Trials

Al Qaeda Cooperators Give Inside View Of Terror Group

AP | By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Pakistan Terrorism, Terror, Terror Trial, World, Crime, Pakistan, Terrorism, Adis Medujanin Trial, Court Proceedings, Trials, New York, Al Qaeda, New York News

NEW YORK -- By the time a wayward kid from Long Island named Bryant Neal Vinas joined al-Qaeda in 2008, the sight of trainees swinging from monkey bar...

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18 Questions To Ask When Hiring A Divorce Lawyer

Henry Gornbein | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Likes Women, Divorce, Attitude, Judges, Experience, Hourly Rate, Trials, Retainer, Practice, Likes Men, How Long, Mediations, Billing, Divorce Attorney, Divorce News

If you are contemplating a divorce or your spouse is on the verge of serving you with divorce papers, you should immediately contact a divorce lawyer. At the initial consultation, there are several important questions that you should ask.

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What if Zimmerman Gets an All White Jury?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: All White Juries, Trials, George Zimmerman, Race, Justice, Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman Jury, Zimmerman Trial, Politics News

The Zimmerman case jury may be fair and impartial. But to pretend that racial bias doesn't exist in racially charged trials is self-serving and dangerous. His case could again cast an ugly glare on jury race bias.

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Study Shows Severe Inequity In Courtrooms

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Federal Judges, Federal Courts, Crime, Federal Trials, Sentences, Punishment, Criminals, Gop, Trials, Democrats, Crime News

WASHINGTON — A new study shows that federal judges are handing out widely disparate sentences for similar crimes 30 years after Congress tried t...

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14 Signs Of A Good Family Court Judge

Henry Gornbein | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Courtrooms, Judge's Rulings, Likes of Judges, Divorce Case, Rulings, How to Influence the Judge, Judge, Trials, Court Hearings, Divorce News

In over forty years of practicing family law, I have appeared before hundreds of different judges. Here are some of my thoughts on the attributes of a good judge in family law.

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Verdicts Handed Down In D.C. Activists' Trial

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Abortion, Dc, Law, Video, Hayden Panettiere, District of Columbia, Paul Strauss, Voting Rights, DC Voting Rights, Trials, Criminal Law, D.C., D.C. Superior Court, DC News

WASHINGTON -- D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert E. Morin handed down verdicts on Wednesday in the trial of eight D.C. activists arrested last April whi...

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35,000 Convicted For Terror Offenses Worldwide Since 9/11

AP | MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: International Security, Terrorism, Court Proceedings, Global War on Terror, Trials, Convictions, Terrorism Convictions, September 11 Anniversary, 9/11 Attacks, Decade After 9/11 - National Security, World News

At least 35,000 people worldwide have been convicted as terrorists in the decade since the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. But while some bombe...

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Casey Anthony Jury to Solve Debt Ceiling Crisis in 11 Hours

Spencer Green | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Debt, National Debt, Debt Ceiling, Spending Cuts, Casey Anthony Trial, Trials, Casey Anthony, Casey Anthony Jury, Jury, Casey Anthony Jurors, Casey Anthony Juror, Anthony Jury, Comedy News

Jurors of the Casey Anthony trial have been flown to Washington, D.C. in the hope of harnessing their talents to solve the looming debt ceiling crisis.

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The Most Controversial U.S. Court Verdicts

Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: US Supreme Court, O.J. Simpson, Controversy, Controversial Cases, Trials, Casey Anthony, Caylee Anthony, Crime News

Innocent until proven guilty, that's the legal right of any person standing trial in the United States, no matter how sensational the case may be, or ...

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As Jurors Go Online, Trials Go Off Track

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jury Online, Jury Interference, Overturned Verdicts, Trials, Twitter, Crime, Jury Technology, Mistrials, Technology News

The explosion of blogging, tweeting and other online diversions has reached into U.S. jury boxes, in many cases raising serious questions about juror ...

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Connelly's The Reversal: Expect the Unexpected

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trials, Fathers and Daughters, Child Abduction, Michael Connelly, Prosecution, Murder, Los Angeles, Books News

In Michael Connelly's world, life is never predictable. His novels follow the same premise.

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Charlie Rangel Must (Politically) Die

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sin, Corruption, Shirley Sherrod, Trials, Demonization, Wall Street, Charles Rangel, New York News

It took him 80 years but Harlem's war-hero turned Congressional elder, Charles Rangel, is this week's media poster boy for all the ills of an institutionally corrupt system.

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No Room for Public at Guv Blago's Trial

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trials, Law, Blagojevich Trial, Everett McKinley Dirksen Building, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Corruption, Chicago News

There's no room for the public to watch former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's trial. But there could be.

