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| UPDATE 1-Cricket-Ryder responding, man arrested for assault - police Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 08:37 PM PDT (Updates after media conference) By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) - New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder's condition was improving and he was responding to medical staff and his family on Friday as police said they had arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with the alleged assault. New Zealand Police (NZP) said the man had been charged with assault on Thursday and would appear in court on April 4. They were also speaking to a 37-year-old man, a relative of the man charged, in relation to the incidents, Detective Senior Sergeant Brian Archer told reporters on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Prosecutors reject plea offer of accused Colorado theater shooter: report Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 08:35 PM PDT  By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Prosecutors have rejected the plea offer of the man accused of gunning down 12 people in a Colorado movie theater last July, saying his defense team's offer of a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding the death penalty was not legitimate, the Denver Post newspaper reported on Thursday. "There is not — and has never been — an actual or unqualified 'offer' to plead guilty," prosecutors wrote in court documents released on Thursday, according to the paper. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ga. city official arrested in slain baby case Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 07:59 PM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — A city official in Georgia has been arrested on charges of willfully obstructing law enforcement and influencing a witness in the case involving a 13-month-old boy who was fatally shot last week. Full Story | Top |
| Allegations of misconduct sidetrack Arias trial Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 06:56 PM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — The Jodi Arias murder trial became even more of a spectacle Thursday as defense attorneys argued that the prosecutor committed misconduct by signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans outside court. Full Story | Top |
| Prosecutors not ready to agree to Holmes plea Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 05:39 PM PDT  DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting on Thursday rejected an offer from suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty and accused defense lawyers of a serious breach of court rules by making the offer public. Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-Man arrested in connection to Ryder assault - police Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:32 PM PDT By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) - Police have arrested and charged a 20-year-old man in connection with the assault on New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder that has left the batsman in a critical condition in a Christchurch hospital. New Zealand Police (NZP) said the man had been charged with assault on Thursday and would appear in court on April 4. Police were following "positive lines of inquiry" in relation to another person, NZP said in a statement on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Prosecutors say lawyers for Holmes have not made legitimate plea offer Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:29 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Prosecutors said on Thursday that lawyers for a former graduate student accused of killing 12 people at a Colorado movie theater last July have not made a legitimate offer to have him plead guilty in the case, the Denver Post newspaper reported on Thursday. Arapahoe County prosecutors made the assertion in court papers responding to a defense motion filed by attorneys for James Holmes, in which the defense said that Holmes was willing to plead guilty in exchange for a life prison term. ... Full Story | Top |
| Domestic violence expert testifies in Arias trial Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 01:20 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — Testimony in Jodi Arias' murder trial has concluded for the day as the judge reviewed a motion by defense attorneys claiming prosecutorial misconduct. Full Story | Top |
| Will James Holmes avoid death penalty for Colorado theater shooting? Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 08:21 AM PDT James Holmes, the suspect in last summer's movie theater shooting in Colorado, has offered to plead guilty and serve life without parole but only if prosecutors do not seek the death penalty. Full Story | Top |
| Bail raised for teen accused of hate-crime attack Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 06:37 AM PDT DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Bail has been raised nearly sevenfold to $520,000 for a teenager facing hate crime allegations in the brutal beating of a Northern California man. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-prosecutor: Death penalty decision wrenching Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 01:21 AM PDT  DENVER (AP) — James Holmes is willing to spend the rest of his life in prison if it means there's no chance he'll be executed. Now prosecutors have to decide whether that's a deal they're willing to make with the former graduate student accused in last summer's Colorado movie theater massacre. Full Story | Top |
| Woman arrested for transferring gun to suspected killer of Colorado prison chief Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 11:43 PM PDT By Keith Coffman (Reuters) - A 22-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday night for illegally transferring a handgun used by a white supremacist parolee linked to the shooting death of Colorado's prison chief, authorities said. Stevie Marie Vigil of Commerce City, Colorado, was arrested by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation on suspicion that she legally bought the gun and transferred the handgun to Evan Ebel, a convicted felon who was not allowed to legally own firearms, bureau spokeswoman Susan Medina said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
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