Attorney: Kingpin Can't Get Fair Trial
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The attorney for a Colombian drug kingpin said Monday that it will be "virtually impossible" to get a fair trial for his client on charges he supplied most of the cocaine smuggled into the United States in the 1990s.
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Lawyers for the former White House aide, convicted for his role in the Valerie Plame affair, couldn't deliver on their promises
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Prosecutors seeking a 30-year prison term for a lawyer convicted of aiding terrorists have called her behavior "flagrant abuse of her profession" ahead of next month's sentencing hearing.
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A former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. executive who was convicted in a landmark stock options case won't get a new trial, despite a key prosecution witness recanting parts of her testimony, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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Lawyers for Martha Stewart told a federal appeals court that she suffered a &quot;fundamentally unfair&quot; trial at the hands of prosecutors who incorrectly suggested she was accused of insider trading.
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Serial killer Michael Ross has tried for 10 years to speed his own death. On Saturday, little more than an hour before his scheduled execution, Ross' own attorney caused another delay, saying he needed time to examine his own potential conflict of interest.
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He's now got a human name &#151; Matthew Hiasl Pan &#151; but he's having trouble getting his day in court.
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In court documents released Wednesday, defense attorneys for Michael Jackson sought mental evaluations for his accuser and his family, alleging they could not effectively cross-examine a psychologist if denied access to his reviews.
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A defendant in an Old Bailey terror trial should not be jailed just for having "wicked thoughts".
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One of America's most wanted fugitives, accused of raping his daughter and posting the video on the Internet, has contested a U.S. extradition request, his lawyer said on Thursday after a court appearance in Hong Kong.
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The imprisoned former Enron chief executive asked for a new trial, saying the Justice Department used incorrect legal theories and 'âcoercive and abusive tacticsâ' to win a conviction.
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MONTREAL (CP) - The May 2 trial date for the former head of the federal sponsorship program is too close to a potentially damaging inquiry and may undermine his trial, his lawyer said Monday.
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OCALA, Florida  - Defense attorneys clashed with the prosecution on Wednesday in Wesley Snipes' tax fraud trial over whether the actor conspired with a longtime tax protester to defraud the government of millions of dollars.
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Greg Andersonâs legal team will file a motion arguing that the trainerâs confinement has become more of a punishment than a legitimate effort to get him to testify.
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A federal judge said that tribunals like the one the suspect is facing are contrary to principles of American justice.
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Former Enron chair Ken Lay has been pressing to be tried on his own. A judge may have just given Lay more than he bargained for, as prosecutors ready for what could be one of the biggest corporate crime prosecutions in history.
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In an 11th-hour turnaround, the lead prosecutor in a former detective's trial for the shooting of a fleeing drug suspect urged the jury Wednesday to avoid a murder conviction and go for a lesser charge instead.