DA Won't Prosecute Bishop Accused of Rape
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A district attorney said Monday that he would not prosecute Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Dupre on child rape charges because the statute of limitations has expired in the case...
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  - The lawyer for defrocked  priest Paul Shanley derided his accuser's memory on Tuesday as  arguments began in a child rape case at the heart of the U.S.  Catholic Church abuse scandal.
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Prosecutors say they still plan to try Kobe Bryant on a sexual assault charge despite losing a last-ditch attempt to keep his lawyers from telling jurors about the alleged victim&#39;s sex life.
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VAIL, Colo. -- Prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case said this week they were unconcerned with a ruling that many legal experts said would have torpedoed their chances of convicting the NBA star.
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A Colorado judge on Wednesday dismissed  a rape charge against basketball star Kobe Bryant after the  young woman who made the accusations told prosecutors she could  not go on with the case.
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EAGLE, Colo. Sept. 3, 2004 - The sheriff and prosecutor in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case defended how the case was handled, and said they were disappointed it never went to trial.
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A judge denied requests Friday to dismiss charges against three police officers in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day.
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A judge refused Thursday to impose a gag order in the case of a man accused of dragging his girlfriend to death behind a vehicle, despite defense claims that heavy publicity could prevent a fair trial.
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A judge rejected a challenge to a transfer of property by the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, saying the plaintiffs lacked standing to claim that the diocese was trying to protect its assets from alleged sex-abuse victims.
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DENVER -- Kobe Bryant&#39;s attorneys asked a judge Monday to make sure the Los Angeles Lakers star doesn&#39;t have to answer questions about other &quot;consensual relationships&quot; as he defends himself against a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape.
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New Hampshire authorities said Wednesday they cannot prosecute former Springfield Bishop Thomas Dupre on charges he abused two teens in the 1970s because it wasn't a crime at the time to have sex with youths their age.
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Days after a jury acquitted two nursing-home owners in dozens of Hurricane Katrina-related patient deaths, a prosecutor said that no charges would be filed in a similar case involving a nursing home run by an order of Roman Catholic nuns.
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A grand jury has charged a former Massachusetts bishop, Thomas Dupre, with raping two children in the 1970s, a state court said on Monday, in the first such action against a high-ranking member of the US Roman Catholic Church.
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ST. GEORGE, Utah  - Attorneys for polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, on trial as an accomplice to rape, said on Friday "religion was on trial" and the state had overstepped its bounds in bringing the case.
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A former Massachusetts bishop charged with raping two children in the 1970s will not be prosecuted because the statue of limitations has expired, prosecutors said on Monday.
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A former pastor accused of killing an elderly friend to get at his trust fund pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder and embezzlement Monday.
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A former Massachusetts bishop charged  with raping two children in the 1970s will not be prosecuted  because the statue of limitations has expired, prosecutors said  on Monday.