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| NY rabbi and teacher arrested in child porn case Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 05:42 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn rabbi and teacher at a girls' seminary has been arrested on a child pornography distribution charge. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. Army general fighting sex charges will admit to lesser crimes Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 05:01 PM PST  By Kelly Twedell FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) - A U.S. Army general facing a rare court-martial of an officer of his high rank will plead guilty on Thursday to charges that he engaged in inappropriate relationships with several junior female soldiers, his defense lawyers said. But Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair maintains he is innocent of the most serious charges against him, that he twice forced oral sex during an adulterous affair he admits to having with a captain assigned to his unit in Afghanistan. Sinclair's attorneys announced his plans late Wednesday to plead guilty to a number of the criminal charges he faces. Opening statements in the trial at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, were due to begin on Thursday morning. Full Story | Top |
| Judge weighing merits of trial for childhood crime Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 03:53 PM PST CONROE, Texas (AP) — Nearly 16 years after a boy was doused with gasoline and horribly burned, a judge is deciding whether the Southeast Texas man accused of committing the attack as a 13-year-old will now be tried as an adult. Full Story | Top |
| Colorado couple arrested in murder of ski resort socialite Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 03:41 PM PST By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A former physician and his wife, tenants of an Aspen ski resort socialite found dead in her home, have made their first court appearance after being arrested on suspicion of her murder, authorities said. The body of Nancy Pfister, 57, daughter of the Buttermilk ski area's co-founders, was found a week ago, the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Authorities did not say how Pfister died nor did they disclose a possible motive for the killing, which the sheriff's office said was the first homicide since 2001 in the chic resort town southwest of Denver that serves as a getaway for Hollywood celebrities and other wealthy visitors. The suspects, William Styler, 65, and his wife, Nancy, 62, were arrested on Monday in a motel in the nearby town of Basalt, the sheriff said. Full Story | Top |
| Massachusetts shares blame for crime lab scandal, court says Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 02:29 PM PST  Massachusetts' top court ruled on Wednesday that the state shares blame for thousands of drug convictions tainted by crime lab chemist Annie Dookhan, who admitted to faking test results over nearly a decade. The ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will make it easier for people convicted in drug cases linked to Dookhan to win new trials, by removing one of the standards for reversing a guilty plea. "We must account for the due process rights of defendants," said the ruling, written by Justice Francis Spina. "In the wake of government misconduct that has cast a shadow over the entire criminal justice system, it is most appropriate that the benefit of our remedy inure to defendants." The ruling said that in all cases in which Dookhan was the lead or secondary chemist, defendants were entitled to a presumption that there was egregious misconduct by the state - one of the standards for overturning a guilty plea. Full Story | Top |
| Judge to weigh merits of trial for childhood crime Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 10:50 AM PST CONROE, Texas (AP) — A judge will soon decide whether a Southeast Texas man accused of dousing a boy with gasoline as a teenager in 1998 will be tried as an adult on a murder charge after the boy died more than a decade after the attack. Full Story | Top |
| Man who hid assets gets 17-year prison term Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 10:11 AM PST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California businessman accused of declaring bankruptcy and hiding his assets to avoid paying child support and alimony following a contentious divorce was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison. Full Story | Top |
| 2 men found guilty in sale of trade secrets to company controlled by Chinese government Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 09:57 AM PST 2 men found guilty in sale of trade secrets to company controlled by Chinese government. Full Story | Top |
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