Defence pleads for conditional sentence for Alberta cop who shot prisoner
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LETHBRIDGE, Alta. (CP) - Sending an RCMP officer to jail for shooting a drunken prisoner who grabbed his gun would amount to cruel and unusual punishment, Mike Ferguson's lawyer argued Thursday.
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CALGARY (CP) - An Alberta judge who fell asleep during a sentencing hearing has apologized to the lawyers and the drug dealer who was testifying at the time, but has refused to declare a mistrial.
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The off-duty police officer who was shot and killed by other officers in White Plains on Friday was trying to break up a fight but failed to drop his gun when ordered to do so, two witnesses said.
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The gunman in the notorious Pamela Smart murder case has been denied early release from prison, but he will be eligible for parole three years earlier than he previously would have been.
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Canucks star Todd Bertuzzi received a conditional discharge yesterday after pleading guilty to assault causing bodily harm for attacking Steve Moore in an NHL game.
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BRAMPTON, Ont. (CP) - It could be months or even a year before the man accused of abducting and murdering nine-year-old Cecilia Zhang enters a plea, his lawyer said Thursday.
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Vancouver Canucks hockey player Todd Bertuzzi will receive a conditional discharge in exchange for a plea bargain in court Wednesday, reports say.
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Demand for inquiry into why teenager was bailed hours before he played role in brutal murder
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One of the American soldiers facing a court martial for his part in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal yesterday indicated he intended to plead guilty to at least some of the charges.
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A soldier jailed for the manslaughter of a police officer seeks leave to appeal against his sentence.
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Former Oakland Raiders center Barret Robbins had a written innocent plea entered for him on three counts of attempted felony murder, almost four weeks after he was shot in a furious struggle with three police officers investigating a burglary call.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 26--The court case against a Grand Forks Air Force Base airman accused of attempted murder has been delayed.   A continuance was granted Monday for Terrance L. Anderson, 21, so his newly appointed lawyer can become familiar with the case.
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CBC News is reporting Tuesday that the Vancouver Canucks forward will accept a plea bargain Wednesday morning from the British Columbia Crown after being charged with assault causing bodily harm for attacking Steve Moore of the Colorado Avalanche during a
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A retired soldier should face a court-martial where the death penalty could be ordered for a 1985 triple murder, according to an Army investigating officer's recommendation released late Saturday.
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One of five former and current Milwaukee police officers scheduled to stand trial in the 2004 beating of a man outside an officer's house pleaded guilty Friday.
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An inmate injured in a deadly Afghan prison shootout will be questioned to determine if he and four comrades, all once suspected of belonging to al-Qaida, were trying to escape or were attempting to attack three American prisoners, the jail warden said
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OTTAWA --Canada is under pressure over the case of an Al Qaeda suspect who relatives say was tricked by Canadian agents into going to the United States, where he faces five terrorism-related charges.