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Today's Crimes and Trials: Lawyers seek break for former 'enemy combatant' Judges seek immunity in Pa. 'kids for cash' case First openly gay US attorney begins job in Wash. Murder counts tossed in Texas yogurt shop slayings Prosecutor: Polygamist sect man assaulted teen Judge: Fresno pot shops must close until trial Jury finds mayor of Alabama city guilty of fraud Jackson case MD due in court child support case Sexual assault, theft motive in Ill. family deaths Mayor of Alabama city found guilty of corruption Witness: Doctor had hidden records on Smith Md. judge pleads guilty to vehicle tampering Records: Slain NJ priest discussed firing suspect Judge defers bail ruling on Madoff No. 2 DiPascali Man convicted in Tennessee couple's slayings Teen to stay in custody in slaying of Mo. girl Man pleads guilty for burn that became SC wildfire Feds: Haiti abuse suspect sought boys while in US Bond decision delayed for Chicago terror suspect New penalty phase in case of man stabbed 193 times Lawyers seek break for former 'enemy combatant' Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:28 pm PDT AFP - An Al-Qaeda sleeper agent who pleaded guilty to supporting terrorism should get a break on his sentence because of harsh conditions he has faced since his 2001 arrest, his lawyer said. Full Story Top Judges seek immunity in Pa. 'kids for cash' case Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:43 pm PDT AP - Two ex-judges from eastern Pennsylvania want to be dismissed as defendants in a series of civil lawsuits filed in the wake of a juvenile justice scandal. Full Story Top First openly gay US attorney begins job in Wash. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:01 pm PDT AP - The new top federal prosecutor in Seattle knows the significance her role carries for many people: She's apparently the nation's first openly gay U.S. attorney. Full Story Top Murder counts tossed in Texas yogurt shop slayings Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:57 pm PDT AP - A judge on Wednesday dismissed murder charges against two men awaiting retrial in the 1991 slayings of four teens at an Austin yogurt shop, after prosecutors admitted they weren't ready to take the case to a jury. Full Story Top Prosecutor: Polygamist sect man assaulted teen Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:58 pm PDT AP - A prosecutor has told jurors that witnesses, documents and DNA will show that a 38-year-old member of a polygamist group sexually assaulted a teen half his age at a West Texas ranch. Full Story Top Judge: Fresno pot shops must close until trial Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:40 pm PDT AP - Nine marijuana dispensaries in Fresno must shut their doors while attorneys battle in court over whether city zoning laws banning dispensaries can trump the state laws that allow them. Full Story Top Jury finds mayor of Alabama city guilty of fraud Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:20 pm PDT Reuters - A jury found Larry Langford, the mayor of Alabama's biggest city Birmingham, guilty of charges ranging from bribery to criminal conspiracy on Wednesday in a federal corruption trial. Full Story Top Jackson case MD due in court child support case Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:19 pm PDT AP - A lawyer says the physician being investigated in Michael Jackson's death will appear for a Nov. 16 child support hearing in Las Vegas. Full Story Top Sexual assault, theft motive in Ill. family deaths Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:51 pm PDT AP - Indictments released Wednesday claim two brothers armed with a tire iron broke into a family's home to rob them and assault a teenage girl before beating five people to death. Full Story Top Mayor of Alabama city found guilty of corruption Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:47 pm PDT Reuters - A jury found the mayor of Alabama's biggest city, Birmingham, guilty on all 60 counts in a federal corruption trial on Wednesday. Full Story Top Witness: Doctor had hidden records on Smith Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:29 pm PDT AP - A doctor accused of conspiracy to provide prescription drugs to Anna Nicole Smith kept a hidden stash of her medical records in his home, a medical board investigator testified Wednesday. Full Story Top Md. judge pleads guilty to vehicle tampering Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:20 pm PDT AP - A Maryland judge has apologized for engaging in a bit of vigilante justice when he let the air out of the tire of a courthouse employee who parked in a restricted area. Full Story Top Records: Slain NJ priest discussed firing suspect Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:16 pm PDT AP - One day before he was stabbed to death in the kitchen of his church rectory, a New Jersey priest had discussed firing the janitor later charged in the killing, according to court documents. Full Story Top Judge defers bail ruling on Madoff No. 2 DiPascali Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:11 pm PDT Reuters - Epic fraudster Bernard Madoff's longtime deputy Frank DiPascali must stay in jail while a federal judge further considers whether to release him on bail, as the defendant and federal prosecutors have requested. Full Story Top Man convicted in Tennessee couple's slayings Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:59 am PDT AP - A jury has convicted the accused ringleader in the carjacking and murders of a young Tennessee couple on a date. Full Story Top Teen to stay in custody in slaying of Mo. girl Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:36 am PDT AP - A teenage suspect in the slaying of a 9-year-old Missouri girl will remain in juvenile custody until a judge decides next month whether the first-degree murder case should be tried in adult court. Full Story Top Man pleads guilty for burn that became SC wildfire Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:44 am PDT AP - A man fined for starting a blaze several days before the most destructive wildfire in South Carolina history has pleaded guilty and will pay $732. Full Story Top Feds: Haiti abuse suspect sought boys while in US Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:41 am PDT AP - Federal prosecutors say a Colorado man charged with sexually abusing nine boys at a school he founded in Haiti was using his computer while in the United States to search for boys. Full Story Top Bond decision delayed for Chicago terror suspect Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:59 am PDT AP - A federal judge says she needs more information before deciding whether to allow one of two Chicago men accused of plotting an attack on a Danish newspaper to remain free on bond pending trial. Full Story Top New penalty phase in case of man stabbed 193 times Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:38 am PDT AP - Texas' highest criminal court has thrown out the 25-year prison sentence a Houston jury gave a woman convicted of murder for stabbing her tied-up husband 193 times. Full Story Top

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