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Today's Crimes and Trials: Court orders hearing for condemned Calif. inmate APNewsBreak: Skakel says attorney was incompetent Texan imprisoned for child sex assault exonerated Prosecutors: Fear of jail motivated Tenn. slayings Judge critical of prosecutors in Anna Nicole trial Prosecution, defense rest cases in Smith trial Guilty plea in NJ multiple personality killings Md. man charged with slaying other mental patient Lawyer: NJ ticket scam defendants didn't break law Jaycee Dugard tells of kidnap ordeal in new book Judge declares mistrial in Buju Banton drug case Conn. lawyer called to court over remarks to media Vince Neil gets new court date in Vegas DUI case Man convicted of murder in Angels pitcher's death Mistrial declared in Blackwater contractor case `Bloody Crimes' is compelling story of Civil War US probing Karzai brother: report U.S. investigating Karzai brother: report Kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard writing memoir NY wife-killing case back in court after hung jury Court orders hearing for condemned Calif. inmate Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:28 pm PDT AP - A federal appeals court ordered a trial judge late Monday to reconsider his ruling that paved the way for California's first execution in nearly five years. Full Story Top APNewsBreak: Skakel says attorney was incompetent Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:57 pm PDT AP - Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel filed another appeal of his 2002 murder conviction late Monday, this time arguing his high-profile trial attorney was incompetent. Full Story Top Texan imprisoned for child sex assault exonerated Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:31 pm PDT AP - A judge on Monday overturned the 1993 conviction of a deaf man who was sent to prison for raping a 5-year-old girl despite an absence of physical evidence linking him to the attack. Full Story Top Prosecutors: Fear of jail motivated Tenn. slayings Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:03 pm PDT AP - Jessie Dotson had been out of prison several months when an argument at his brother's house turned violent, authorities said, and he gunned the man down. Desperate not to return to jail, he tried to rid the scene of witnesses — shooting and killing three other adults, then using knives and boards to kill two of his brother's children and seriously injure three others, a prosecutor said at his trial Monday. Full Story Top Judge critical of prosecutors in Anna Nicole trial Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:49 pm PDT Reuters - The judge in the Anna Nicole Smith drug trial slammed prosecutors on Monday for their aggressive pursuit of convictions against three people accused of plying the actress with prescription drugs before her 2007 death. Full Story Top Prosecution, defense rest cases in Smith trial Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:03 pm PDT AP - Prosecution and defense attorneys rested their cases Monday in the seven-week drug conspiracy trial of Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer-boyfriend and two doctors charged with providing her with excessive amounts of opiates and sedatives while knowing she was an addict. Full Story Top Guilty plea in NJ multiple personality killings Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:55 pm PDT AP - A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to killing three family members, but tells a judge one of his multiple personalities committed the crimes. Full Story Top Md. man charged with slaying other mental patient Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:42 pm PDT AP - On a medium-security wing at a state mental hospital, El Soundani El-Wahhabi befriended the woman in the room three doors down who, like him, was committed there after a murder trial. He's now accused of killing her. Full Story Top Lawyer: NJ ticket scam defendants didn't break law Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:12 pm PDT AP - The upcoming trial of four California men accused of illegally buying more than a million sports and concert tickets online could set new rules for prosecuting computer fraud if it's allowed to proceed, an attorney for one of the men argued in federal court Monday. Full Story Top Jaycee Dugard tells of kidnap ordeal in new book Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:43 pm PDT Reuters - Jaycee Dugard, the California woman who was kidnapped at age 11 and held captive for 18 years before being found in 2009, will tell her harrowing tale in a new book, publisher Simon and Schuster said on Monday. Full Story Top Judge declares mistrial in Buju Banton drug case Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:30 pm PDT AP - A Florida judge on Monday declared a mistrial for Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton, who was accused of conspiring to buy cocaine from an undercover police officer last year. Full Story Top Conn. lawyer called to court over remarks to media Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:14 pm PDT AP - A judge on Monday ordered an attorney for one of two men charged with killing a mother and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion to explain why he shouldn't face criminal contempt proceedings for speaking out about the case. Full Story Top Vince Neil gets new court date in Vegas DUI case Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:56 am PDT AP - A Las Vegas judge set a new court date for Motley Crue singer Vince Neil on misdemeanor drunken driving and speeding charges. Full Story Top Man convicted of murder in Angels pitcher's death Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:59 am PDT AP - A jury has found a man guilty of murder in the deaths of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others in a drunken-driving crash. Full Story Top Mistrial declared in Blackwater contractor case Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:06 am PDT AP - A federal judge has declared a mistral in the case of two former Blackwater contractors accused of murdering two unarmed Afghan civilians and wounding a third man in Kabul. Full Story Top `Bloody Crimes' is compelling story of Civil War Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:51 am 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 US probing Karzai brother: report Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:41 am PDT AFP - US federal prosecutors have launched a criminal corruption probe into one of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brothers, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Full Story Top U.S. investigating Karzai brother: report Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:07 am PDT Reuters - Federal prosecutors in New York have opened a corruption investigation into a brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing unnamed U.S. officials. Full Story Top Kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard writing memoir Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:04 am PDT AP - Jaycee Dugard, who survived being kidnapped at age 11 and held captive for 18 years, is writing a memoir. Full Story Top NY wife-killing case back in court after hung jury Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:45 am PDT AP - The case of a New York man accused of killing his wife and incinerating her in an oil drum is going back to court. Full Story Top

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