Judge expels Saddam from court, defense walk out
229697
A new judge expelled a defiant Saddam   Hussein from his genocide trial on Wednesday and defense   lawyers stormed off in protest after the government sacked the   chief judge, throwing the month-old case into turmoil.
436577
A Kurdish farmer told a judge on   Thursday how a furious Saddam Hussein shouted "shut up and get   out" when he pleaded for the life of his wife and seven young   children, who were rounded up in their village in 1988.
549724
The judge in Saddam Hussein's genocide   trial said on Thursday he did not think the ousted Iraqi leader   was a "dictator," prompting a spokesman for the U.S.-sponsored   court to defend its impartiality.
49595
Saddam Hussein lasted two hours in   court on Monday before the judge threw him out of his genocide   trial for the second time in as many sessions, as the former   Iraqi president's lawyers boycotted proceedings.
130447
Gunmen assassinated an Iraqi judge as he was leaving his home in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, police sources said.
497764
The new chief judge in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial ejected the ousted Iraqi leader from the courtroom for refusing to sit down moments after proceedings resumed today in Baghdad. The new judge took over the trial a day after Iraq's government demanded that the original judge, Adullah al-Almiri, be replaced because of his statement that the deposed leader was not a dictator.
407648
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba  - The military judge presiding at Omar Khadr's war crimes tribunal dismissed all the charges against the young Canadian on Monday because he did not meet the definition of those subject to trial under a new law.
113654
A magistrate is facing disciplinary action after he walked out of court when confronted by a defendant wearing a full veil.
585633
The chief judge ordered a defense lawyer out of the courtroom and shouted down Saddam Hussein Monday at the start of a new session of the trial of the former Iraqi leader and members of his regime.
463219
Prosecutors in Saddam Hussein's   genocide trial demanded on Wednesday that the chief judge   resign for letting defendants make speeches and threaten   witnesses, a day after Saddam pledged to "crush the heads" of   his accusers.
355973
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba  - The military judge presiding at Omar Khadr's war crimes tribunal dismissed all the charges against the young Canadian on Monday, saying he did not meet the definition of those subject to trial under a new law.
337005
The chief investigating judge of Iraq's Central Criminal Court said Monday that he had "temporarily dismissed" a counterfeiting case against Ahmed Chalabi, the exile leader who was supported by the Pentagon before the war but became a leading critic of the U.S. occupation.
573341
A judge has dismissed charges against a war protester who was arrested during a visit by President Bush last spring.
636574
Judge says law violates free speech, orders blocking stopped.
355794
A federal judge threw out a lawsuit Wednesday by foreign-born terror suspects challenging their detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling that last year's landmark Supreme Court ruling did not provide them the legal basis to win their freedom.
590108
A federal judge said that tribunals like the one the suspect is facing are contrary to principles of American justice.
344615
Saddam Hussein wrote the chief judge in his Kurdish genocide trial to tell him that he no longer wants to attend the hearings &#151; whatever the consequences, according to a letter released Tuesday by former Iraqi leader's lawyers.