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Today's Crimes and Trials: Man convicted of terrorism free to sue over torture claims American student grilled in Italy sex-murder trial 'Rockefeller' lawyer promises appeal of conviction Judge rules terrorist can sue over torture memos Woman gets 20 years in Milwaukee student's death Minn woman who lost music-share suit gets replay Wife fought off Pa. man killed in shootout Witness testimony ends in Televisa-Univision suit Feds ask court to reconsider CIA renditions suit Teen describes beatings by captors in Calif. home Mont. woman who hid son in car trunk pleads guilty Feds try to block evidence release in Posada case Suspect in Calif. girl's slaying pleads not guilty Juror takes 5th in probe of fashion designer trial Ex-cop in NY school fight charged with kidnapping Police: NY family kept kids in squalor Rockefeller impostor guilty of kidnapping in U.S. Violent sex offender executed in Alabama Phony 'Rockefeller' gets five years in child kidnapping Probation instead of prison for Pentagon leaker Man convicted of terrorism free to sue over torture claims Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:43 pm PDT AFP - A man serving a 17-year prison sentence for terrorist activities has been given the green light to sue a former US government lawyer who wrote memos that allegedly led to his torture, US media reports said Sunday. Full Story Top American student grilled in Italy sex-murder trial Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:55 pm PDT AFP - American student Amanda Knox weathered a second day of tough questioning Saturday over charges that she took part in the murder of her British housemate who refused to join in a group sex session in Italy. Full Story Top 'Rockefeller' lawyer promises appeal of conviction Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:51 pm PDT AP - Lawyers for a German man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller say they'll appeal his kidnapping conviction, calling it "the first chapter" in the case. Full Story Top Judge rules terrorist can sue over torture memos Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:56 pm PDT AP - A convicted terrorist can sue a former Bush administration lawyer for drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture, ruled a federal judge has ruled who said he was trying to balance a clash between war and the defense of personal freedoms. Full Story Top Woman gets 20 years in Milwaukee student's death Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:44 am PDT AP - A judge in Milwaukee has sentenced a 21-year-old woman to 20 years in prison for helping a new boyfriend kidnap and kill a college student for his car. Full Story Top Minn woman who lost music-share suit gets replay Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:37 am PDT AP - The Minnesota woman who became the nation's only music file-sharing defendant so far to go to trial is getting a replay two years after losing the case. Full Story Top Wife fought off Pa. man killed in shootout Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:03 am PDT AP - Hobbled by a broken ankle, the estranged wife of a man killed in a shootout with Pennsylvania state troopers managed to fight him off as he threatened her with a gun before he kidnapped their 9-year-old son, the woman's friend said. Full Story Top Witness testimony ends in Televisa-Univision suit Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:54 pm PDT AP - Witness testimony has ended in Los Angeles about whether Televisa or Univision can transmit Televisa's popular telenovelas online and via satellite in the United States. Full Story Top Feds ask court to reconsider CIA renditions suit Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:49 pm PDT AP - The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider its decision to allow a Boeing Co. subsidiary to be sued for allegedly flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons overseas to be tortured. Full Story Top Teen describes beatings by captors in Calif. home Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:42 pm PDT AP - A teenager who ran from a Northern California home wearing a shackle on his ankle endured frequent beatings, sometimes in front of other children, that worsened over the year he spent there, according to grand jury testimony made public Friday. Full Story Top Mont. woman who hid son in car trunk pleads guilty Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:46 pm PDT AP - A Montana woman accused of hiding the body of her 2-year-old son in the trunk of her car for most of last summer pleaded guilty Friday to negligent homicide and evidence tampering. Full Story Top Feds try to block evidence release in Posada case Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:38 pm PDT AP - Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to block the potential public release of "sensitive" evidence in a perjury case against an aging anti-Castro Cuban militant who once worked for the CIA. Full Story Top Suspect in Calif. girl's slaying pleads not guilty Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:54 pm PDT AP - A Sunday school teacher pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she kidnapped, raped and killed an 8-year-old Northern California girl and drugged two other people. Full Story Top Juror takes 5th in probe of fashion designer trial Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:28 pm PDT AP - A juror suspected of misconduct in the sex-assault trial that convicted a fashion designer last year invoked the Fifth Amendment on Friday when asked if he had contacted the defendant's sister before verdicts were reached. Full Story Top Ex-cop in NY school fight charged with kidnapping Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:08 pm PDT AP - A former New York City policeman who is accused of confronting a suburban school official at gunpoint has been indicted on a kidnapping charge. Full Story Top Police: NY family kept kids in squalor Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:17 pm PDT AP - Two of five family members accused of keeping seven young children in a feces-strewn, filthy home on Long Island pleaded not guilty Friday to child endangerment charges. Full Story Top Rockefeller impostor guilty of kidnapping in U.S. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:59 pm PDT Reuters - A German man who posed as a member of America's wealthy Rockefeller family was sentenced on Friday to serve four to five years in prison for kidnapping his young daughter in Boston last July following a bitter divorce. Full Story Top Violent sex offender executed in Alabama Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:58 pm PDT AFP - A 62-year-old man who begged the judge at his trial to have him put him to death for the rape and murder of a young woman has been executed by lethal injection in Alabama, prison officials said Friday. Full Story Top Phony 'Rockefeller' gets five years in child kidnapping Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:15 pm PDT AFP - A man who posed for years as a member of the storied US Rockefeller family was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for kidnapping his seven-year-old daughter. Full Story Top Probation instead of prison for Pentagon leaker Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:06 pm PDT AP - A judge has dramatically reduced the sentence for a former Pentagon analyst who pleaded guilty to leaking classified information to an Israeli diplomat and two pro-Israel lobbyists. Full Story Top

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