing tens of thousands of workers their jobs. It pushed millions out of their homes. And that's just in the U.S. -- forget the fallout still raining down on Europe and the rest of the globe. So where are the jail ... (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:33:31 -0700)
Leggs to be transferred from Cecil County center
ELKTON, Md. -- Thomas James Leggs entered a Cecil County courtroom wearing the requisite horizontal black and white striped detention center uniform under his blue bullet-proof vest. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:40:53 -0700)
Death Row Inmate Gets Chance To Prove Innocence
Troy Anthony Davis was convicted in 1991 of killing a Savannah, Ga., police officer. But his lawyers say seven of the nine witnesses who ID'd him as the killer have recanted or changed their testimony. On Wednesday, Davis will get to present this evidence in court, after the Supreme Court ordered a federal judge to hear his new claims. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:42:25 -0700)
Feds: Pabey never applied for building permit in Gary
U.S. attorneys want to present evidence at East Chicago Mayor George Pabey's criminal trial that he never applied for a Gary building permit, showing that he knowingly tried to avoid detection, according to court records. A notice filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Hammond describes how the prosecutors plan to have a Gary city employee testify during Pabey's trial next week on charges ... (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:16:07 -0700)
Corruption as career
(Editors note: Downplaying the basic safety of commercial flights is indeed frightening as noted by the author.) There's no undue harshness in harassing, suspending, and finally firing (or towing to jail) the officials primarily responsible for creating doubt/anxiety on the safety of commercial flights, domestic, and international, for neglecting one important and large navigation instrument ... (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:22:28 -0700)
Rocky Mountain Instrument Company Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced for Illegally Exporting Defense Articles Without a ...
DENVER | Rocky Mountain Instrument Company (RMI), a Colorado corporation located in Lafayette, Colo., pleaded guilty today to one count of knowingly and willfully exporting defense articles without... (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:25:28 -0700)
Police academy training recruits
On day two of what will be a 25-week training course, the Springfield Police Department's newest recruits already carried themselves with an air of military order as they ran through marching drills in the basement gym. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:36:48 -0700)
US Defense Officials Questioned About Afghan Trucking Contract
Six-month investigation looked into the Department of Defense's $2.16 billion Afghan Host Nation Trucking contract (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:05:01 -0700)
Philly man charged with stalking TV actress Erbe
A Philadelphia man is facing federal charges for allegedly stalking "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" actress Kathryn Erbe (UR'-bee). (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:45:23 -0700)
Philly man charged with stalking TV actress Erbe
Thirty-six-year-old Charles Nagel was already in custody and facing similar charges in New York City when authorities announced the new charges Tuesday. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:46:00 -0700)
Murder trial put on hold
CEDAR CITY - A Cedar City man charged with killing his wife in August 2009 will not face a jury trial for at least three months pending a psychological evaluation, his defense attorney said Tuesday in 5th District Court. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:57:37 -0700)
Philly man charged with stalking TV actress Kathryn Erbe
PHILADELPHIA (AP) A Philadelphia man is facing federal charges for allegedly stalking "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" actress Kathryn Erbe. Thirty-six-year-old Charles Nagel was already in custody and facing similar charges in New York City when authorities announced the new charges Tuesday. (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:45:09 -0700)
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