Pa. man's abuse excuse riles judge
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A man who admitted he beat his girlfriend's 2-year-old son offered an excuse that angered a judge: He said he's not a morning person.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - The judge in the Michael  Jackson child molestation case on Wednesday delayed a ruling on  whether jurors at his trial could be hear prosecution  contentions that the pop star had a pattern of sexually abusing  young boys.
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GREENSBURG, Pa. - A man accused of theft arrived for a preliminary hearing Thursday wearing a cardboard box on his head in an effort to conceal his identity.
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MANNHEIM, Germany A military judge in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case warned the US government Monday that if it did not speed up its investigation, he might dismiss the case against at least one of the main defendants.
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OSNABRUECK, Germany  - The judge in the court  martial of three British soldiers accused of abusing and  sexually humiliating Iraqi detainees urged public figures on  Thursday to avoid commenting on the case.
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A judge&#039;s decision to sentence a 5-foot-1 man to probation instead of prison for sexually assaulting a child has angered crime victim advocates who say the punishment sends the wrong message.
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A little county with a reputation for big lawsuits &#151; some call it a "judicial hellhole" &#151; is getting a visit from a man who wants to make it much tougher to sue somebody.
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Showdown over judge who ruled for a white woman's use of a racial insult to a black colleague.
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READING, Pa. - A motorist's bail was revoked when police said he had the daring to show up drunk to his preliminary hearing on drunken driving charges...
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Calling her untruthful, selfish and a "ticking bomb on our roads," a Montgomery County judge sent a 59-year-old woman in a wheelchair to jail after a jury convicted her of vehicular manslaughter and negligent driving charges.
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A judge has ordered a trial on a federal lawsuit claiming that a physical agility test the city of Erie used for police applicants unfairly discriminated against female candidates.
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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 reporter for The New York Times was held in contempt yesterday by a federal judge and faces possible jail time for refusing to divulge confidential
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A judge denies a request to force Michael Jackson's child abuse accuser to undergo psychiatric tests.
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The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case on Wednesday delayed ruling on whether accusations of past abuse by the pop star could be admitted at trial.
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A federal judge wants a prominent lawyer involved in a Hurricane Katrina insurance case charged with criminal contempt for what he said was circumventing his order to give up documents secretly copied by two whistleblowers.
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MANNHEIM, Germany : A military judge threatened to suspend the court martial of a US soldier accused of cruelty to Iraqi prisoners if government investigators are not quick to conclude reports into the abuses.