Defense off to rocky start in sniper trial
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John Allen Muhammad got into a shouting match with prosecutors on the first day of his defense after one of his witnesses testified differently than expected at his second trial for the October 2002 sniper spree.
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Lawyers for Charles A. Graner, Jr., accused of being the ringleader of a prison abuse scandal, began presenting their defense today.
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FORT HOOD, Texas  - U.S. Army Spc. Charles Graner,  the accused ringleader of the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal that  outraged the world, went on trial on Friday ready to offer a  defense he was just following orders.
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The defense in the tax fraud trial of Wesley Snipes unexpectedly rested Monday.
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Lawyers for some of the seven Marines and a Navy medic charged with murdering an Iraqi man are questioning the credibility of their Iraqi accusers, suggesting they may have been motivated by money or sympathy for the insurgents.
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Putting Saddam Hussein on trial for war crimes is turning out to be a trial in itself, as escalating violence across Iraq makes preparations harder and riskier.
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A juvenile boot camp director went on trial Thursday in the death of a 14-year-old camper, with the prosecution describing the camp's harsh regimen and the defendant maintaining outside court that he will be exonerated.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- One of the biggest capital punishment cases to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in a generation was put together largely by a young, fresh-out-of-law-school member of Kentucky's overworked and underpaid corps of public defenders.
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BAGHDAD -- Last Feb. 7, a sniper employed by Blackwater USA, the private security company, opened fire from the roof of the Iraqi Justice Ministry. The bullet tore through the head of a 23-year-old guard for the state-funded Iraqi Media Network, who was standing on a balcony across an open traffic...
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Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of seven men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices around the country in hopes of inciting an anti-government insurrection.
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The suspect stood behind the polished wooden bars in the new courtroom. His eyes flitted nervously as the litany of accusations was rattled off: mortar attacks, car bombings, kidnapping and murder &#151; among other crimes linked to his alleged role as an al-Qaida in Iraq fighter.
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The lawyer for an Army sniper charged with killing an Iraqi civilian and planting an AK-47 on his body said Friday that his client was too sleep deprived to know what he was doing
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Military service may insulate candidates from 'weak on defense' charges.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Putting Saddam Hussein on trial for war crimes is turning out to be a trial in itself, as escalating violence across Iraq makes preparations harder and riskier.    It has become increasingly difficult to exhume mass graves, recover lost and looted documents, and guarantee the safety of judges, lawyers and witnesses...
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PENTAGON Defense officials say proceedings begin next week at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base for the first group of enemy combatants to go to trial. The four have been accused of war crimes -- of having varying roles in plots to attack Americans at home ...
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The Bush administration's efforts to carry out the first phase of the law have been plagued with difficulties.
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The quarterfinal matchup may well show their weaknesses in team play and outside shooting.