New trial granted for robbery conviction
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A new trial was given to a woman who had represented herself in a deadly armored-truck robbery case but insisted she remain outside court as prosecutors presented evidence 23 years ago, according to a federal judge's ruling released Monday.
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A federal judge declared a mistrial yesterday in the terrorism and hostage-taking trial of Colombian rebel leader Ricardo Palmera, also  known by his nom de guerre, Simon Trinidad. Prosecutors quickly said they will try the case again.
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The first criminal trial stemming from the 2001 collapse of Enron began yesterday with the swearing in of a jury. The trial is expected to focus on the role the investment
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A man accused of murdering five women in Suffolk begins giving evidence at his trial.
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VICTORIA, British Columbia - A bank robber who was so polite a teller reportedly told him, "You're welcome," after he thanked her for his loot has pleaded guilty to five offenses.
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A Scottish man sent to Ohio's death row  in 1987 for setting a fire that killed a 2-year-old girl was  granted a new trial on Tuesday by an appeals court that  described his original defense as incompetent.
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The first criminal trial stemming from the financial dealings at Enron ended yesterday with a raft of convictions, as a federal jury found that five defendants, including four former executives
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Two men accused of furnishing money and fresh recruits to the militant Palestinian group Hamas were acquitted by a federal jury Thursday of racketeering but convicted on lesser charges.
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OSLO, Norway Thirteen men appealed their conviction for a commando-style bank robbery that left a police officer dead, arguing in a court Monday that some were innocent while others should be sentenced to less ...
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The N.Y. appellate ruling means Martin H. Tankleff, in prison for 17 years for the murders of his parents, will get a new trial.
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Barry George, the man convicted of the murder of the BBC presenter Jill Dando, has won the right to a second appeal against his conviction, the Criminal Cases Review Commission will announce today.
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A court will lay fresh charges on Wednesday against 16 men acquitted last year of murder, in a case seen as symbolic of the failure to win any major convictions over the 2002 Gujarat religious riots.
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A judge has ruled that an alleged member of a militant Puerto Rican independence group should be extradited to Connecticut to face charges in a 1983 robbery.
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A man appears in court charged with attempted robbery after two people were shot dead outside a bank.
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A judge granted a new trial to a man serving a life sentence for killing two men in a suburban Detroit bar, saying prosecutors wrongly withheld an expert's memo about the effects of Prozac.
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A new start date is set for the Omagh bomb trial, adjourned last week due to the illness of a defence barrister.
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Las Vegas prosecutors added a charge of coercion with a deadly weapon against O.J. Simpson and three other co-defendants on Wednesday in addition to 11 other crimes the four are accused of in a robbery of sports memorabilia collectors.