Crown's Baltovich murder theory 'absurd' given link to Bernardo: lawyers
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TORONTO (CP) - Jurors convicted an innocent man of murder on the basis of an absurd Crown theory, a key witness whose testimony changed under hypnosis and the strong likelihood the real criminal was notorious sex killer Paul Bernardo, Ontario's highest court heard Wednesday.
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A powerful Russian prosecutor said on Friday self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky could be behind the murder of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko, a charge dismissed by a friend of Litvinenko.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. - In a high-stakes drama of legal gamesmanship, prosecutors and defense lawyers in the Michael Jackson child molestation case are battling over still-secret evidence that might make or break the case against the pop star...
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A man who had his death sentence commuted amid claims he was wrongly convicted of killing a teenage girl 31 years ago has been linked to the slaying by new DNA evidence.
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Lawyers for the man jailed for Jill Dando's murder consider if a Panorama investigation may help his appeal.
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British police also said they were treating Alexander V. LitvinenkoÂs death as a case of murder.
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The prosecutor in the Scott Peterson murder trial alleged Monday the defendant&#39;s alibi quickly fell apart after his wife, Laci, disappeared.
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Lawyers for the killer of a Strabane woman have told a court DNA evidence used to link him to his victim is now "questionable".
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Scott Peterson&#39;s defense attorney is lashing out on a key prosecution theory. During closing arguments this morning, Mark Geragos (GEHR&#39;-uh-guhs) told the jury that there was little evidence
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A 24-year-old mother's mental illness may have led her to toss her three young boys into chilly San Francisco Bay, but lawyers disagreed Monday about whether the act was first-degree murder.
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The prosecutor called it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable." But the rhetoric may not match the charges
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A crucial gap in the chain of events linking David Blunkett to a visa for his ex-lover&#39;s nanny makes it impossible to establish the former home secretary&#39;s guilt
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Police probing the murder of Robert Blake's wife zeroed in on the actor even though there was no evidence to show he killed her because they wanted the fame of nabbing a celebrity, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
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VAN NUYS, Calif.  - Actor Robert Blake's lawyers  on Tuesday opened his defense against charges that he murdered  his wife by trying to portray a chief witness against him as a  delusional drug addict.
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Scott Peterson&#39;s attorneys on Monday suggested witness accounts of what police deemed as odd behavior by the former fertilizer salesman only surfaced after they learned Peterson was having an affair.
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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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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - An accountant claiming to be the illegitimate son of Britain's late Princess Margaret was branded irrational by a senior judge on Friday, despite winning the latest round in his bid to access secret royal wills that he believes will prove his claim.