Recent Updates
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Citigroup ex-VP pleads guilty to embezzling $22M
Court Alerts 09/07/2011A former Citigroup vice president in New York City has admitted to embezzling more than $22 million from the bank for his personal use. Gary Foster pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday. The New York Post says that...
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Texas voting district maps argued in court
Court Alerts 09/06/2011Attorneys for minority groups in Texas are criticizing the makeup of four new congressional seats. The state is getting the new seats because of mostly Hispanic population growth. But in opening statements Tuesday, attorneys argued that the new map i...
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Court convicts Serb general for Balkan atrocities
Court Alerts 09/05/2011The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal sentenced the former chief of the Yugoslav army to 27 years imprisonment Tuesday for providing crucial military aid to Bosnian Serb forces responsible for the Srebrenica massacre and for a deadly four-year campaign of...
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Court won't allow plea withdrawal in porn case
Court Alerts 09/02/2011A federal appeals court says there are several reasons John Joseph Maillet can't withdraw his guilty plea on a child pornography charge for enticing a teenager to pose with venomous snakes. For one, Maillet didn't say he was innocent. Maillet pleaded...
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Appeals Court upholds sanctions against doctor
Court Alerts 09/01/2011An appeals court has upheld sanctions against a former University of Wisconsin Hospital doctor who was accused of fondling female patients. The 4th District Court of Appeals said in its decision Thursday that the state Medical Examining Board properl...
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Gibson settlement with ex to be discussed in court
Court Alerts 08/31/2011A judge is scheduled to discuss financial details of a settlement between Mel Gibson and his ex-girlfriend in a long-running custody dispute over their young daughter. Both the Oscar winner and Russian musician Oksana Grigorieva are expected to appea...
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Court to hear appeal over medicating Loughner
Court Alerts 08/30/2011A federal appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday over a request to permanently ban prison officials from forcibly medicating the Tucson shooting rampage suspect with psychotropic drugs. At issue in Jared Lee Loughner's appeal before the 9th Circui...
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Del. pediatrician gets life for abusing patients
Court Alerts 08/26/2011A Delaware pediatrician convicted of sexually abusing scores of young patients over more than a decade was sentenced Friday to life in prison. Earl Bradley showed no emotion as a judge sentenced him to 14 life sentences for 14 counts of first-degree ...
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NJ court orders changes to witness ID evidence
Court Alerts 08/24/2011New Jersey's highest court has ordered changes to the way eyewitness identifications are used in court, saying the current system is not reliable enough.The state Supreme Court found that the current process doesn't deter police misconduct and overst...
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Mo. woman pleads guilty in exported vehicle scheme
Court Alerts 08/24/2011A Missouri woman who prosecutors say played a central role in a scheme to buy more than 300 vehicles with phony titles and improperly export them has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud. Patrice Robertson pleaded guilty Tuesday as part of a plea agr...
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Somali gets life in prison for US yacht hijacking
Court Alerts 08/22/2011A federal judge has sentenced a Somali man to life in prison for his role in the hijacking of yacht that left all four Americans on board dead. Ali Abdi Mohamed is the first to be sentenced of 11 men who pleaded guilty to piracy in the case. Mohamed ...
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Former CEO guilty in 'Ponzi' scheme
Court Alerts 08/18/2011The former CEO of an Austin-based investment firm was found guilty on Wednesday on federal charges that he schemed and defrauded investors out of millions of dollars. Triton Financial CEO Kurt Branham Barton was named in a 39-count indictment allegin...