Court Asked to Remove Jackson Prosecutor
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Prosecutor Tom Sneddon and his entire office should be removed from the Michael Jackson molestation case because he "is motivated by personal animosity" toward the singer, according to newly released court papers.
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Michael Jackson fails in his bid to have the man leading his child abuse prosecution thrown off the case.
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A lawyer for Michael Jackson urged a judge Monday to delay the pop star&#39;s child molestation trial, claiming prosecutors had &quot;sandbagged&quot; the defence team by turning over incorrect and misspelled witness names.
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Singer Michael Jackson&#39;s lawyers have said the child molestation case against him should be dropped because his home was unnecessarily searched.
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Attorneys for NBA star Kobe Bryant have asked the judge to dismiss the sexual assault charge against him with opening statements less than a week away, a court official said Wednesday.
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The California official prosecuting Michael Jackson has a grudge against the singer, lawyers claim.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- A judge today rejected a defense effort to remove the district attorney in the Michael Jackson child molestation case on the grounds that the pop star had been the victim of an overzealous prosecution.
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U.S. attorneys whose resignations have been sought by the Justice Department in recent months:
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The lead prosecutor in Saddam Hussein's   genocide trial demanded on Wednesday that the chief judge   resign for being too soft on the former Iraqi leader, who has   threatened to "crush the heads" of his accusers.
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Staff Writer. 11/5/04 A judge Thursday rejected defense claims that District Attorney Tom Sneddon has a vendetta against Michael Jackson, and allowed the prosecutor to remain on the case.
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Lawyers for Michael Jackson have asked a judge to dismiss the child molestation charges against him, claiming that prosecutors were improperly trying to &#39;shock and intimidate&#39; the pop star when they raided his Neverland Valley Ranch two weeks ago.
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Saying court-imposed secrecy surrounding the Michael Jackson trial violated "every principle of our democracy," a media lawyer asked a state appeals court on Wednesday to unseal key documents in the child molestation case.
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Lawyers for Michael Jackson have asked a judge in his child molestation case to bar prosecutors from referring to his young accuser or the boy's family as "victims" in front of a jury, saying that it violates the pop star's right to a fair trial.
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A prosecutor who was criticized for his handling of the Michael Vick dogfighting investigation defeated a write-in challenger to keep his job, an election official said Wednesday.
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A political opponent of the prosecutor who brought sexual assault charges against three Duke lacrosse players filed an affidavit Friday seeking to remove him from office.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - A California judge on  Thursday rejected a bid by Michael Jackson's lawyers to remove  the district attorney from the pop star's child-molestation  case, saying that there was no proof the prosecutor had acted  improperly or overzealously.
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The case arose out of accusations that Bush administration officials sought to remove some federal prosecutors so they could be replaced with ones more in line with administration ideology.