Defense rests in retrial of Andrea Yates
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The defense in Andrea Yates&#039; murder trial rested Tuesday after her best friend tearfully told jurors that the woman who drowned her five children in the bathtub &quot;misses them terribly.&quot;
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Nicole Richie's driving-under-the-influence trial was delayed Wednesday until Aug. 16 so a defense expert can challenge evidence in the case.
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Andrea Yates, the Houston mother  serving a life sentence for drowning her five children in 2001,  had her murder convictions overturned by a Texas state appeals  court on Thursday because of flawed testimony by an expert  witness.
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Scott Peterson, left, and attorney Mark Geragos listen during prosecution rebuttal to the defense closing arguments in Redwood City, Calif.
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A man accused of murder for a fatal auto crash will not be retried on that charge because prosecutors failed to disclose that an expert witness made numerous errors at the police department crime lab, a judge ruled.
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A Russian court on Monday halted the retrial of three men accused of the 2004 murder of U.S. journalist Paul Klebnikov, because one of the defendants was still at large, court officials and a defense lawyer said.
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Scott Peterson's lawyers rested their case Tuesday without calling the former fertilizer salesman to testify on charges he killed his pregnant wife and dumped her body in San Francisco Bay.
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Governor Rick Perry granted a reprieve for a woman convicted of murdering her husband and two children. Frances Newton was scheduled to be executed last night for those killings.
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Federal prosecutors rested their case Friday against Jose Padilla and two co-defendants charged with participating in an al-Qaida support cell.
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Jurors in the trial of the men accused of the attempted London bombings will resume their deliberations.
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A court postponed jury selection Thursday in the retrial of three men linked to the 2004 murder of the American-born editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition after two of the defendants failed to show up, a court spokeswoman said.
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A Briton who has spent more than 20 years on death row in the US is to face a retrial.
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As they prepare to wrap up their murder case against Scott Peterson in the death of his pregnant wife, Laci, even prosecutors have acknowledged that their case has at times left jurors scratching their heads.
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Defense lawyers at Conrad Black's criminal fraud trial wrapped up their case on Tuesday after the one-time media baron and three co-defendants turned down a last chance to take the stand in their own defense.
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Jurors at the trial of a student facing terrorism charges are due to return to court to continue their deliberations.
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In a dramatic turnaround from her first murder trial, Andrea Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity Wednesday in the drowning of her children in the bathtub.
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Calif. High Court Refuses to Order New Jury for Penalty Phase of Scott Peterson&#39;s Murder Trial. Scott Peterson and attorney Mark Geragos listen during the prosecution rebuttal to the defense&#39;s closing arguments in Redwood City, Calif.