Jefferson pleads not guilty to bribery
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Rep. William Jefferson pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of soliciting more than $500,000 in bribes while using his office to broker business deals in Africa.
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Ja Rule will plead not guilty to a Canadian assault charge.   For real.
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Pablo Montero pleaded not guilty Friday to one count of possession of cocaine, his lawyer said.
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U.S. Democratic Rep. William Jefferson could be indicted as early as Monday on corruption charges in an investigation that included an unprecedented search of his congressional office last year, two law enforcement officials said.
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The Metropolitan Police plead not guilty to health and safety charges over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.
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U.S. Democratic Rep. William Jefferson was indicted on Monday on 16 criminal counts for conspiring to solicit bribes and pay off a Nigerian official, with $90,000 of an intended bribe found hidden in his home freezer wrapped in aluminum foil.
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Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) spoke publicly yesterday for the first time since Monday's indictment on bribery, racketeering and money-laundering charges, vowing to "sell every stick of furniture in our home and anything else we may own" to fight the government's accusations.
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A US army officer who refused orders to deploy to Iraq pleads not guilty as his court martial begins.
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Former Computer Associates  International Inc. CA.N Chief Executive Sanjay Kumar pleaded  not guilty on Thursday to charges of securities fraud and  obstruction of justice after a two-year investigation into the  company's accounting practices.
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A U.S. soldier pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of killing Iraqis and trying to cover it up by planting weapons on their bodies.
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DURBAN - A South African millionaire businessman has pleaded not guilty to bribing Deputy President Jacob Zuma at a corruption trial which could hit Zuma&#39;s hopes of taking over the country&#39;s top job.
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U.S. Rep. William Jefferson has been charged with  soliciting bribes and obstructing justice in a corruption scam spanning at least two continents, Justice Department officials said Monday. He allegedly sought bribes from government and business officials in a string of countries including Nigeria and Botswana. "This case is about greed, power and arrogance," said Joe Persichini, director of the FBI's Washington field office.
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A Colombian accused of leading a powerful drug cartel pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug conspiracy and importation charges on Friday, more than two years after he had been arrested and detained in Cuba.
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Supporters of a Democratic congressman charged with bribery and money laundering harkened to their civil rights days on Wednesday as they denounced the allegations against U.S. Rep. William Jefferson.
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An FBI raid on the Capitol Hill  office of a congressman under investigation in a bribery  scandal did not violate the constitutional separation of  powers, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Sunday.
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Representative William J. Jefferson of Louisiana is expected to be indicted on corruption charges this afternoon.
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A Philippine army general pleaded not  guilty to graft at a court martial Tuesday, while the  government filed criminal charges against junior officers who  led a brief, bloodless mutiny last year.