Stipe dismissed as potential juror
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ATHENS, Ga.  Â R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe was among more than a dozen potential jurors dismissed at the beginning of the trial for a man accused of sneaking into a middle school and trying to sexually assault a girl.
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A week into deliberations in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, jurors yesterday provided the first glimpse of the issues they are weighing by signaling confusion over how to interpret one of the five felony counts against the vice president's former top aide.
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Juror notes in the CIA leak case suggest some jury room confusion about what exactly former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is accused of doing.
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A former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney will have a last chance to convince a jury he is not guilty of perjury on Tuesday as a trial that has exposed the inner workings of the White House draws to a close.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Jurors were dismissed for the rest of the week today in the Scott Peterson double-murder trial.
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor boycotted the opening of his war crimes trial, calling it a "charade" in a letter read by his attorney, Karim Ahmad Khan. In the same letter, Taylor also dismissed Khan from the case and asked to represent himself.
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Most people think that juries are more likely than judges to let defendants off the hook. The conventional wisdom, however, may be dead wrong
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - In a surprise move Wednesday, the judge in Scott Peterson's murder trial postponed the cross-examination of Peterson's former mistress and sent the jury home for the rest of the week because of an undisclosed "potential development."   Judge Alfred A...
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The recent firing of eight U.S. attorneys has raised questions about how they are appointed and the circumstances under which they may be dismissed. Here are some questions and answers:
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The jury in the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector is dismissed after failing to reach a verdict.
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In a dramatic twist, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on Tuesday abandoned plans to testify in his own defense and decided against calling his former boss, Vice President Dick Cheney, to help defend him in the CIA leak trial.
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The Scott Peterson murder trial took yet another strange twist Wednesday when the judge removed the jury's foreman amid a week of pressure-packed deliberations &#151; the second straight day that a juror was sent home.
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A U.S. district judge dismisses Victor Conte's motion for a dismissal, increasing the chances that the BALCO case will go to trial early next year.
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The foreman of the Scott Peterson jury was replaced Tuesday in the second dismissal from the panel in as many days. Juror Number 5, who was acting as foreman, was removed for unknown reasons by the judge.
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A judge dismissed former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit's defamation lawsuit against an Arizona newspaper that said the Democrat had lied to investigators about his relationship with a Washington intern who was later found dead.
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In a sign of growing disarray among the jury considering the double-murder case against Scott Peterson, the judge dismissed the foreman on Wednesday, a day after another juror was removed midway through deliberations.
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The jury in the Scott Peterson double murder trial was instructed to start new deliberations after a juror was dismissed Tuesday and an alternate named.