Defense rests in Yates' second trial
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The defense rested its case Thursday in Andrea Yates' second murder trial in the bathtub drowning deaths of her children.
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Prosecutors are to continue presenting their case against a man accused of killing five women in Suffolk.
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Jurors in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby indicated yesterday they remain focused on whether Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff lied to the FBI about a  July 12, 2003, conversation with Matthew Cooper,  then a reporter for Time magazine.
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Derrick Todd Lee already has been convicted of one of the seven murder charges against him. But it is his second trial, beginning Monday, that counts for many grieving relatives of the women who were killed &#151; because it carries a possible death penalty.
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Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who is accused of being an accomplice to rape for allegedly coercing a 14-year-old follower into a marriage she did not want.
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FORT MEADE, Md. -- Lawyers for the only Army officer charged with abusing Abu Ghraib detainees rested their case at his court-martial yesterday after defense witnesses testified that he was a helpful administrator but he was not the commanding officer.
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Saddam Hussein's trial resumed Thursday for what was expected to be the final session before the verdict, with court-appointed attorneys ready to deliver final summations for two of the major defendants. Later the trial was adjourned until Oct. 16.
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Andrea Yates' capital murder convictions for drowning her children were overturned Thursday by an appeals court, which ruled a prosecution expert witness gave false testimony at her trial.
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Â· Dressmaker killed after fire in workshop below flat Â· Forensic evidence leads to conviction at second trial
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The defense has rested in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald said the state won't call any rebuttal witnesses.
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A jury began its second day of deliberations on Thursday in the perjury trial of former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who is accused of obstructing an investigation tied to the Iraq war.
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Elderly cleric Abu Bakar Ba&#39;asyir is slated to stand a second trial on terrorist charges here on Thursday for his alleged links with the Bali and JW Marriott Hotel bombings.
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HARTFORD (Bloomberg News) â Defense lawyers rested their case at the fraud trial of General Reinsurance executives accused of helping the American International Group mislead investors, without jurors hearing from the billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett.
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The defense rested Saturday in the trial of a bus company and its owner, accused of mismanaging the fleet before an explosion last year that killed 23 passengers during the Hurricane Rita evacuation.
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The penalty phase of Scott Peterson&#39;s double-murder trial was delayed yet again today while lawyers and the judge in the case met behind closed doors with a man and his attorney.
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RIVERHEAD, NY - An electrician testified at his own murder trial Wednesday that he did not kill his girlfriend&#39;s millionaire investment banker husband, contradicting several witnesses who previously said he admitted committing the crime.
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Jurors in Scott Peterson's double murder trial resumed deliberations Monday and viewed the boat prosecutors claim Peterson used to dispose of his wife's body.