James Holmes Sits Coldly in Sad Pretrial Hearing
James Holmes sat expressionless at a pretrial hearing today as police officers gave heart-rending testimony about the Dark Knight massacre, the Denver Post reports. Officer Aaron Blue said he held a...
View ArticleJames Holmes to Stand Trial: Judge
There's enough evidence for James Holmes to face trial on charges that he killed 12 people and injured 70 others in a Colorado movie theater last summer, a judge ruled late today. Judge William...
View ArticleSubway-Pushing Suspect Fit for Trial: Judge
Following a psychological evaluation , alleged New York subway pusher Erika Menendez has been cleared for trial, the New York Post reports. Menendez remains in the hospital, her attorney says. Her...
View ArticleGang-Rape Trial Begins in India
The trial of the five men accused of raping and murdering a 23-year-old on a New Delhi bus began today, after being put on a special fast-track, the BBC reports. No arguments were actually heard,...
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates Charges 94 in Power Grab
The United Arab Emirates is poised to try 94 people for allegedly attempting to take control of the country, CNN reports. "They launched, established, and ran an organization seeking to oppose the...
View ArticleWoman Kills Herself After Testifying Against Sex Abuser
A mother of four has killed herself in Britain after testifying that her former music teacher had sexually abused her years ago, the Telegraph reports. The body of Frances Andrade, 48, was discovered...
View ArticleUnder Microscope, Steubenville Rape Trial Kicks Off
There will be no electronic devices allowed in the Steubenville courtroom where the trial begins today for the two high school football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl last summer—ironic...
View ArticleSteubenville Rape Case Far From Over: Ohio AG
The Steubenville rape case isn't over yet, according to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine—who says he will convene a grand jury to see whether more people should be charged, CBS News reports. Two...
View ArticleNYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Defense: We're Too Lazy
New York police have been accused of stopping people simply to fill quotas—but that's silly, officers say: They're far too lazy for that kind of effort. Some 10% of cops "are complete malcontents that...
View Article5 Things to Know as Bradley Manning Trial Starts
Bradley Manning's trial officially begins today, after years of pretrial hearings and angry protests. If you haven't been keeping up, here are some things you'll want to know: The trial is already one...
View ArticleJames Holmes Will Be Bolted Down in Court
While James Holmes is tried over the Aurora, Colorado massacre, he'll be wearing a harness and a cable attached to the floor, a judge has ruled. Despite defense concerns it could bias the jury, the...
View ArticleRussia Convicts a Dead Guy
The first dead man tried in Russia has been convicted of tax evasion in a move the Telegraph says will do further damage to Vladimir Putin. Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who died in police custody in...
View ArticleHasan: 'I Am the Shooter'
Nidal Malik Hasan is going to make things pretty easy on the jury in his murder trial. The Fort Hood shooter is representing himself, and in his opening statement, he made no bones about his guilt....
View ArticlePsychic Found Guilty of $150K in Fraud
Soothsayers beware: A New York psychic was found guilty today of swindling her clients out of more than $150,000 with stories of past lives and "negative" energy, CBS News reports. Sylvia Mitchell,...
View ArticleMurdoch Honchos' Trial Begins in Britain
Today marks the beginning of a phone-hacking trial centered on two former bosses at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp: Rebekah Brooks, once head of News International, and Andy Coulson, former editor of the...
View ArticleMan Guilty of Locking Up Daughter for Years
A Wisconsin man has been found guilty of keeping his daughter locked in the basement for 6 years, a time when she shrank to 68 pounds while scrounging for scraps and relieving herself in her own bed,...
View ArticleCosta Concordia Captain Walks Wreck For 1st Time
Two years after the disaster that killed 32 people, captain Francesco Schettino today returned to the Costa Concordia wreckage in the course of his manslaughter trial. Schettino went aboard in order to...
View ArticleJurors Reach Verdict in Madoff Workers Trial
Five former employees of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff were convicted today at the end of a six-month trial that portrayed them as telling an elaborate web of lies to hide a fraud that enriched...
View ArticleDefendant Shot, Killed in Courtroom During Trial
The defendant in a racketeering trial was shot and killed today when he rushed a witness in the Salt Lake City federal courthouse. Siale Angilau, an alleged member of the Tongan Crip gang, was being...
View ArticleDoctors Judge Girl's Sanity in 'Slender Man' Stabbing
The prospect of an insanity plea loomed over a hearing in Wisconsin today for two girls accused in the "Slender Man" stabbing of a classmate, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Two doctors (one...
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