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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Staffer with B.C.'s Liberals resigns after convict invited to legislature Man found guilty in Grand Canyon child abuse case Prosecutors to seek death penalty for accused "Alphabet murders" Jury selection begins in San Francisco sheriff trial Stanford swindle among history's worst: prosecutor Fate of financier Stanford in jury's hands Death penalty sought in N. Calif. serial slayings Guantanamo convict ready to join 'Team America' Former security chief at coal mine where 29 died is sentenced Prosecutors to seek death penalty against accused Alphabet 12 jurors seated for Philly priest sex abuse trial Man arrested for using fake ID with Jack Nicholson's face Jurors deliberating Grand Canyon child abuse case Lawyer wants NY court to nix boosted prison term New trial set for June in Oracle, SAP case Ex-security chief sentenced to 3 years for impeding investigation of 2010 US mine blast Ex-security chief sentenced to 3 years for impeding investigation of 2010 W.Va. mine blast Portugal judge: US fugitive won't be extradited Prosecutor tells jurors US financier Stanford lined his pockets with 'other people's money' S.Africa's Kruger Park officials arrested for rhino poaching Rafferty pleads not guilty in Stafford slaying; jury selection continues Court official: Portugal won't extradite US fugitive George Wright for 4-decade-old crimes Premier defends school after dad arrested following daughter's gun drawing Ex-mine security chief to be sentenced over blast Protesters Were Arrested Trying to Re-Occupy Zuccotti Park Staffer with B.C.'s Liberals resigns after convict invited to legislature Wed,29 Feb 2012 10:11 PM PST Associated Press - VANCOUVER - A regional director with B.C.'s governing Liberal party has resigned after a convicted criminal was invited to the provincial legislature to watch the budget speech. Full Story Top Man found guilty in Grand Canyon child abuse case Wed,29 Feb 2012 05:28 PM PST Associated Press - A grandfather was found guilty of child abuse Wednesday for forcing his grandsons on grueling hikes in the Grand Canyon in searing August heat, withholding food and water and choking and kicking them during the long treks. Full Story Top Prosecutors to seek death penalty for accused "Alphabet murders" Wed,29 Feb 2012 04:53 PM PST Reuters - SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against "Alphabet Murders" suspect Joseph Naso, a judge said on Wednesday, but the 78-year-old accused serial killer insisted on continuing to act as his own attorney. Naso, who has admitted a penchant for photographing women in nylons and high heels but denies killing anyone, is charged with first-degree murder in the slayings of four northern California prostitutes, two in the 1970s and two more in the 1990s. ... Full Story Top Jury selection begins in San Francisco sheriff trial Wed,29 Feb 2012 04:41 PM PST Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Jury selection got underway on Wednesday in the spousal-abuse trial of San Francisco's newly elected sheriff, Ross Mirkarimi, despite failed efforts by the controversial lawman's wife to vindicate him and have charges dropped. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Garrett Wong, in a sometimes heated hearing, rejected a request by an attorney for Mirkarimi's wife, Eliana Lopez, to exclude a video in which she bared a bruise on her arm and said her husband inflicted it. ... Full Story Top Stanford swindle among history's worst: prosecutor Wed,29 Feb 2012 04:12 PM PST Reuters - HOUSTON (Reuters) - Allen Stanford perpetrated one of the biggest thefts in history, a U.S. prosecutor said on Wednesday as the former financier's trial neared its end. Stanford, 61, is on trial in federal court in Houston, accused of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Jurors began deliberations after hearing final arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys. "It was one of the greatest thefts in history. Billions of dollars," prosecutor Gregg Costa said as he summed up the government's case. "Fraud is just theft wearing a business suit," he said. ... Full Story Top Fate of financier Stanford in jury's hands Wed,29 Feb 2012 04:09 PM PST Associated Press - The fate of Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford — accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme that took billions from investors — rests in the hands of the Houston jury, as prosecutors and defense attorneys presented their closing arguments in the financier's fraud trial Wednesday. Full Story Top Death penalty sought in N. Calif. serial slayings Wed,29 Feb 2012 03:46 PM PST Associated Press - Prosecutors said Wednesday that they plan to seek the death penalty against a man suspected of killing four prostitutes in rural Northern California. Full Story Top Guantanamo convict ready to join 'Team America' Wed,29 Feb 2012 03:27 PM PST Reuters - GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A former CIA "ghost prisoner" who grew up near Baltimore admitted to a U.S. war crimes court on Wednesday that he was an al Qaeda money courier and martyr-in-training now prepared to help prosecute other terrorism suspects. Pakistani defendant Maid Khan is remorseful and ready "to join Team America, to do the right thing," his Army lawyer, Lieutenant Colonel Jon Jackson, said after the hearing. "He wishes he had never been involved with al Qaeda ever." After nearly nine years in U.S. ... Full Story Top Former security chief at coal mine where 29 died is sentenced Wed,29 Feb 2012 03:12 PM PST Reuters - CHARLESTON, West Virginia (Reuters)- - The former security chief at a coal mine where 29 miners died in 2010 was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison for lying to federal agents and obstructing an investigation into the worst accident in the U.S. mining industry in four decades. Hughie Elbert Stover, of Clear Fork, West Virginia, who was convicted last October, had faced a maximum possible