Mass. Court Can Make Kids Testify Vs. Dad
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Children can be forced to testify against a parent in criminal proceedings if they do not live with the parent, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday in the case of a man charged with raping two of his daughter's teenage friends.
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Most potential jurors for the Michael Jackson child abuse trial have heard about the case, underlining the difficulty the pop superstar could face in getting a fair hearing.
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The U.S. government asked a judge yesterday to dismiss a Falls Church couple's challenge of their son's imprisonment based on reasons and evidence that would be kept secret from the family and the public.
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A court has heard how bathtime turned to murder when a father smothered his two young children.
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By huge margins, voters favor restrictions on marriage. Gay-rights activists are promising court challenges. Alison Wood holds her daughter, Hanna Wood-Krusell, 5, as she votes in Rockport, Mass.
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By Jim Nesbitt, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 8--A Wilmington judge might rule as early as this afternoon whether admitted killer Ann Miller Kontz will be prohibited from having any contact with her 7-year-old daughter.
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A federal appeals court cleared the  way on Friday for Connecticut to execute a serial killer who  wants to die but gave the man's father a last-minute chance to  ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.
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BOSTON -- The state appeals court on Thursday declined to allow a new trial for a father convicted of beating a man to death at their sons&#39; hockey practice.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. A quiet battle is going on in a Santa Maria, California, courthouse over what material will be allowed into evidence in the Michael Jackson molestation trial.
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Families of victims and offenders weigh in on pending Supreme Court case.
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In my house, my children know they will receive a harsher punishment for a lie used to cover up a misdeed than for the offense itself.
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A 18-year-old charged with murdering a young father who was shot dead near his home appears in court.
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The prosecution in Michael Jackson's child molestation case has accused the defense of abusing the judicial process with sweeping demands for medical records of the alleged victim and his family, including gynecological records for his mother and information on his 3-month-old brother.
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A Virginia judge on Tuesday claimed jurisdiction to decide a child custody case between two women who had entered into a civil union in Vermont, a move that could set a legal precedent for same-sex couples whose relationships are recognized in some states and not others.
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A judge from Massachusetts' highest court, which legalized gay marriage here three years ago, heard arguments on Thursday in a case that seeks to let voters decide if same-sex couples should be allowed to wed.
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A brain-damaged baby whose father is accused of abuse cannot be removed from life support because the father and mother's parental rights have not been terminated, the state's highest court said Thursday.
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The mother of the boy who accused Michael Jackson of child molestation was ordered by a judge on Friday to testify in a pretrial hearing in the case after the pop star's lawyers called her a liar.