New trial ordered in shaken baby case
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An appeals court Thursday threw out the conviction of a woman imprisoned for shaking a baby to death and ordered a new trial, saying the latest research into "shaken baby syndrome" might prove her innocence.
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TORONTO (CP) - Ontario's highest court has ordered a new trial for Robert Baltovich, convicted on circumstantial evidence 12 years ago in the murder of his girlfriend.
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A woman suggested binding her developmentally disabled 3-year-old foster son inside a closet, making her responsible for his death even if she did not intend it, prosecutors said Thursday as her murder trial opened.
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A brain-damaged baby whose father is accused of abuse cannot be removed from life support because the father and mother's parental rights have not been terminated, the state's highest court said Thursday.
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The woman, accused of killing an expectant mother and cutting the baby from the victim&#39;s womb, will make her first court appearance Monday in Kansas City, Kansas.
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A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of woman accused of killing her month-old baby by burning her in a microwave, finding that new defense witnesses bolster her claim that she is innocent.
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A fresh trial of Hindus accused of burning to death Muslims during the 2002 Gujarat riots is due to begin in Bombay.
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Jury selection for the trial of Michael Jackson on charges of child abuse is due to resume on Monday.
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A woman accused of killing an expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb asked for a public defender Tuesday in one of her first steps of what's likely to be a long legal journey.
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A mother who cut off her baby's arms was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial on murder charges Monday.
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A woman accused of strangling a pregnant mother, cutting out her unborn child from her womb, and passing the infant off as her own child, has appeared in court in the US state of Kansas.
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A jury was set to hear opening arguments Thursday in the trial of a woman accused of killing her 1-month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven.
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The uncle of a two-year-old girl from Leeds is due to appear in court, charged with her rape and murder.
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Michael Jackson is back in court for the second day of jury selection in trial for child abuse.
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A woman accused of killing an expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb will appear in court today for the first time. Lisa Montgomery, 36, is being held at the Wyandotte County Detention Centre in Kansas City, Kansas.
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The trial of the only person to be   charged with murder over Northern Ireland's bloodiest single   killing, the 1998 Omagh bombing, got under way on Monday.
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A terminally ill baby who was the subject of a high profile court case is one year old on Thursday.