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SEIU-UHW vs. NUHW: Closing Arguments

Erica Boddie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trials, Seiu-Uhw, California, Unions, Labor Unions, San Francisco-California, Seiu, Home News

SEIU-UHW (Service Employees International Union) vs. NUHW (National Union of Healthcare Workers) Trial: DAY 12 - April 6, 2010 "Closing Arguments" ...

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Jurors' Financial Hardship Claims Rise As More Seek To Avoid Missing Work In Downturn

LA Times | Carol J. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment Numbers, Jury Duty, Courts, Economy, Court Cases, Jobs Report, Jobs, Jobless, Jury Trials, Trials, Recession, Business News

In this time of double-digit unemployment and shrinking benefits for those who do have jobs, courts are finding it more difficult to seat juries for t...

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What NYC Terror Trial Controversy Changes: Absolutely Nothing

Patrick Barry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trials, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Terrorism, Michael Bloomberg, 9/11 Trials, Terror-Trials-in-US-Courts, September 11th, New York News

Support for military commissions might make sense, if the commissions themselves weren't so ineffective and soft.

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Michael Jackson, We Are the World, Al Sharpton, Baptize, Dr. 90210, Off the Wall, Mourners, African-Americans, Janet Jackson, Usher, Race, Bleach, Britain, President, Prescriptions, Joe Jackson, England, 125th Street, Tanning Salon, Thriller, Army, B.E. T, Collagen, Transformer, American Idol, Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah, Bad, Heaven, The Wiz, California, Hate, Guilt, Tunisia, Broadway, Surrealism, Suntan, Los Angeles, The Staples Center, Barack Obama, Sunbathing, Elvis Presley, Las Vegas, Anti-Depressants, Gender, Skin, Dancing, Pharmaceutical Companies, 50, Art, John Lennon, Bible, Motown 25, The Beatles, Genetics, Singing, Paul Mc Cartney, Justin Timberlake, Jackson 5, Rain, Apollo Theater, LaToya Jackson, Australia, Cartoons, Britney Spears, Prescription Drugs, Reality Shows, Jamie Foxx, Black Fedora, Spike Lee, Drugs, King of Pop, Musicals, Jacksons, Tummy Tuck, Child Molestation, Fans, Russia, Americans, Cosmetic Surgery, Performers, Gary, Encino, Mtv, Quincy Jones, Amateur Night, Mardi Gras, Tabloids, Associated Press, Suicide, Trials, Music Videos, Billie Jean, Moonwalk, Hollywood, Tanning Booth, Nose Job, Berry Gordy, Dermatologist, Plastic Surgery, Diana Ross, Impersonators, Beat It, Moscow, Jordan Chandler, Chris Brown, Suntan Lotion, Katherine Jackson, Memorial, Botox, Indiana, Mowtown, Rx, New York, Paris Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, Deborah Rowe, Aeg Live, Martin Bashir, Brooke Sheilds, Lauri Lyons, White-Glove, Judith Hill, Marlon Jackson, Manhattan, Cnn, Jermaine Jackson, Youtube, New Orleans, Female Photographers, Black History Month, Black Photographers, African American Photographers, Black Female Photographers, Carribean Artists, Carribean Photographers, Black Journalists, African American Journalists, New York News

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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Quotes of the Day from Guantánamo Bay

David Danzig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Legal System, Trials, Guantanamo, Kamin, Politics News

Doesn't it seem that something is fundamentally wrong with a system in which after six or seven years of holding a man in prison, the government has to ask for another four months to prepare?

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Brooke Astor Case Is In The Wrong Court

Tom Baer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Trials, Criminals, New York, New York City, Brooke Astor Trial, Brooke Astor, Brooke Astor ASnthony Marshall, New York News

ssuming Anthony Marshall caused his mother to do things in will amendments that she had no intention of doing, the proper remedy is to see to it that he gets no part of her estate. It is in the civil courts that this case belongs.

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Watch What You Say... Online

Robin Sax | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lawyers, Twitter, Crime, Social Networking, Trials, You Tube, Facebook, Evidence, Myspace, Media News

As a prosecutor, the first thing I do when I get a case is to Google the victim, the suspect, and all the material witnesses.

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The Corporate Freshman: Test Driving a New Job

Alexandra Levit | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Probationary Trials, Trials, The Corporate Freshman, Work, Employment, Careerbuilder, Healthy Living News

A trial vice president? Huh? I'd heard of trials for magazine subscriptions and skincare products, but for a job?

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