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Erin Andrews' Accused Stalker's Criminal Charges

2009-11-20T21:00:31Z

Michael David Barrett, the accused stalker and criminal voyeur of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews will be arraigned in federal court on Monday, November 23, 2009. The latest in a series of sordid charges against the 48-year-old Chicago-area Combined Insurance employee...

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H&H Bagel Baron Accused of Stealing Tax Dough, UI Dumping

2009-11-18T20:44:36Z

Helmer Toro, co-founder of the H&H Bagels empire, was indicted by a grand jury in New York City today on felony charges accusing him of stealing withholding taxes from his employee's paychecks, and manipulating his company's New York State unemployment insurance tax payments...

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Barzee Pleads Guilty in Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping Case

2009-11-17T19:53:30Z

Wanda Barzee, a co-defendant in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case, pleaded guilty to several criminal charges in federal court today in exchange for a reduced prison sentence recommendation and her cooperation with prosecutors in the kidnapping, sexual assault, and violence case...

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Is the GOP or Obama to Blame for Slow Pace of Judicial Nominations?

2009-11-17T19:40:54Z

The US Senate is scheduled to vote on cloture today for the nomination of U.S. District Judge David F. Hamilton to a seat on the Seventh Circuit. Leading Republicans have so far filibustered the nomination in response to what they...

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Court Blocks Environmentalist's 'Necessity Defense' From Oil and Gas Lease Trial

2009-11-17T18:43:10Z

A federal judge in Utah ruled that a defendant accused of tampering and falsely bidding upon oil and gas leases offered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management cannot present a 'necessity defense' a/k/a 'lesser of two evils defense' at trial....

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Oreo, Abused NYC Dog Put to Sleep; Ex-Owner Faces Sentencing

2009-11-13T22:06:02Z

Oreo, the dog who was thrown off a six-story roof in Brooklyn by Fabian Henderson, her teenage owner this spring, was put to sleep by the A.S.P.C.A. in Manhattan this afternoon. Yesterday The New York Times reported that an animal behaviorist hired...

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KSM, 4 Other Gitmo Detainees, to be Tried in N.Y. Federal Court

2009-11-13T18:16:09Z

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ('KSM'), the reputed al Qaeda plotter of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, will be put on trial in federal court in Manhattan, one site of the Sept. 11th attacks, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced this morning. Four...

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Ft. Hood Murder Charges Filed Against Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan

2009-11-12T19:32:08Z

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan (inset), the U.S. Army psychiatrist being held for killing thirteen (13) people at the Army's Ft. Hood base in Texas, and wounding 43 soldiers and civilians in the attack, was charged with 13 counts of murder Hasan's...

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Jurisdiction Has Its Day in (Supreme) Court

2009-11-10T15:08:02Z

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments this morning on two cases involving jurisdictional issues. First up is Kucana v. Holder, a case involving questions over the jurisdiction-stripping provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. The Act...

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Justices Reverse Convicted Killer's Ineffective Counsel Claims

2009-11-09T20:35:43Z

In a new per curiam opinion issued by the U.S. Supreme Court today, the Justices held that a convicted Ohio killer's "attorneys met the constitutional minimum of competence," reversing a 2008 federal appeals court ruling that his attorneys failed to find certain...

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Monday Morning at the Supreme Court

2009-11-09T15:18:30Z

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in three cases today, two of which deal with juveniles who were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for non-homicide offenses. The other case involves limits that the Federal...

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Bernard Kerik, Ex-NYPD Commissioner, Pleads Guilty

2009-11-05T17:45:02Z

Former NYPD Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty today in a federal court in a case accusing him of criminal conspiracy, tax fraud, making a host of false statements to both federal agents and New York City investigators, and lying on a...

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N.Y. A.G. Cuomo's Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel Alleges Billions in Bribes

2009-11-04T18:12:26Z

Accusing Silicon Valley's Intel (NYSE: INTC) of "bribery and coercion to maintain a stranglehold on the market," New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed an antitrust lawsuit against the chip-making giant. How serious were the threats? Cuomo's lawsuit says that...

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Today at the Supreme Court

2009-11-04T17:18:43Z

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on two cases related to criminal prosecutions today. The first, Pottawattamie County v. McGhee, examines whether prosecutors are subject to a civil trial and potential damages for wrongful conviction and incarceration when the criminal...

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Give a Judge the Finger, Go Directly to Jail!

2009-11-03T23:33:00Z

A 24-year-old Illinois man already facing a host of criminal charges flipped off a judge during his court arraignment, earning himself six months in county jail for contempt of court. McHenry County Circuit Court Judge G. Martin Zopp reportedly gave...

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