Prosecutor drops appeal in Louisiana race case
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A Louisiana prosecutor has dropped an appeal in the case of a 17-year-old accused of assaulting a school mate in a decision that could hasten the release of the youth at the center of civil rights protests.
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Prosecutors dismissed the case against the three main suspects in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway
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The attorney for Tour de France winner Floyd Landis submitted a motion to dismiss doping charges against the cyclist Monday, claiming Landis' positive testosterone tests were flawed and did not meet standards set by the World Anti-Doping Agency for a doping offense.
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A judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to effectively drop from the ballot an Arizona initiative that would restrict government services provided to illegal immigrants.
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Michael Stone loses his appeal against his convictions for the murders of Lin Russell and her daughter Megan.
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Four felony counts dropped because defendant had already pled guilty to federal charges.
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Prosecutors reduced the attempted murder charge against another of the "Jena Six," a group of black high school students whose criminal charges after the beating a white classmate drew protests of racism and unequal justice.
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All charges against a doctor accused of murdering four patients in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have been dropped, a spokesman for the state prosecutors office said on Tuesday.
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Prosecutors have dropped charges against two University of Memphis basketball players from a dispute outside a nightclub last year.
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An investigating officer in the case against a U.S. Marine accused of murdering civilians in Haditha, Iraq, has recommended that charges against him be dropped, concluding that the government's allegations that the Marine executed a group of men are "unsupported and incredible."
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The prosecution at an appeal hearing by former French prime minister Alain Juppe, found guilty on corruption charges, called on the court Wednesday to slash the period of his disqualification from public office ...
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The Kobe Bryant case collapses as prosecutors said they had no choice but to drop the sexual assault charge against Bryant because the alleged victim could no longer participate.
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Prosecutors on Thursday decided not  to file charges against a Los Angeles policeman filmed hitting  a black motorist with a flashlight, prompting an angry response  by the city's African-American community.
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I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, dropped the appeal of his perjury conviction yesterday after concluding that it would be too costly and time-consuming to pursue the matter any further, his attorney announced.
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The child pornography case against John Mark Karr, one-time suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey case, should be dropped because key evidence was lost, defense attorneys argued Wednesday.
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Prosecutors moved Friday to drop the murder case against a man freed after nearly a decade in prison, but stopped short of saying he was exonerated by the DNA evidence that led a judge to overturn his conviction.
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The crown court case against a Norfolk farmer at the centre of a dispute over his pigs is to be dropped, his solicitor says.