Judge declares mistrial in murder case after key witness commits suicide
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MONTREAL (CP) - A judge declared a mistrial in a first-degree murder case Wednesday after the recent suicide of a Montreal police officer who was the lead detective in the case.
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Defense lawyers in the Jose Padilla terrorism support trial asked the judge to declare a mistrial Thursday after a juror saw one of Padilla's co-defendants in shackles outside the courtroom.
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A judge said he will close the courtroom Friday to hear arguments over evidence in the case of the leader of a polygamous sect accused of sex crimes.
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A District Court judge declared a mistrial on Monday on almost all of the counts against an Islamic charity accused of illegally funneling money to the militant Palestinian group Hamas.
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A murder trial highlights evolving legal debate over whether antidepressants limit personal accountability.
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A U.S. judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the case against a Colombian rebel leader who was charged with hostage-taking and giving material support to a terrorist group.
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By Deb Gruver, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 6--A man accused of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery in a June accident that killed a Wichita woman and injured her mother waived his rights Tuesday to a preliminary hearing.
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A surgeon appears in court charged with the manslaughter of a patient who had attempted suicide.
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FORT LEWIS, Washington  - A military judge declared on Wednesday a mistrial in the court-martial of a U.S. Army officer, who publicly refused to fight in Iraq and criticized the war.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. - A Sullivan County judge threw out a case between a preacher and three feuding sisters and warned them to leave one another alone.  All four faced assault charges that stemmed from a family scuffle and claims of being possessed by demons.
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From the state that brought you the hanging chad, now comes the crying judge. Some members of the bar and other court-watchers are cringing over the way Judge Larry Seidlin wept &#151; no, sobbed &#151; on live, national TV as he announced a ruling Thursday in the dispute over where Anna Nicole Smith should be buried.
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A mistrial is ruled in the US case of a Muslim charity accused of conspiring to support Palestinian militants Hamas.
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Doctor treated accomplice injured in first suicide bomb before police shot him dead
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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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A Los Angeles judge declared a mistrial in the murder trial of pioneering rock producer Phil Spector on Wednesday after jurors said for a second time that they could not agree on a verdict.
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A man accused of killing his wife with a sledgehammer in 2004 has been ruled too mentally incompetent to stand trial and will remain in a state mental health facility, a judge ruled.Comment
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A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday for six men accused of plotting to blow up America's tallest skyscraper, Chicago's Sears Tower, after a jury failed to reach verdicts on them but acquitted one other man.