Verdict Expected for Kercher Murder Appeals Trial
An Italian jury began deliberating Tuesday in the appeals trial of a man convicted of murdering a British student and sentenced to 30 years in jail. Rudy Hermann Guede of Ivory Coast denies killing Meredith Kercher and has appealed his conviction. A verdict by the eight-member jury is expected later Tuesday. Also convicted in the [...]
Missouri Court Overturns Death Sentence for 2002 Murder
The Supreme Court of Missouri has overturned the death sentence for a southeast Missouri man because his attorney did not question the character of a murder victim who had child pornography on his computer. The court unanimously acknowledged in a ruling on Tuesday that character evidence for murder victims is typically barred. Relatives of the [...]
Sniper’s Attorneys to Appeal Execution
Attorneys for the John Allen Muhammed, the mastermind behind the October 2002 sniping attacks, have planned to file an appeal with the Supreme Court to stop his execution. Muhammed has been scheduled to die via lethal injection on November 10th at a prison in Virginia. His attorneys say they plan to file the appeal on [...]
Fla. Court Overturns $24M Verdict Against Honeywell
A Florida court of appeals has overturned a twenty-four million dollar decision against Honeywell International entered after a jury in Miami found an amateur mechanic developed lung cancer due to his exposure to asbestos in brake pads made by the company. According to the 3rd District Court of Appeals’ decision, the trial court should have [...]
DA Asks Court to Stop OJ Co-Defendent’s Appeal
O.J. Simpson’s co-defendent was convicted in a fair trail, and was not a victim of “spillover prejudice” as he alleges in his appeal, prosecution said. David Roger, District Attorney for Clark County, said “A defendant ‘is not entitled to a perfect trial, but only a fair trial,” citing federal and state case law supporting his [...]
Supreme Court Denies Priest’s Appeal in Nun Killing
The United States Supreme Court nixed the appeal of a Roman Catholic priest who was convicted of murdering a nun in Ohio. The court said on Monday that it is going to decline hearing the appeal of Reverend Gerald Robinson, who was convicted in 2006 for the murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl. Pahl’s body [...]
Microsoft Allowed to Continue Selling Word during Upcoming Appeal
In a short-term victory for the Microsoft Corporation, the U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit has granted Microsoft permission to continue selling its popular Microsoft Word brand Word Processing Software while Microsoft appeals a patent ruling. The case that Microsoft is appealing, first heard in a Texas district court, finds that certain versions of [...]
Cuban Spy Seeks Reduced Sentence
Posted by John Fiore on October 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A federal judge in Miami, Florida will decided whether or not to approve a reduction of the twenty-year sentence for a convicted Cuban spy. A United States court of appeals threw out last year’s sentencing of life in prison as unjustifiably harsh, and changed fifty-year-old Antonio Guerrero’s prison term to twenty years. Guerrero is a [...]
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