Tenn. judge resigns over fantasies tape
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A Tennessee judge resigned last month after making a recording of fantasies so lurid that when the tape fell into the hands of the police and FBI, they thought they were listening to a torture session and believed it might be linked to a murder case.
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A judge has dismissed an exonerated prisoner's claim that investigators and a prosecutor violated his civil rights by framing him in a murder for which he spent 17 years on death row.
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A judge on Friday rejected part of a lawsuit requesting Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee turn over backup tapes from computer hard drives he ordered destroyed before leaving the Arkansas governor's office.
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A former Florida judge who appears on daytime television as "Judge Alex" to decide minor squabbles lost his own Supreme Court case on Wednesday stemming from a contract dispute with his former manager.
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A Roman Catholic bishop blamed for a seminary porn scandal that has rocked Austria's church has resigned, Austrian media reported Wednesday.
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The judge overseeing the Scott Peterson double-murder trial removed the second juror in as many days Wednesday, an unusual move that cast uncertainty over whether the jury
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A judge who set bail at &#36;10,000 to &#36;50,000 for people charged with minor offenses such as loitering or bicycle violations has lost his job.
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The head of a little-known city commission that granted an early jail release to an influential state senator has resigned under fire.
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The judge in Robert Blake's murder case Wednesday reversed herself and decided to allow parts of recorded jailhouse conversations to be used at the trial, including one in which Blake referred to the family of his slain wife as "monsters."
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The   legally challenged country singer, who had pleaded guilty to violating   her probation on a drug charge by driving with a suspended license and   leaving the state of Tennessee without permission, petitioned to   withdraw her plea Tuesday, claiming that she has uncovered new evidence   in her case.
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A former judge was convicted late Thursday of exposing himself by using a sexual device while he presided over court cases.
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Judge Larry Seidlin, with his distinctive style and plain language, has become a lead character in the hearings to decide who gets custody of Anna Nichol Smith's body. Some legal observers, and even one participant, say Seidlin has allowed the proceedings to become a circus. He bristled at that accusation Wednesday in court.
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The Florida judge noted for his unorthodox oversight of the Anna Nicole Smith case says he is retiring at the end of July.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A pastor who worked with young adults at New Life Church has admitted sexual misconduct and resigned just weeks after former church leader Ted Haggard stepped down over sexual immorality.
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A leaked audio tape in which Paula Abdul can be heard sobbing and bad-mouthing a former spokesman has made its way to the Internet. In what appears to be a recent conference call with a group of publicists, the "American Idol" judge rails against Howard Bragman and discusses her various health problems.
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Federal judge Charles Pickering, appointed by President Bush less than a year ago without Congressional approval, said Wednesday he will step down from the bench.
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A federal judge said that tribunals like the one the suspect is facing are contrary to principles of American justice.