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Religion News Blog (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Faulty jury instructions and a juror's substitution are among errors alleged in a Utah Supreme Court appeal that seeks a new trial for polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs . The appeal, filed last week, asks the court to reverse Jeffs' convictions and order a new trial or require 5th District Judge James Shumate to reconsider a motion for retrial after hearing jurors...
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Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
A former consultant surgeon at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Michael Shine, has been directed to pay the costs of the successful Medical Council Supreme Court appeal against him.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Faulty jury instructions and a juror's substitution are among errors alleged in a Utah Supreme Court appeal that seeks a new trial for polygamous sect leader Warren S.
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
A RAPIST wants his conviction set aside because of the behaviour of the judge's associate who allegedly gave a thumbs up to the prosecutor during his trial.It is believed to be only the second time in Australia that a higher court appeal has involved allegations made against a judge's associate.The man, 22, is serving 5 1/2 years' jail after being convicted on one count of rape and two...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
HOUSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court refused appeals Monday from two Texas death row inmates, including a Mexican national convicted of gunning down three El Paso teenagers a dozen years ago. Ignacio Gomez had asked the court to review his capital murder conviction for the 1996 shooting deaths of 16-year-old twin brothers Michael and Matthew Meredith and 19-year-old Toby Hatheway Jr....
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
FIANNA FÁIL activist Joe Burke is to appeal a High Court order restricting him from involvement in the affairs of any company for five years unless certain capital funding conditions are met.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
A FIVE-JUDGE Supreme Court will sit on December 8th next to hear the appeal by editor Geraldine Kennedy and public affairs correspondent Colm Keena against a High Court order requiring them to answer questions from the Mahon tribunal.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
A Texas Supreme Court justice was fined $29,000 on Thursday after the state ethics commission found that a law firm provided what amounted to an illegal campaign contribution by giving him a $168,000 discount on legal fees. Nathan Hecht, the longest-serving...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
A Texas Supreme Court justice was fined $29,000 on Thursday after the state ethics commission found that a law firm provided what amounted to an illegal campaign contribution by giving him a $168,000 discount on legal fees.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
A Texas Supreme Court justice was fined $29,000 on Thursday after the state ethics commission found that a law firm provided what amounted to an illegal campaign contribution by giving him a $168,000 discount on legal fees.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas Supreme Court justice was fined $29,000 on Thursday after the state ethics commission found that a law firm provided what amounted to an illegal campaign contribution by giving him a $168,000 discount on legal fees.
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
A Texas Supreme Court justice was fined $29,000 on Thursday after the state ethics commission found that a law firm provided what amounted to an illegal campaign contribution by giving him a $168,000 discount on legal fees.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
AUSTIN, Texas - A Texas Supreme Court justice was fined $29,000 on Thursday after the state ethics commission found that a law firm provided what amounted to an illegal campaign contribution by giving him a $168,000 discount on legal fees.Nathan Hecht, the longest-serving member of the high Texas court, accumulated close to half a million dollars in legal fees in a fight over allegations...
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 3 -- The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to resist calls by African, Arab and Islamic states to defer prosecution of Sudanese leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and...
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Computer World (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
December 3, 2008 (IDG News Service) BRUSSELS - Chip maker has accused of deliberately stalling a antitrust investigation through Intel's appeal to Europe's second highest court, a senior AMD executive said today.Intel in October complained to the (CFI) in Luxembourg that the , Europe's top antitrust authority, was "discriminatory" and "partial" in its pursuit of the against the world's...