sentence of 25 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Irene Berger in Beckley, West Virginia. ... Full Story Top Prosecutors to seek death penalty against accused Alphabet Wed,29 Feb 2012 01:46 PM PST Reuters - SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against "Alphabet Murders" suspect Joseph Naso, a judge revealed on Wednesday, but the accused serial killer, who pleaded not guilty, insisted on continuing to act as his own attorney. Naso, 78, a former photographer, is charged with first-degree murder in the slayings of four northern California prostitutes, two in the 1970s and two more in the 1990s. The killings were dubbed the "Alphabet Murders" because each victim had first and last names beginning with the same letters. ... Full Story Top 12 jurors seated for Philly priest sex abuse trial Wed,29 Feb 2012 01:44 PM PST Associated Press - A jury of six men and six women, many with Catholic ties, was seated Wednesday to hear a landmark criminal case on how the Archdiocese of Philadelphia handled priests accused of molesting children. Full Story Top Man arrested for using fake ID with Jack Nicholson's face Wed,29 Feb 2012 01:42 PM PST The Daily Caller - A word to the wise: If you are going to use a fake identification card, don't use a photo of one of the most famous actors in the world. Full Story Top Jurors deliberating Grand Canyon child abuse case Wed,29 Feb 2012 01:28 PM PST Associated Press - Jurors in Phoenix have begun deliberations in the case of an Indiana man accused of forcing his grandsons on two grueling hikes in the Grand Canyon last summer. Full Story Top Lawyer wants NY court to nix boosted prison term Wed,29 Feb 2012 12:53 PM PST Associated Press - Three judges seemed unimpressed Wednesday with arguments that the First Amendment rights of a civil rights lawyer convicted of aiding a terrorist organization were violated when her prison sentence was quadrupled after she said she could serve the time "standing on my head." Full Story Top New trial set for June in Oracle, SAP case Wed,29 Feb 2012 12:15 PM PST AFP - A US judge on Tuesday set a June date for a new trial in a long-running copyright infringement case between US business software giant Oracle and its German rival SAP. Full Story Top Ex-security chief sentenced to 3 years for impeding investigation of 2010 US mine blast Wed,29 Feb 2012 11:02 AM PST Associated Press - BECKLEY, W.Va. - A former security chief convicted of lying to investigators about the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 men at a southern West Virginia coal mine has been sentenced to three years in prison. Full Story Top Ex-security chief sentenced to 3 years for impeding investigation of 2010 W.Va. mine blast Wed,29 Feb 2012 10:58 AM PST Associated Press - BECKLEY, W.Va. - A former security chief convicted of lying to investigators about the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 men at a southern West Virginia coal mine has been sentenced to three years in prison. Full Story Top Portugal judge: US fugitive won't be extradited Wed,29 Feb 2012 10:55 AM PST Associated Press - Portugal won't extradite American fugitive George Wright to the United States for crimes he committed there four decades ago, after the U.S. ran out of possibilities to appeal the decision to let him stay, a Portuguese court official said Wednesday. Full Story Top Prosecutor tells jurors US financier Stanford lined his pockets with 'other people's money' Wed,29 Feb 2012 10:52 AM PST Associated Press - HOUSTON - Tycoon R. Allen Stanford flushed away billions of investor funds on a "lavish lifestyle and his loser companies" as part of a massive pyramid scheme that spanned two decades, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday. Full Story Top S.Africa's Kruger Park officials arrested for rhino poaching Wed,29 Feb 2012 09:11 AM PST AFP - South Africa's Kruger National Park on Wednesday said four staff members, including a field ranger, have been arrested for rhino poaching, which has killed 43 of its animals so far this year. Full Story Top Rafferty pleads not guilty in Stafford slaying; jury selection continues Wed,29 Feb 2012 08:31 AM PST Associated Press - LONDON, Ont. - A 31-year-old man has pleaded not guilty in London, Ont., to kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing an eight-year-old girl. Full Story Top Court official: Portugal won't extradite US fugitive George Wright for 4-decade-old crimes Wed,29 Feb 2012 08:22 AM PST Associated Press - LISBON, Portugal - A Portuguese court official says American fugitive George Wright won't be extradited to the United States after decades on the run. Full Story Top Premier defends school after dad arrested following daughter's gun drawing Wed,29 Feb 2012 07:28 AM PST Associated Press - TORONTO - Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is defending teachers and school officials in Kitchener who called authorities after a four-year-old girl drew a picture of her dad holding a gun. Full Story Top Ex-mine security chief to be sentenced over blast Wed,29 Feb 2012 07:16 AM PST Associated Press - A convicted former security chief at the Upper Big Branch mine in southern West Virginia will learn his fate for lying to investigators about the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 men. Full Story Top Protesters Were Arrested Trying to Re-Occupy Zuccotti Park Wed,29 Feb 2012 07:14 AM PST The Atlantic Wire - It was just like old times at Zuccotti Park on Tuesday night, as protesters marched to the tiny downtown Manhattan Square with their sleeping bags and police rolled out the paddy wagons. After marching from Union Square to Zuccotti Park -- where Occupy Wall Street began on Sept. 17, 2011 -- demonstrators rolled out sleeping bags and lay down, tweeted Andrew Katz, a Columbia journalism student who frequently covers Occupy. But the cops were waiting with some 13 vans, Katz noted, and toward midnight, they started making arrests. ... Full Story Top

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