Celeb DUI cases spotlight justice system
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In a city famous for showing that life's little problems can be resolved in a 30-minute sitcom, celebrity justice is sometimes just as swift.
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Paris Hilton was busted by the book, but Mel Gibson's booking was a bust.  That's the conclusion in a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department report released Thursday on the handling of the two celebrity justice cases.  The report concluded that sh...
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SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - Michael Jackson's lawyers  plan to call some of the most famous people in America to  testify in his defense, including basketball star Kobe Bryant,  actress Elizabeth Taylor and "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno, the  pop star's lead attorney told a court on Monday.
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Some celebs drive a Prius to the Oscars to show they care. Meanwhile, Brandy's careless and fatal SUV accident demonstrates that people who buy big vehicles are putting lives at risk. In Autopia.
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Justice is blind and so are some judges &#151; at least in sports.
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What Troy Davis' case tells us about the dangers of trying to speed up the wheels of justice
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The woman being chased by Lindsay Lohan before the star's notorious DUI arrest last July wants her day in court.  According to papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in late December and obtained by the Associated Press, Tracie Rice was in a vehi...
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By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 17--LONG BEACH -- Her brain clogged with legal jargon, Lindsay Ward delivered an opening statement on a recent weekday with staggering zeal. Her cross-examination was so powerful that it almost fell into the subset of intimidating.
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An attorney for actress Vivica A. Fox pleaded not guilty to charges that Viv drove drunk. The "Set it Off" star was not in the courtroom for today's hearing. Cops say Fox blew a .09 last March, when they pulled her over on the 101 Freeway in Los...
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In a three-decade career, California lawyer William S. Lerach won tens of billions of dollars for his clients by suing executives embroiled in corporate scandal. Casting himself as the voice of victimized shareholders, he chalked up unprecedented awards in the Enron accounting mess and the Exxon ...
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Hollywood stars and close friends are tangled in legal mess.
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O.J. Simpson beat a murder charge. What about allegations of assault with a deadly weapon and armed robbery? Inside the Juiceâs latest jam.
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How neuroscience is transforming the legal system.
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The murder trial of rock `n' roll producer Phil Spector will be televised, a judge ordered Friday, saying it is time for the justice system to get beyond the O.J. Simpson trial.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Fans of Michael Jackson erupted in cheers Monday as the pop star emerged from a double-decker tour bus and went into court for a showdown with the prosecutor who has pursued him for years on child molestation charges...
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In a new CBS reality series, B-list celebs play cops - and suspects get paid to let their faces be broadcast
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Lawyers in Los Angeles are expected to hit them with a battery of questions on everything from their jobs to their television viewing habits.