JURY TRIAL

The trial of Mark A. Ciavarella Jr highlights the dangerous gap in the juvenile justice systems of many states - children appearing in court without lawyers

Kids for Cash trial: Former Pa. judge Ciavarella claims money was 'finder's fee'

The trial of Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., a former Pennsylvania judge who has been charged with honest services fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion in connection with receiving $2.6 million in kickbacks from a private juvenile jail facility, resumes today and is grabbing national attention as the case highlights the dangerous gap in the juvenile justice systems of many states - children appearing in court without lawyers.
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TV cover okayed for trial of Michael Jackson doctor

Television cameras will be allowed to film the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor next month as long as they do not interfere with proceedings, a judge said on Monday
Raymond Davis is escorted by police and officials out of court after facing a judge in Lahore, January 28, 2011

U.S. diplomat accused of shooting two men in Pakistanis denied release

A Pakistani court on Tuesday ordered the government not to release an American official arrested in the killing of two Pakistanis who allegedly tried to rob him, despite U.S. insistence that he has diplomatic immunity and has been detained illegally.

Ghailani sentenced to life for role in 1998 African Embassies bombing

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, who played a vital role in the 1998 al Qaeda bomb attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people including 12 Americans and wounded thousands of others, has been sentenced to life by a Manhattan federal court.
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Juror could face charges for online research

ATLANTA, Jan 19 - A U.S. high-school librarian could face criminal charges for conducting online research while she was a juror in a capital-murder trial.
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Italy's top court rules Berlusconi can face trial

Italy's constitutional court ruled on Thursday that a law which has protected Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from prosecution for corruption and tax fraud was invalid in key points and judges could order him to stand trial.
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian held at the U.S. naval base in Cuba since 2006 accused of involvement in the bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, is depicted in this courtroom sketch of his arraignment, in New York, June 9, 2009

Ghailani acquitted of 284 of 285 terrorism charges by U.S. jury

In what looks like a setback for the Obama administration in matter of trial of terrorism suspects in civil court, the first suspect transferred from Guantanamo military prison to face a U.S. civilian trial was found not guilty by a Manhattan federal court jury on all but one charge in the 1998 African embassy bombings.
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Chandra Levy murder trial – Jury returns guilty verdict

A D.C. Superior Court jury on Monday found Salvadoran immigrant Ingmar Guandique guilty of murdering federal intern Chandra Levy, bringing to a close a sensational case that had rocked the nation for nine years.
Metropolitan Washington Police Officers stand around a mobile crime lab in Rock Creek Park in Washington, May 22, 2002 and (inset) Chandra Levy

Chandra Levy murder trial Day 9: Prosecutors drop some charges, rest case

After a long gap, the trial of Ingmar Guandique, who has been accused of murdering federal intern Chandra Levy, resumed on Wednesday and took a sudden turn with the prosecutors resting their case after abruptly dropping two charges against Guandique because a prison inmate has refused to testify against him, even as a FBI forensic expert claimed he had found former Congressman Gary Condit's DNA on Levy's underwear.

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