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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Allegations of misconduct sidetrack Arias trial UPDATE 2-Cricket-Ryder responding, second man arrested - police Prosecutors reject plea offer of accused Colorado theater shooter: report Ga. city official arrested in slain baby case Prosecutors not ready to agree to Holmes plea Cricket-Man arrested in connection to Ryder assault - police Prosecutors say lawyers for Holmes have not made legitimate plea offer Domestic violence expert testifies in Arias trial Will James Holmes avoid death penalty for Colorado theater shooting? Bail raised for teen accused of hate-crime attack Ex-prosecutor: Death penalty decision wrenching

Allegations of misconduct sidetrack Arias trial  Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 10:40 PM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — The Jodi Arias murder trial became even more of a spectacle Thursday as defense attorneys argued that the prosecutor committed misconduct by signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans outside court. Full Story	Top
UPDATE 2-Cricket-Ryder responding, second man arrested - police  Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 10:29 PM PDT (adds second arrest) By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) - New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder's condition was improving and he was responding to medical staff and his family on Friday as police said they had arrested two men in connection with the alleged assault. A 20-year-old man and 37-year-old had been charged with assault and would appear in court on April 4, New Zealand Police (NZP) said in a statement. The men were related, police said, without providing further detail. ... Full Story	Top
Prosecutors reject plea offer of accused Colorado theater shooter: report  Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 08:35 PM PDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Prosecutors have rejected the plea offer of the man accused of gunning down 12 people in a Colorado movie theater last July, saying his defense team's offer of a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding the death penalty was not legitimate, the Denver Post newspaper reported on Thursday. "There is not — and has never been — an actual or unqualified 'offer' to plead guilty," prosecutors wrote in court documents released on Thursday, according to the paper. ... Full Story	Top
Ga. city official arrested in slain baby case  Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 07:59 PM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — A city official in Georgia has been arrested on charges of willfully obstructing law enforcement and influencing a witness in the case involving a 13-month-old boy who was fatally shot last week. Full Story	Top
Prosecutors not ready to agree to Holmes plea  Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 05:39 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting on Thursday rejected an offer from suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty and accused defense lawyers of a serious breach of court rules by making the offer public. Full Story	Top
Cricket-Man arrested in connection to Ryder assault - police  Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:32 PM PDT By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) - Police have arrested and charged a 20-year-old man in connection with the assault on New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder that has left the batsman in a critical condition in a Christchurch hospital. New Zealand Police (NZP) said the man had been charged with assault on Thursday and would appear in court on April 4. Police were following "positive lines of inquiry" in relation to another person, NZP said in a statement on Friday. ... Full Story	Top
Prosecutors say lawyers for Holmes have not made legitimate plea offer  Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:29 PM PDT (Reuters) - Prosecutors said on Thursday that lawyers for a former graduate student accused of killing 12 people at a Colorado movie theater last July have not made a legitimate offer to have him plead guilty in the case, the Denver Post newspaper reported on Thursday. Arapahoe County prosecutors made the assertion in court papers responding to a defense motion filed by attorneys for James Holmes, in which the defense said that Holmes was willing to plead guilty in exchange for a life prison term. ... Full Story	Top
Domestic violence expert testifies in Arias trial  Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 01:20 PM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — Testimony in Jodi Arias' murder trial has concluded for the day as the judge reviewed a motion by defense attorneys claiming prosecutorial misconduct. Full Story	Top
Will James Holmes avoid death penalty for Colorado theater shooting?  Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 08:21 AM PDT James Holmes, the suspect in last summer's movie theater shooting in Colorado, has offered to plead guilty and serve life without parole but only if prosecutors do not seek the death penalty. Full Story	Top
Bail raised for teen accused of hate-crime attack  Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 06:37 AM PDT DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Bail has been raised nearly sevenfold to $520,000 for a teenager facing hate crime allegations in the brutal beating of a Northern California man. Full Story	Top
Ex-prosecutor: Death penalty decision wrenching  Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 01:21 AM PDT DENVER (AP) — James Holmes is willing to spend the rest of his life in prison if it means there's no chance he'll be executed. Now prosecutors have to decide whether that's a deal they're willing to make with the former graduate student accused in last summer's Colorado movie theater massacre. Full Story	Top

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