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Today's Crimes and Trials: DC crowd sprayed with bullets had been to funeral US lawyer wants to question pope on child sex cases Deputy not indicted for Tasering 72-year-old woman Abducted Army linguist glad to be back in US Judge grants gag order in Ariz. sweat lodge case Eight U.S. militia members enter not guilty pleas Prosecutor: Agent infiltrated Christian militia Rajaratnam lawyers fight wiretap orders disclosure Swiss to decide on Polanski after Calif. ruling Immigrant wins case over bad legal advice Evangelist Alamo loses prison phone privileges Prosecutors renew demands for Polanski's return Liberian teenager pleads guilty in rape case Calif. judge sentences serial killer to death Rip Torn exits rehab and pleads not guilty Justice Dept. criticized over identify theft Rip Torn pleads not guilty in Conn. bank break-in NY court sees synagogue attack as hate crime Tennessee man pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama, others New Zealand man on trial in NY in wife's murder DC crowd sprayed with bullets had been to funeral Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:31 pm PDT AP - A crowd sprayed with bullets in a drive-by that killed four and wounded five had just returned from the funeral of man slain nearby and a 20-year-old is suspected in both shootings, according to authorities trying to prevent retaliation on Wednesday. Full Story Top US lawyer wants to question pope on child sex cases Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:06 pm PDT AFP - A US lawyer has gone to court seeking to have Pope Benedict XVI questioned over the child sex scandal that is rocking the Roman Catholic church, the attorney told AFP Wednesday. Full Story Top Deputy not indicted for Tasering 72-year-old woman Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:40 pm PDT AP - A deputy constable who shocked a 72-year-old woman with a Taser after she dared him to use the stun gun during a traffic job was cleared Wednesday by a grand jury. Full Story Top Abducted Army linguist glad to be back in US Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:49 pm PDT AP - A civilian Army employee kidnapped while working as a linguist in Iraq released a statement Wednesday saying he is delighted to be back in the United States and is focused being able to reintegrate back into his normal life. Full Story Top Judge grants gag order in Ariz. sweat lodge case Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:28 pm PDT AP - An Arizona judge has granted the prosecution's request for a gag order in the case of a motivational speaker charged with manslaughter. Full Story Top Eight U.S. militia members enter not guilty pleas Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:29 pm PDT Reuters - Eight members of an extremist militia group accused of conspiring to kill law enforcement officers as part of a wider war on the U.S. government pleaded not guilty in federal court on Wednesday. Full Story Top Prosecutor: Agent infiltrated Christian militia Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:00 pm PDT AP - A federal prosecutor says an undercover agent infiltrated a Christian militia group that authorities say plotted to incite violent revolt, and that the agent built explosives under the direction of the group's suspected ringleader. Full Story Top Rajaratnam lawyers fight wiretap orders disclosure Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:08 pm PDT Reuters - The public does not have the right to see court applications and orders for wiretaps in the Galleon hedge fund insider trading case, lawyers for accused fund founder Raj Rajaratnam argued on Wednesday. Full Story Top Swiss to decide on Polanski after Calif. ruling Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:05 am PDT AP - Switzerland's decision on extraditing Roman Polanski will be made after a California court rules whether he can be sentenced in absentia in a 33-year-old sex case, a Swiss official said Wednesday. Full Story Top Immigrant wins case over bad legal advice Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:02 am PDT Reuters - The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that an immigrant's legal right to effective counsel was violated when his attorney mistakenly told him he could plead guilty to drug charges without being deported. Full Story Top Evangelist Alamo loses prison phone privileges Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:47 am PDT AP - An attorney says convicted evangelist Tony Alamo has had his telephone privileges suspended for more than 400 days for violating Federal Bureau of Prisons policy. Full Story Top Prosecutors renew demands for Polanski's return Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:33 am PDT AP - Prosecutors angrily deny claims by Roman Polanski's lawyers that they tried to conceal evidence in his 32-year-old sex case, and they have renewed demands that an appeals court order him to return to the United States for sentencing. Full Story Top Liberian teenager pleads guilty in rape case Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:48 pm PDT AP - A teenage Liberian refugee charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old girl in Phoenix last summer pleaded guilty in the case Tuesday, authorities said. Full Story Top Calif. judge sentences serial killer to death Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:42 pm PDT AP - Relatives of victims poured out their grief and anger Tuesday before convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala was sentenced to death in a packed courtroom in the 1970s strangling of four women and a 12-year-old girl. Full Story Top Rip Torn exits rehab and pleads not guilty Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:50 pm PDT Reuters - Actor Rip Torn has been released from an alcohol treatment clinic and pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges stemming from his arrest on suspicion of being drunk and armed inside a closed Connecticut bank. Full Story Top Justice Dept. criticized over identify theft Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:24 am PDT Reuters - The Justice Department has failed to treat identity theft, one of the nation's fastest growing crimes, as a priority, the agency's inspector general said in a report released on Tuesday. Full Story Top Rip Torn pleads not guilty in Conn. bank break-in Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:36 am PDT AP - Actor Rip Torn pleaded not guilty Tuesday to burglary and firearms charges stemming from his January arrest inside a Connecticut bank after hours. Full Story Top NY court sees synagogue attack as hate crime Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:21 am PDT AP - A person can be guilty of a hate crime even if the violence is directed at a building rather than a person, New York's top court ruled Tuesday. Full Story Top Tennessee man pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama, others Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:42 am PDT Reuters - A U.S. man pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to carry out a killing spree targeting African Americans, including then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Justice Department said. Full Story Top New Zealand man on trial in NY in wife's murder Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:22 am PDT AP - Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of a New Zealand man charged with stabbing his wife to death on a New York park trail last year. Full Story Top

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