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Daily News Digest: Crimes and Trials

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Today's Crimes and Trials:
Judge rules for gov't on Rajaratnam evidence
Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:54 pm PST
Reuters - A federal judge ordered that Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam must reveal taped evidence to be used in his upcoming insider trading trial set for March 8, a court document said. Full Story
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Saudi suspect in terror plot appears in fed. court
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:38 pm PST
AP - The world is watching to see how the justice system treats a college student from Saudi Arabia who is accused of buying chemicals online as part of a plan to blow up key U.S. targets, his attorney said Friday. Full Story
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NY gov asks inspector to review troubled crime lab
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:29 pm PST
AP - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed the state Inspector general to review testing procedures and protocols of a police department crime lab that was closed after revelations that it was generating inaccurate measurements in drug cases. Full Story
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Ex-Ga. judge: depression led to drug conviction
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:45 pm PST
AP - A former veteran federal judge who pleaded guilty to two drug-related charges after a stripper claimed he used cocaine with her said in court papers Friday that his battle with depression and brain damage from a bicycling accident led to his troubles. Full Story
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NY Sept. 11 wrongful death trial focus may narrow
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:20 pm PST
AP - A judge on Friday urged lawyers in the June trial of the only wrongful death case remaining from the Sept. 11 attacks to see if they can trim the number of defendants, but one lawyer cited lingering questions over how weapons made it onto the plane as a reason why a Boston airport might need to remain in the case. Full Story
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Phil Spector won't appear in person at civil trial
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:03 pm PST
AP - Prison officials won't allow music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector to attend a civil trial in which he is trying to recoup $1 million paid to celebrity attorney Robert Shapiro, a lawyer told a judge on Friday. Full Story
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US citizen extradited on Hezbollah charges
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:59 pm PST
AFP - A dual US-Lebanese citizen has been extradited from Paraguay and charged with supporting Lebanon's Hezbollah militant force, US officials said Friday. Full Story
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DA: Grand jury had enough to charge boy with rape
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:42 pm PST
AP - Prosecutors in the case of a teen charged with statutory rape in connection with the suicide of a 15-year-old Massachusetts girl who was bullied acknowledged Friday that the girl's birthdate wasn't given to a grand jury that indicted the boy. Full Story
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Ohioan who raped grandma gets death for 2 murders
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:29 pm PST
AP - An ex-convict has been sentenced to death in Ohio for killing his grandfather and raping and killing his grandmother. Full Story
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Boston officials testing three more for measles
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:19 pm PST
Reuters - Three cases of measles are now suspected in Boston among residents who may have crossed paths with a 24-year-old woman whose diagnosis was confirmed earlier this month, health officials said on Friday. Full Story
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Wisconsin serial killer gets consecutive life sentences
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:03 am PST
Reuters - Serial killer Walter E. Ellis on Thursday received consecutive life sentences with no parole in Milwaukee County Circuit Court for committing seven homicides over a 21-year-period. Full Story
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US shooter refuses to sign Pakistan charge sheet
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:17 am PST
AFP - A CIA contractor charged with double murder after shooting dead two men in Pakistan refused to sign a charge sheet in court on Friday and insisted he had diplomatic immunity, lawyers said. Full Story
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"Pacman" Jones gets probation for Vegas brawl
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:05 am PST
Reuters - Cincinnati Bengals defensive back Adam "Pacman" Jones was sentenced on Thursday to a year's probation for his role in a 2007 Las Vegas strip club brawl that left one man paralyzed from the waist down and two others wounded. Full Story
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Jackson judge, defense spar over witnesses in case
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:53 am PST
AP - A judge overseeing the upcoming Michael Jackson trial has questioned defense attorneys about why they are not preparing reports and statements on possible witnesses. Full Story
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Pakistani court adjourns U.S. murder trial to March 3
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:09 am PST
Reuters - A Pakistani court adjourned Friday the trial of a CIA contractor charged with killing two Pakistanis until March 3, dismissing U.S. demands for his release. Full Story
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WA inmate charged with aggravated murder in death
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:47 pm PST
AP - Prosecutors have filed an aggravated murder charge against a Washington prison inmate accused of strangling a guard at the Monroe Correctional Complex. Full Story
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Grand jury indicts cross-border fake document ring
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:25 pm PST
AFP - A federal grand jury has indicted over 20 members of an alleged forged documents ring based in Mexico that kidnapped, beat and murdered its competitors, officials said. Full Story
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Key soldier reaches plea deal in Afghan murder case
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:38 pm PST
Reuters - A key suspect in the U.S. Army prosecution of soldiers accused of terrorizing unarmed Afghan civilians has agreed to plead guilty to murder charges next week and testify against his co-defendants, his lawyer said on Thursday. Full Story
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1 of 5 charged in Mo. sex slave case pleads guilty
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:00 pm PST
AP - A southwest Missouri man has admitted that he paid money to torture a young woman who was being held as a sex slave in a rural trailer. Full Story
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NY judge rejects DA's bid for crime lab prosecutor
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:49 pm PST
AP - A district attorney on Long Island said Thursday she will ask New York's governor to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate a troubled local police department crime lab after a judge rejected concerns that potential conflicts may arise from her probe of an agency also involved in law enforcement. Full Story
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