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Today's Crimes and Trials: 2 charged in murder of editor plead not guilty Vegas raid on Jackson doctor sought homicide evidence Not guilty plea entered in LA in cruise ship death Guilty plea in guard killing at Wal-Mart in Wash. Miss. judge pleads guilty to lying to FBI agent Jury starts deliberating in ex-congressman's trial High court asked to review civil rights-era case SD court overturns Alaska man's death sentence Judge to weigh Stanford "claw backs" on Friday Pakistani scientist ruled fit to stand trial in US Arizona man gets life in prison for shootings Life sentence closes chapter in Arizona shootings Holocaust museum shooter indicted for murder Official: Jackson doctor could face foreclosure Marine pleads not guilty in California attacks DC judge convicts woman of killing 4 daughters Alleged DC Holocaust museum shooter indicted Pakistani neuroscientist fit to stand trial: U.S. judge NY judge: Terror defendant competent for trial Police raid Vegas home of Jackson doctor 2 charged in murder of editor plead not guilty Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:06 pm PDT AP - Two men charged in the murder of an Oakland journalist pleaded not guilty Thursday as a judge ordered the release of hundreds of pages of previously sealed grand jury testimony and lifted a gag order. Full Story Top Vegas raid on Jackson doctor sought homicide evidence Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:33 pm PDT AFP - Investigators who raided the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray were seeking evidence of manslaughter, an unsealed search warrant revealed Thursday. Full Story Top Not guilty plea entered in LA in cruise ship death Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:37 pm PDT AP - A man indicted by a grand jury in the cruise ship death of his wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to second-degree murder and waived his right to seek bail. Full Story Top Guilty plea in guard killing at Wal-Mart in Wash. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:23 pm PDT AP - A man charged with killing an armored-car guard at a Wal-Mart store near Tacoma pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated first-degree murder in an agreement that spares him a possible death sentence. Full Story Top Miss. judge pleads guilty to lying to FBI agent Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:05 pm PDT AP - A Mississippi judge known for prosecuting a white supremacist decades after a civil rights-era killing has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for lying to an FBI agent investigating corruption. Full Story Top Jury starts deliberating in ex-congressman's trial Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:46 pm PDT AP - Jury deliberations have started in the corruption trial of a former Louisiana congressman who gained notoriety after FBI agents found $90,000 hidden in his freezer. Full Story Top High court asked to review civil rights-era case Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:19 pm PDT AP - The U.S. Supreme Court should decide whether a reputed Ku Klux Klansman should have been tried on a kidnapping charge 43 years after two black men were abducted and slain in rural Mississippi, a federal appeals court said Thursday. Full Story Top SD court overturns Alaska man's death sentence Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:22 am PDT AP - The state Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the death sentence of a 29-year-old man who pleaded guilty in the March 2000 torture and murder of an acquaintance. Full Story Top Judge to weigh Stanford "claw backs" on Friday Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:32 am PDT Reuters - A U.S. District Court judge on Friday will weigh whether the court-appointed receiver overseeing the financial empire of Allen Stanford can recoup $925 million from investors who bought certificates of deposit in the accused swindler's Antigua bank. Full Story Top Pakistani scientist ruled fit to stand trial in US Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:15 am PDT AFP - A US-educated Pakistani scientist who allegedly tried to shoot US officers in Afghanistan last year will stand trial October 19, a US judge has ordered. Full Story Top Arizona man gets life in prison for shootings Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:36 am PDT Reuters - An Arizona man who was one of two serial shooters who terrorized the Phoenix area three years ago was spared the death penalty on Wednesday and sentenced to life in prison. Full Story Top Life sentence closes chapter in Arizona shootings Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:49 am PDT AP - A sentence of life in prison for one of two men convicted in a series of random nighttime shootings closes a significant chapter in a case that unnerved metropolitan Phoenix residents in 2005 and 2006. Full Story Top Holocaust museum shooter indicted for murder Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:46 pm PDT AFP - James Von Brunn, an 89-year-old white supremacist, was indicted on murder and hate crimes charges by a grand jury in connection with his shooting attack at the US Holocaust Museum on June 10. Full Story Top Official: Jackson doctor could face foreclosure Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:47 pm PDT AP - Michael Jackson's personal physician is more than $100,000 behind on his mortgage payments and could face foreclosure on the country club home authorities searched in their manslaughter investigation into the singer's death, records show. Full Story Top Marine pleads not guilty in California attacks Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:32 pm PDT AP - An attorney for a U.S. Marine accused of attacking his estranged wife and two of her relatives says his client suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from combat. Full Story Top DC judge convicts woman of killing 4 daughters Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:51 pm PDT AP - A judge found a District of Columbia woman guilty Wednesday of killing her four daughters and living with their mummified bodies for months in a case that brought scrutiny to the city's child welfare system. Full Story Top Alleged DC Holocaust museum shooter indicted Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:40 pm PDT AP - A federal grand jury indicted an elderly white supremacist Wednesday on charges that could earn him the death penalty in the fatal shooting of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Hate crimes charges were added to the case against James von Brunn, who has been in a hospital since the shooting last month. Full Story Top Pakistani neuroscientist fit to stand trial: U.S. judge Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:59 am PDT Reuters - A Pakistani woman charged with trying to kill American interrogators in Afghanistan is fit to stand trial, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday after months of examination of her mental state. Full Story Top NY judge: Terror defendant competent for trial Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:41 am PDT AP - A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist accused of being an al-Qaida operative is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Wednesday as he rejected the finding of a defense expert who concluded she was mentally ill. Full Story Top Police raid Vegas home of Jackson doctor Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:59 am PDT AFP - Police and federal agents has swooped down on the Las Vegas home of Michael Jackson's doctor, as speculation mounted he could face possible manslaughter charges in the singer's death. Full Story Top

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