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Sheen pleads not guilty in domestic violence case
(AP)
 AP - Actor Charlie Sheen pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges on Monday, nearly three months after his wife told Colorado police in a 911 call he put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her.
03/15/2010 - 06:50 PM
Sheen domestic violence trial set for July 21
(AFP)
 AFP - Actor Charlie Sheen pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of domestic violence and was ordered to stand trial July 21 during a brief court appearance in an Aspen, Colorado, court.
03/15/2010 - 05:58 PM
Charlie Sheen pleads not guilty to assaulting wife
(Reuters)
Reuters - Actor Charlie Sheen pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of assaulting his wife, who had previously asked for the case to be dropped.
03/15/2010 - 04:53 PM
Feds urge judge not to delay Blagojevich trial
(AP)
 AP - Prosecutors urged a federal judge Monday to turn down ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's request to delay his corruption trial, saying public interest in the case warrants a speedy resolution.
03/15/2010 - 03:23 PM
Dentist pleads guilty to dumping waste in NJ ocean
(AP)
AP - A Pennsylvania dentist has pleaded guilty to dumping medical waste into the ocean, causing numerous beach closures in New Jersey.
03/15/2010 - 09:50 AM
Judge faces election after unpopular decision
(AP)
 AP - The judge didn't believe the father was a threat and denied the mother's plea to keep him away from their 9-month-old son. It was a seemingly routine ruling in a busy family law court called on too often to referee passionate fights between broken young families over the care of babies.
03/13/2010 - 04:25 PM
Appeals court upholds conviction in Miss. killings
(AP)
AP - A federal appeals court has upheld the 2007 conviction of a reputed Ku Klux Klan member in the kidnapping of two black men who were abducted and killed in rural Mississippi in 1964.
03/13/2010 - 03:13 PM
New Florida case thwarts Calif. molester's release
(AP)
 AP - The feared release of a convicted child molester from a California prison was thwarted Friday by 11th-hour federal charges involving child porn and a woman's allegations that he bought her as a child in Asia and subjected her to years of sexual abuse while molesting her young friends.
03/12/2010 - 11:47 PM
SF police probe more hate crime BB-gun shootings
(AP)
AP - Prosecutors who have charged three cousins with a hate crime for shooting a San Francisco man with a BB gun because they thought he was gay said Friday they're considering charging the suspects in 11 similar shootings.
03/12/2010 - 08:03 PM
Two main Galleon defendants seek separate trials
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Accused Galleon fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and his main co-defendant want separate trials on charges they were involved in what prosecutors describe as the biggest hedge fund insider-trading case ever in the United States.
03/12/2010 - 07:47 PM
Calif. teen pleads not guilty in death of boy
(AP)
AP - A Southern California teenager accused of dismembering and burning a 16-year-old boy before fleeing to Mexico has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
03/12/2010 - 07:21 PM
Conn. judge rules that state can force-feed inmate
(AP)
AP - A Connecticut judge has ruled that state prison officials may continue force-feeding a British inmate who began a hunger strike in September 2007 over claims he was convicted on a fabricated sexual assault charge.
03/12/2010 - 06:07 PM
Phil Spector's lawyers file appeal in murder case
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Lawyers for music producer Phil Spector have appealed his conviction for killing a Hollywood actress, claiming the trial judge made several errors including introducing new evidence at his second trial.
03/12/2010 - 05:36 PM
Judge rules on evidence in NJ incest case
(AP)
AP - Jurors will get to hear testimony of the extreme physical and mental abuse allegedly inflicted by a New Jersey man accused of repeatedly raping his five daughters and terrorizing his family for years.
03/12/2010 - 04:24 PM
Lawyers urge WTC workers to take $657M settlement
(AP)
 AP - Lawyers and city officials expressed confidence Friday that they can get ground zero responders to sign on to a settlement that would pay up to $657 million to workers who developed health problems after toiling in the ruins of the World Trade Center.
03/12/2010 - 04:17 PM
Insanity defense planned for suspect in Smart case
(AP)
 AP - On the seventh anniversary of Elizabeth Smart's return from her kidnapping ordeal, a judge set a trial date Friday for the man charged in the case.
03/12/2010 - 02:37 PM
Appeal filed in Phil Spector case
(AP)
AP - Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.
03/12/2010 - 01:34 PM
9/11 Trials: Can Graham Help Forge a White House Deal?
(Time.com)
 Time.com - Caught short on civilian trials for terrorism suspects and closing GuantÁnamo, the Obama Administration is negotiating with GOP Senator Lindsey Graham. But it's not clear he can deliver
03/12/2010 - 09:00 AM
Ex Edwards aide avoids jail again in sex tape flap
(AP)
 AP - A former aide to John Edwards avoided jail again Friday in a dispute over a tape that allegedly shows the past presidential candidate and his lover in a sexual encounter.
03/12/2010 - 06:53 PM
Accused lottery killer indicted by Fla. grand jury
(AP)
AP - The woman accused of killing a Florida Lottery winner has been formally charged with his murder.
03/12/2010 - 04:23 AM
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