Conviction upheld despite buttons worn at trial
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A California murder conviction should not have been overturned because the victim's family wore buttons with his photograph during the trial, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
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In the digital age, there are few black-and-white rules. Rather, we live in an era of gray when it comes to technology and the law.  A federal case that was recently dismissed before it reached trial is the latest example.
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An anti-racism body praises the conviction of a man for racial abuse despite the victim not coming forward.
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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a federal judge was wrong to overturn a guilty verdict against a former naval intelligence officer accused of kidnapping and murdering his wife, and found that there was no evidence to support the judge's contention that the prosecution committed misconduct.
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Complaints are upheld against police over the handling of the rape of a man wrongly accused of paedophilia.
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A protester who went on trial to air his grievances in a planning row is cleared of causing Â£30,000 damage.
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Punitive damage award is tossed, but a whiff still lingers.
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No great differences remain between the lengths of rape convictions of different courts of appeals, shows a recent report by the National Research Institute of Legal Policy (Optula). Municipal courts, however, ...
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A federal appeals court upheld the conviction of E. Kirk Shelton, the former vice president of the Cendant Corporation.
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Unlawful killing verdict after Iraq patrol not given life-saving bomb disabling device.
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A woman who denied being on a mobile before a collision is found not guilty of death by dangerous driving but guilty of careless driving.
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HOUSTON, Nov. 21  Â Federal prosecutors will not challenge a judgeÂs ruling that vacates the conviction of EnronÂs founder, Kenneth L. Lay, who died in July after being found guilty for his role in a corporate accounting scandal.
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A state appeals court Friday unanimously upheld ex-Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry's murder convictions and life sentences for a 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls in Birmingham
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Judge rules the Windows maker did not infringe on a speech-recognition patent; Alcatel-Lucent plans to appeal.
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A Kuwaiti court Saturday upheld the acquittal of five returnees from Guantanomo on terror-related charges.
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Maryland's highest court has rejected a challenge to the state's electronic voting system and upheld a ruling that the touchscreen-style voting machines provide a reasonable level of ballot security.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- A judge today denied a defense motion to dismiss the charges against Scott Peterson, saying the evidence presented so far in his murder trial was enough to justify a conviction if the jury so decides.