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Today's Crimes and Trials: Prosecutor: Mass. girl escapes would-be rapist Jackson was acquitted at trial but never recovered AP Enterprise: '91 death verdict splits Ga. jurors Chilean found guilty in Colo. student's slaying Detroit councilwoman pleads guilty in bribery case Russia won't participate in Jewish documents suit Scrushy asks judge for new trial in bribery case Rapper Coolio reaches plea deal in drug case NY prosecutors seek 150-year sentence for Madoff Rapper Coolio pleads guilty to cocaine possession Suspect in Kansas porn model slaying back in US Judge rules Allen Stanford must remain detained 'Rockefeller' asks judge to toss kidnap conviction Hong Kong tycoon dug 'feng shui holes' to find husband Ex-Surgeon General Novello pleads guilty in NY Plea deal expected for remaining Jena 6 defendants Texas cricket mogul pleads not guilty to fraud Jury awards man $5M in lawsuit over prison time Manhattan DA endorses ex-deputy to replace him Prosecutor: Mass. girl escapes would-be rapist Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:32 pm PDT AP - A 6-year-old Massachusetts girl riding her bicycle was kidnapped by a neighbor who tried to rape her, but she managed to escape from his apartment despite being in leg shackles, a state prosecutor said. Full Story Top Jackson was acquitted at trial but never recovered Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:30 pm PDT AP - Michael Jackson called his trial on child molestation claims, "the hardest thing I've ever done in my life." Acquitted of all charges by a jury but convicted by public opinion, he spent the rest of his life trying to recover from the ordeal. Full Story Top AP Enterprise: '91 death verdict splits Ga. jurors Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:49 am PDT AP - Inside the jury room, seven men and five women huddled around a table to discuss a parade of witnesses in the case of an off-duty police officer shot and killed outside a fast-food restaurant. Full Story Top Chilean found guilty in Colo. student's slaying Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:53 pm PDT AP - A jury on Friday convicted a Chilean national in the 1997 beating death of a University of Colorado student, a crime that was cold for about a decade until a DNA sample connected him to the murder. Full Story Top Detroit councilwoman pleads guilty in bribery case Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:39 pm PDT AP - City Council member Monica Conyers, the wife of powerful and popular Democratic congressman John Conyers, pleaded guilty Friday to accepting cash bribes in exchange for supporting a sludge contract with a Houston company. Full Story Top Russia won't participate in Jewish documents suit Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:29 pm PDT AP - Russia told a U.S. court on Friday that judges have no authority to tell the country how to handle sacred Jewish documents held in its state library that were seized by the Nazi and Soviet armies. Full Story Top Scrushy asks judge for new trial in bribery case Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:41 pm PDT AP - Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy asked a judge to grant him a new trial Friday, saying he was a victim of selective prosecution when he was convicted of bribery in 2006. Full Story Top Rapper Coolio reaches plea deal in drug case Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:13 pm PDT AP - Rapper Coolio has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to felony cocaine possession in a deal that requires him to spend 18 months in rehab. Full Story Top NY prosecutors seek 150-year sentence for Madoff Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:05 pm PDT AP - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff should receive a 150-year sentence for orchestrating perhaps the largest financial swindle in history, federal prosecutors said in court papers Friday. Full Story Top Rapper Coolio pleads guilty to cocaine possession Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:53 pm PDT Reuters - Rap star Coolio pleaded guilty on Friday to possession of cocaine and will avoid jail by entering an 18-month drug rehabilitation program, a spokeswoman for prosecutors said. Full Story Top Suspect in Kansas porn model slaying back in US Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:42 pm PDT AP - A man suspected of killing a Kansas college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn model is being held on a $3 million bond in Kansas following his extradition from Mexico. Full Story Top Judge rules Allen Stanford must remain detained Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:07 pm PDT Reuters - A U.S. judge on Friday ruled that accused swindler Allen Stanford must remain in jail at least until June 29 until the court weighs a motion by the U.S. government to block his release. Full Story Top 'Rockefeller' asks judge to toss kidnap conviction Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:37 am PDT AP - Lawyers for the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller asked a judge to throw out his kidnapping and assault convictions, arguing that the state's mental health expert was unqualified and that a prosecutor made an improper closing argument. Full Story Top Hong Kong tycoon dug 'feng shui holes' to find husband Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:19 am PDT AFP - A bartender-turned-soothsayer fighting for a Hong Kong tycoon's 13-billion-dollar estate told her to dig "feng shui holes" to find her kidnapped husband and beat her illness, a court heard Friday. Full Story Top Ex-Surgeon General Novello pleads guilty in NY Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:49 am PDT AP - Former Surgeon General Antonia Novello pleaded guilty Friday to a felony in a deal with prosecutors to avoid prison time for forcing state employees to handle personal chores when she was New York's health commissioner. Full Story Top Plea deal expected for remaining Jena 6 defendants Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:18 am PDT AP - The remaining defendants of the Jena Six case in Louisiana are expected in court to plead guilty. Full Story Top Texas cricket mogul pleads not guilty to fraud Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:43 pm PDT AFP - Texan cricket mogul and billionaire financier Allen Stanford pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of multi-billion dollar fraud, money-laundering and obstruction. Full Story Top Jury awards man $5M in lawsuit over prison time Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:29 pm PDT AP - A federal jury has awarded $5 million to a Houston man who spent 17 years in prison on kidnapping and rape charges that were overturned in 2005. Full Story Top Manhattan DA endorses ex-deputy to replace him Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:38 pm PDT AP - Retiring Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau on Thursday endorsed a former deputy, Cyrus Vance Jr., to succeed him in the office he has held for 34 years. Full Story Top Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:48 pm PDT AP - Impeached federal judge from Texas resigns before Senate trial. Full Story Top

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