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Today's Crimes and Trials: Lifer requests death sentence for better amenities Feds: Chicago men planned to attack Danish paper Witness: Doctor fed Anna Nicole Smith's addiction Canadian pleads guilty to insider trading US court to reconsider CIA torture flight case Jury convicts teenager in Mich. homeless killings Indian man charged in NY with supporting Hezbollah Hearings set for Mo. teen accused of killing girl Court examines jury selection in doc's slay trial Deputy marshal gets 4 years for information leak Denver police crush sex offender's car ACORN, former official plead not guilty in Nevada Bahamas lawmaker apologizes for Travolta mistrial Fed court: No drug money case against Fla. lawyer ACORN, former official due in court in Nevada case Jury selection resumes in polygamist sect trial 'Survivor' champ says he's victim of 'witch hunt' Man who threw feces in CA courtroom gets 31 years Polanski's victim says she wants to be left alone Federal judge allows access to Smart case records Lifer requests death sentence for better amenities Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:57 pm PDT AP - A white supremacist gang member convicted of murder has told the Southern California jury deciding his penalty that he wants capital punishment because prison amenities are better on Death Row. Full Story Top Feds: Chicago men planned to attack Danish paper Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00 pm PDT AP - Two Chicago men who were schoolmates in Pakistan plotted terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper that triggered widespread protests by printing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, federal prosecutors said Tuesday in announcing charges against the men. Full Story Top Witness: Doctor fed Anna Nicole Smith's addiction Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:38 pm PDT AP - Anna Nicole Smith's doctor was feeding her addiction to prescription medications by excessively prescribing opiates, including a drug nicknamed "hospital heroin," a pain management expert testified Tuesday. Full Story Top Canadian pleads guilty to insider trading Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:58 pm PDT Reuters - A Canadian man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to U.S. and Canadian criminal charges stemming from a 14-year insider trading scheme, a day after his alleged accomplice apparently committed suicide. Full Story Top US court to reconsider CIA torture flight case Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:57 pm PDT AFP - A US federal court on Tuesday granted the US administration's request to reconsider a case that claimed a Boeing unit had participated in delivering terror suspects to secret CIA prisons. Full Story Top Jury convicts teenager in Mich. homeless killings Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:27 pm PDT AP - A 15-year-old was convicted on Tuesday of beating two homeless men to death in a fading Michigan industrial city and will spend the rest of his life in prison. Full Story Top Indian man charged in NY with supporting Hezbollah Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:26 pm PDT Reuters - An Indian man pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to terrorism charges that include agreeing to sell guns and military equipment in a sting operation to Lebanese Shi'ite guerrilla group Hezbollah. Full Story Top Hearings set for Mo. teen accused of killing girl Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:41 pm PDT AP - The 15-year-old suspect in the killing of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten will appear in a Missouri courtroom for a closed hearing. Full Story Top Court examines jury selection in doc's slay trial Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:03 pm PDT AP - The highest court in Massachusetts is scrutinizing the jury selection process in the trial of a once-prominent doctor who is serving a life sentence in the 1999 killing of his wife. Full Story Top Deputy marshal gets 4 years for information leak Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:54 pm PDT AP - A federal deputy marshal was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for leaking information about the government's star witness at Chicago's biggest organized crime trial in decades. Full Story Top Denver police crush sex offender's car Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:40 pm PDT AP - Denver police have crushed a car belonging to a man who pleaded guilty to attempting to sexually assault a child. Full Story Top ACORN, former official plead not guilty in Nevada Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:39 pm PDT AP - Lawyers for the political advocacy group ACORN and a former voter registration supervisor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to illegally paying canvassers to register Nevada voters during last year's presidential campaign. Full Story Top Bahamas lawmaker apologizes for Travolta mistrial Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:15 pm PDT AP - A Bahamas lawmaker apologized publicly Tuesday for remarks that caused a mistrial in the John Travolta extortion case, but he did not reveal who told him that a defendant had been acquitted before a verdict was announced. Full Story Top Fed court: No drug money case against Fla. lawyer Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:46 am PDT AP - In a first of its kind ruling, a federal appeals panel has sided with a prominent Miami defense lawyer who was accused of a crime for giving advice to attorneys for an accused Medellin cocaine cartel kingpin. Full Story Top ACORN, former official due in court in Nevada case Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:45 am PDT AP - Lawyers for the political advocacy group ACORN and a former supervisor say they'll plead not guilty to charges that they illegally paid canvassers to register Nevada voters during last year's presidential campaign. Full Story Top Jury selection resumes in polygamist sect trial Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:30 am PDT AP - Jury selection has resumed in the first criminal trial stemming from the raid of a polygamist group's ranch in Texas last year. Full Story Top 'Survivor' champ says he's victim of 'witch hunt' Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:03 am PDT AP - "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch says he's the victim of a "witch hunt" by federal prosecutors. Full Story Top Man who threw feces in CA courtroom gets 31 years Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:49 pm PDT AP - A man who sneaked a bag of his feces into a San Diego courtroom during his home-invasion robbery trial, smeared it on his lawyer and threw it at jurors has been sentenced to 31 years in prison. Full Story Top Polanski's victim says she wants to be left alone Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:12 pm PDT AP - Roman Polanski's arrest has caused his victim health problems and job worries, and she just wants to be left alone, her attorney wrote in a court filing. Full Story Top Federal judge allows access to Smart case records Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:02 pm PDT AP - A federal judge on Monday ordered sealed court docket entries related to the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case made public. Full Story Top

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