'Abuse' case focus on witnesses
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Prosecution witnesses face cross-examination over nine charges in the Iraq  'abuse case.'
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Charges are considered against three men over the abuse of Dana Fowley and another victim.
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Defense attorneys for a military police soldier charged with detainee abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq argued in court that their client was a pawn in a widespread policy of abusive military intelligence procedures, citing two extensive Pentagon  investigative reports released last week as evidence that the soldier was following orders.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. More defense witnesses are scheduled to take the stand today in Scott Peterson&#39;s double-murder trial. Peterson&#39;s attorney Mark Geragos is expected to present the forensic expert who examined the remains of Laci Peterson and her baby.
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A second appeal on the BBC Crimewatch programme prompts a potential witness in the Rhys Jones murder case to come forward.
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A group of Iraqi families launched a legal campaign Friday to force an inquiry into claims that British soldiers abused their relatives.
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Families of victims and offenders weigh in on pending Supreme Court case.
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The man who alleges he was sexually molested years ago by a priest endured intense cross-examination last week from the defense. With his mother and aunt set to testify this week, there may be more uncomfortable days for him ahead.
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Defense lawyers on Wednesday sought to  poke holes in a government witness's story of an angry  confrontation with a former Enron Corp. accountant charged with  fraud after the witness disclosed a secret deal with Merrill  Lynch at the heart of the first criminal trial of former  employees of the fallen energy company.
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REDWOOD CITY -- Mark Geragos&#39; challenge today: Cross-examining a witness who, instead of testifying, largely sat in court for five days while the jury heard hours of phone calls she secretly recorded.
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By Paul Edward Parker; Journal Staff Writer  Witnesses and jurors might be reluctant to participate if testimony would become public, a law professor argues.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - Prosecutors can call a  child abuse expert to testify at Michael Jackson's molestation  trial, a judge ruled on Friday, even as the defense claimed  that the pop star's young accuser was a liar.
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Officials in New Jersey who are struggling to combat witness intimidation have long been concerned about cases involving one lawyerâs clients, many of them gang members.
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Lawyers in the Michael Jackson case  argue whether evidence should be discussed in an open court.
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LOBBYIST Dr Glenda Simms is urging sexually abused women in the upper echelons of society to speak out more about their experiences as victims of violence, as a means of empowering their less affluent counterparts to do likewise.
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Journalists are insisting help is needed for those required to bear witness to the atrocities of war.
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In a high-stakes drama of legal gamesmanship, prosecutors and defence lawyers in the Michael Jackson child abuse case are battling over still-secret evidence that might make or break the case against the pop star.