Judge warns grieving mom not to cry on stand
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Warned by the judge that tears could trigger a mistrial, a mother was stoic in front of a Floriday jury Tuesday as she relived the day she discovered the bloodied bodies of her children. The warning came after Nicoletta Dosso broke down while the jury was out of the courtroom.
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Mary Winkler convinced a jury she was physically and emotionally abused by her preacher husband before she shot him to death. Now, after a short jail sentence, she is trying to persuade the courts to let her have her children back.
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Â· Bereaved mothers win right to have appeal heard Â· Petition drafted by two leading human rights QCs
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An infant with an often-lethal skeletal disorder can be removed from life support against his mother's wishes, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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State plans to cut TennCare hit Suzanne Fisher the hardest when her daughter cried over talk that the mother of two might have to quit her job in order to get welfare health care.
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Former Gov. George Ryan's right-hand man wiped away tears Thursday as he told a federal judge he does not want to testify against his former boss but will help prosecutors to keep the woman he loves out of prison.
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The parents of a severely brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die case asked a judge Thursday to allow Terri Schiavo's feeding tube to remain in place over the objections of her husband.
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A mother reacts angrily after the trial of a man accused of abusing her daughter and four other girls collapses.
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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 leading judge says the law has a crucial role in deciding when it is appropriate to withhold treatment from critically ill patients
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Kelly Ann Lynch, like so many others in Father Mychal Judge's vast congregation without walls, was devastated by word of the fire chaplain's death in the shadows of the World Trade Center.
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A judge tells two funeral workers they will be "despised and reviled" for bungling a baby's funeral.
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A judge rules that doctors caring for a terminally-ill baby can withhold treatment if his condition worsens.
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A judge at London's High Court on Friday  rejected moves by the parents of a gravely ill 15-month-old  girl to lift an order giving doctors the right not to take  steps to save her if she becomes critically ill again.
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A County Antrim mother of triplets weeps after she is found not guilty of her husband's murder in 2000.
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By RON MOORE  A MUM-of-four broke down and wept in court yesterday as she and her partner were refused bail on criminal charges of supplying chemicals used to make drugs.
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CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan 28  - A brain-damaged  Florida woman whose fate has been disputed by her relatives  should be represented by her own lawyer rather than the husband  who wants to let her die, her parents said on Friday.