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Accused Fort Hood gunman denied delay in trial
Fri,29 Jun 2012 03:02 PM PDT
Reuters - SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A military judge on Friday rejected a request by accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan to delay his court martial a third time and ordered him to stand trial August 20 for the 2009 shooting that left 13 people dead and 31 wounded. Hasan faces the death penalty if convicted. The Army psychiatrist is accused of opening fire on a group of soldiers at the Central Texas Army post who were preparing to deploy to Afghanistan. He was shot four times by Fort Hood civilian guards and now uses a wheelchair. His defense attorney, Lt. Col. ... Full Story | Top |
U2 bassist's aide found guilty of stealing from him
Fri,29 Jun 2012 12:27 PM PDT
Reuters - DUBLIN (Reuters) - A former personal assistant to U2 bassist Adam Clayton was found guilty on Friday of stealing 2.8 million euros ($3.5 million) from the musician to fund a lavish lifestyle. Carol Hawkins, 48, from Dublin, was convicted in a unanimous jury verdict after an 18-day trial at Circuit Criminal Court in the Irish capital. Prosecutors said she stole from two of Clayton's bank accounts between 2004 and 2008. ... Full Story | Top |
NY stage set for a second Madoff to face prison
Fri,29 Jun 2012 12:03 AM PDT
Associated Press - The younger brother of a man who became an icon for financial crime after the economy collapsed in 2008 is poised to plead guilty to criminal charges, taking his place in history alongside Bernard Madoff, the sibling he shared an office with for decades. Full Story | Top |
Parents of Rutgers hate crime victim say being gay no sin
Thu,28 Jun 2012 03:20 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The parents of a Rutgers University student who committed suicide after learning his roommate spied on his gay tryst said his death has caused them to rethink their views on homosexuality, which they no longer believe is a sin. Tyler Clementi's parents, in an interview to be aired on NBC on Thursday, spoke publicly for the first time since the roommate, Dharun Ravi, was sentenced for using a webcam to observe Clementi kiss another man and for encouraging others to watch too. ... Full Story | Top |
Prison term of lawyer in terrorism case upheld
Thu,28 Jun 2012 01:11 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Outspoken New York criminal defense attorney Lynne Stewart, now disbarred and incarcerated, lost a bid to reverse her 10-year prison sentence for helping a terrorism suspect smuggle messages to his followers from prison. In a written opinion on Thursday, three judges at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York expressed little sympathy for 72-year-old Stewart, who has struggled with breast cancer and whose supporters had argued the prison term amounted to a death sentence. ... Full Story | Top |
Iraq parliament bomb planners sentenced to death
Thu,28 Jun 2012 08:02 AM PDT
Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three men were sentenced to death in Iraq on Thursday for masterminding a suicide bomb attack on the parliament building last November, Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said. The suicide bomber managed to drive into Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on November 28 and blew himself up in the car park of parliament, killing one person and wounding six. The attack was claimed by al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq. ... Full Story | Top |
US: Madoff brother to plead guilty in NY in fraud
Thu,28 Jun 2012 05:58 AM PDT
Associated Press - Plans for the brother of jailed financier Bernard Madoff to plead guilty and serve 10 years in prison raise fresh questions about the status of the investigation into the epic multibillion dollar fraud and whether other family members remain under criminal investigation. Full Story | Top |
Karadzic acquitted of one count of genocide
Thu,28 Jun 2012 04:57 AM PDT
Reuters - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Judges in The Hague acquitted Radovan Karadzic of one count of genocide on Thursday, but left 10 other war crimes and genocide charges standing against the former Bosnian Serb leader. Judges ruled that there was not enough evidence to show that killings carried out by Bosnian Serb forces in the municipalities of Bosnia in 1992 were committed with genocidal intent. But they rejected defense motions to dismiss 10 other charges that included the 1995 killing of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica, Europe's worst massacre since World War II. ... Full Story | Top |
Bernard Madoff's brother to plead guilty, U.S. says
Thu,28 Jun 2012 03:34 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Peter Madoff, the brother of imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges on Friday, the first family member to do so since the Ponzi schemer's fraud was uncovered in December 2008. In a letter filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Peter Madoff is expected to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and other crimes, as well as falsifying records. He agreed not to seek a sentence other than 10 years in prison. Madoff, who had been chief compliance officer at Bernard L. ... Full Story | Top |
Serb nationalist sentenced to 2 years for contempt
Thu,28 Jun 2012 01:49 AM PDT
Associated Press - The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal sentenced Serb ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj to two years imprisonment Thursday for refusing to remove information from his website that revealed the identities of witnesses who had been granted anonymity by the court. Full Story | Top |
Prosecutors: Madoff brother to plead guilty in NY
Wed,27 Jun 2012 05:31 PM PDT
Associated Press - The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty on Friday to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
Court papers: Madoff brother to plead guilty in NY
Wed,27 Jun 2012 04:13 PM PDT
Associated Press - The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty on Friday to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
Saudi man found guilty in Texas bomb plot trial
Wed,27 Jun 2012 03:44 PM PDT
Associated Press - In the months before his arrest, authorities said, Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari collected bomb-making supplies and instructional videos and made a list of targets, from nuclear power plants to the home of a former president. His goal, they said, was to carry out jihad. Full Story | Top |
Court: Madoff's brother to plead guilty in NY
Wed,27 Jun 2012 02:51 PM PDT
Associated Press - The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty on Friday to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
NY man to be sentenced for rare document thefts
Wed,27 Jun 2012 11:52 AM PDT
Associated Press - A presidential memorabilia collector who has acknowledged stealing thousands of rare and valuable documents from historical societies and archives nationwide was set to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court. Full Story | Top |
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