Today's Crimes and Trials:
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`Bloody Crimes' is compelling story of Civil War
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:00 pm PDT
 AP - "Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse" (William Morrow, $27.99), by James Swanson: Spring 1865: The Civil War appears to be almost over, and President Abraham Lincoln has been assassinated. Jefferson Davis flees the Confederate capital in Richmond, Va., while the Union mourns in "Bloody Crimes," the latest page-turning history from James Swanson. Full Story | Top |
U.S. soldier faces murder charges from Afghan war
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:35 pm PDT
Reuters - The first of 12 U.S. soldiers charged with crimes in Afghanistan that range from killing civilians to keeping body parts as war trophies faces a military tribunal on Monday that will decide whether his case proceeds to court-martial. Full Story | Top |
France seeks talks with Qaeda kidnappers
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 06:49 pm PDT
 AFP - Five French hostages and two other foreigners kidnapped in Niger by an Al-Qaeda gang are alive and being held in the mountains of northern Mali, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said, as a Malian source reported having seen them. Full Story | Top |
Courts, public opinion chipping away at ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:30 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - In what's being seen as a legal chipping away at don't ask, don't tell, US District Judge Ronald Leighton ruled Friday that former Air Force Reserve Maj. Margaret Witt, a military nurse, should be "reinstated at the earliest possible moment." Maj. Witt had been forced out of the military because of her sexual orientation. Full Story | Top |
Jury rejects caffeine defense at Ky. murder trial
Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:18 am PDT
AP - A Kentucky man has been convicted of murder in his wife's death after a jury rejected defense claims that his statements to police were made under high stress fueled by large amounts of caffeine and a lack of sleep. Full Story | Top |
Judge clears way for 1st Calif execution since '06
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:12 pm PDT
AP - A federal judge cleared the way Friday for California's first execution in nearly five years, citing the state's efforts to revise its lethal injection procedure and a Supreme Court ruling making it more difficult for condemned inmates to delay their death. Full Story | Top |
Judge halts criminal proceedings against Garrido
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:02 pm PDT
 AP - A judge temporarily suspended criminal proceedings Friday against the man accused of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard when she was a child and holding her prisoner for 18 years, citing worries about the defendant's mental state. Full Story | Top |
U.S. judge orders lesbian Air Force nurse reinstated
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:40 pm PDT
Reuters - A former U.S. Air Force flight nurse expelled from the military after revealing she is a lesbian was ordered reinstated by a federal judge on Friday in a closely watched court challenge to the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Full Story | Top |
Fla. bank robbers strap bomb to abducted teller
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:18 pm PDT
 AP - A bank teller was kidnapped early Friday from his home by robbers who strapped a suspected bomb to his chest and used him to steal money from a Bank of America branch near the University of Miami, according to the FBI. Full Story | Top |
Ex-lobbyist pleads to illegal campaign donations
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:54 pm PDT
AP - A former defense lobbyist who helped clients secure more than $100 million in contracts pleaded guilty Friday to illegally funneling more than $380,000 in campaign contributions to House members controlling the Pentagon's budget. Full Story | Top |
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