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Jurors talk about deliberations in Edwards trial
Fri,1 Jun 2012 09:22 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Jurors in John Edwards campaign corruption trial said Friday they were deadlocked on most charges because the former presidential contender never actually received any money from two wealthy donors to hide his pregnant mistress, and they didn't believe the star witness' account of the cover-up.
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Jurors say evidence fell short in Edwards' campaign money trial
Fri,1 Jun 2012 07:47 AM PDT
Reuters -  WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Three jurors who acquitted former U.S. Senator John Edwards on one count of taking illegal campaign money for his failed 2008 presidential bid said on Friday there was not enough evidence to convict him of five related federal charges. A mistrial was declared on those five counts on Thursday after the 12-member jury in Greensboro, North Carolina, said it was deadlocked on its ninth day of deliberation. ...
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Edwards Jurors Explain Why Guilty Verdicts Weren't Possible
Fri,1 Jun 2012 05:08 AM PDT
ABC OTUS News - The jurors in the John Edwards trial spoke this morning for the first time about their 9 days of deliberations that resulted in a not guilty verdict on only one count and a mistrial on the remaining counts. One of the jurors, Theresa Fuller, told... Full Story | Top |
Clemens turns to manager and massage therapist
Fri,1 Jun 2012 12:47 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Defense attorneys used a former baseball manager and a massage therapist to argue that Roger Clemens didn't change much physically late in his career, as they try to undercut the government's case that the pitcher turned to performance-enhancing drugs to prolong his time in the big leagues.
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Zambia ex-president's son arrested for corruption
Fri,1 Jun 2012 12:19 AM PDT
Reuters - LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's police have arrested the son of former President Rupiah Banda on suspicion of receiving bribes from an Italian construction company, a police spokeswoman said on Friday. The lawyer for Andrew Banda said the arrest is a politically motivated move from current President Michael Sata, who was elected in September with pledges to crack down on shady deals in Africa's top copper. ... Full Story | Top |
Young woman sentenced to death by stoning in Sudan
Thu,31 May 2012 11:12 PM PDT
Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese woman, believed to be around 20, has been sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery, and is being held near Khartoum, shackled in prison with her baby son, rights groups and lawyers said on Thursday. Campaigners condemned the ruling, saying it violated international standards and raised concerns that Sudan might start applying sharia, or Islamic law, more strictly following the secession of mostly non-Muslim South Sudan last year. The woman, Intisar Sharif Abdalla, was sentenced by the Ombada criminal court on April 22, court documents seen by Reuters showed. ... Full Story | Top |
Attorneys want some Sandusky sex-abuse charges dropped
Thu,31 May 2012 09:17 PM PDT
Reuters - BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Attorneys for former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, charged with sexually abusing 10 boys, urged a judge on Wednesday to toss out the charges for three of the alleged victims. Defense attorney Joe Amendola told Judge John Cleland the charges involving Victims 2, 6 and 8 should not be tried because evidence was hearsay and not allowed. But prosecutors in the high-profile case argued the circumstantial evidence was strong and should be presented to the jury when it convenes next month. ... Full Story | Top |
Edwards acquitted on 1 count, mistrial on others
Thu,31 May 2012 06:01 PM PDT
Associated Press -  John Edwards' campaign finance fraud case ended in a mistrial Thursday when jurors acquitted him on one of six charges but were unable to decide whether he misused money from two wealthy donors to hide his pregnant mistress while he ran for president.
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Woman found not guilty in Ore. baby-death trial
Thu,31 May 2012 05:36 PM PDT
Associated Press - A jury took less than two hours Thursday to acquit an Oregon woman on trial for the second time on allegations that she killed her newborn son, in a case in which no remains were found and defense attorneys argued the woman was never pregnant. Full Story | Top |
Closing statements made in Philadelphia church pedophilia trial
Thu,31 May 2012 04:48 PM PDT
Reuters -  PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The prosecution in the Philadelphia Roman Catholic Church sex abuse trial said on Thursday an accused monsignor covered up cases of pedophile priests to avoid scandal, but his defense attorney said his efforts to handle the problem were stymied by the church's hierarchy. Monsignor William Lynn, who in his 12-year job as secretary of the clergy supervised hundreds of priests, is accused of conspiracy and child endangerment and, if convicted, faces the possibility of 28 years in prison. Prosecutors say Lynn, 61, the highest-ranking U.S. ...
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Ex-Senator Edwards acquitted on campaign finance charge
Thu,31 May 2012 04:18 PM PDT
Reuters -  GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator John Edwards was acquitted on Thursday on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions, and the judge declared a mistrial on five other counts because the jury was deadlocked. The jury's decision came on the ninth day of deliberations and marked yet another dramatic turn of events for the one-time politician who rose to become the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee in 2004, only to see his career ruined by scandal four years later. ...
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Judge rejects Ohio Amish hate crime law challenge
Thu,31 May 2012 12:34 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The religious beliefs of victims of alleged beard- and hair-cutting attacks in Ohio Amish country are what matters in the case, not those of the defendants, a federal judge ruled Thursday in rejecting the defendants' challenges of the federal hate crimes law.
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U.S. man jailed for 1968 hijack to Cuba to be re-sentenced
Thu,31 May 2012 12:18 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man serving a 15-year prison term for participating in a 1968 hijacking of a Pan American airliner to Cuba was improperly denied the possibility of parole and must be re-sentenced, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said that at the time of Luis Armando Pena Soltren's crime, defendants were entitled to possible early release through the parole process. ... Full Story | Top |
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