Prosecutor Opens Defense of Actions in Duke Case
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 12 -- Durham County District Attorney Michael B. Nifong, under fire by the North Carolina State Bar for his handling of the sexual assault case against three Duke University lacrosse players, mounted his defense Tuesday, contending it was his duty as a prosecutor to pursue a c...
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Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson child molestation case are accusing the troubled pop star of &quot;prior sexual offenses,&quot; and want to use this to argue he has a &quot;propensity&quot; for committing such crimes.
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The prosecutor who brought rape charges against Kobe Bryant has joined news organizations in opposing an attempt by the NBA star's attorney to permanently seal evidence and documents in the case.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The woman who said she was raped at a party thrown by Duke's lacrosse team misidentified her alleged attackers in a photo lineup that was "an incoherent mass of contradiction and error," defense lawyers argued in court papers filed Thursday.
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Attorneys for the three players falsely accused in the Duke University lacrosse rape case are seeking a settlement of about $30 million and several changes to the state's legal process, a person close to the case said early Friday.
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More than a year after shocking allegations emerged about Duke University's lacrosse team, prosecutor Mike Nifong is heading to trial &#151; as a defendant.
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Scott Peterson's murder trial resumed Monday with defense lawyers defending the assertions of a key expert attacked by prosecutors on the witness stand last week.
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Prosecutors in Michael Jackson&#39;s child molestation case are pushing to introduce evidence of alleged wrongdoing in the past during pre-trial hearings scheduled to begin Monday.
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Defense attorneys for a military police soldier charged with detainee abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq argued in court that their client was a pawn in a widespread policy of abusive military intelligence procedures, citing two extensive Pentagon  investigative reports released last week as evidence that the soldier was following orders.
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DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 31 -- Michael B. Nifong, the former Durham County district attorney, was held in criminal contempt of court Friday for lying to a judge when pursuing rape charges against three falsely accused Duke University lacrosse players.
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By JENNYMICHAEL  The head prosecutor in Burleigh County previewed the state's case in the murder trial of Benjamin Newman by telling jurors about the witnesses that will testify.
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A woman who accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape initially told police she was attacked by five men at a team party and at one point denied she had been raped, according to a police report released Friday by a defense attorney.
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The prosecution in Michael Jackson's child molestation case has accused the defense of abusing the judicial process with sweeping demands for medical records of the alleged victim and his family, including gynecological records for his mother and information on his 3-month-old brother.
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The psychologist who notified police of a 12-year-old boy's claims of being molested by pop singer Michael Jackson had patients on both sides of the case, a defense lawyer indicated in court Tuesday.
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The woman who said she was raped at a party thrown by Duke's lacrosse team misidentified her alleged attackers in a photo lineup that was "an incoherent mass of contradiction and error," defense lawyers argued in court papers filed Thursday.
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REDWOOD CITY - In the Scott Peterson murder trial the defense has been trying to explain Peterson&#39;s actions on the day he was arrested.
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Prosecutors are to continue presenting their case against a man accused of killing five women in Suffolk.