Recent Updates
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Prosecutors ask court to imprison Samsung heir for 12 years
Court Watch 08/23/2017South Korean prosecutors have recommended a 12-year jail term for Lee Jae-yong, 49-year-old billionaire heir of the Samsung business empire, urging a court to convict him of bribery and other crimes.Lee, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, became e...
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Mizzou's Howard arrested again for failing to appear in court
Court Watch 08/23/2017Missouri defensive end Nate Howard, already suspended and facing a felony drug charge, was arrested again Monday night by UMPD for an out-of-county warrant for failing to appear in court for a speeding ticket in Montgomery County. Howard had a ticket...
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Missouri Supreme Court rejects request to stop execution
Court Watch 08/23/2017The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a motion from attorneys seeking to halt the execution of a man scheduled to die next week but did not explain its decision.Attorneys for Marcellus Williams had asked the state Supreme Court and Gov. Eric G...
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Judge refuses to end Roman Polanski sex assault case
Court Watch 08/23/2017A Los Angeles judge on Friday denied the impassioned plea of Roman Polanski's victim to end a four-decade-old sexual assault case against the fugitive director. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon ruled that Polanski must return to Ca...
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Record $417M award in lawsuit linking baby powder to cancer
Court Watch 08/23/2017A Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a hospitalized woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company's iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygie...
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Man charged with killing Maine couple on Christmas in court
Court Watch 08/11/2017The case of a New York man charged with killing a Maine couple on Christmas Day 2015 is scheduled to return to court in Portland.Police charged David Marble Jr. of Rochester with shooting 35-year-old Eric Williams and 26-year-old Bonnie Royer in Manc...
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Bill Cosby arrives in court ahead of sexual assault trial
Court Watch 08/03/2017Bill Cosby arrived at the suburban Philadelphia courthouse for the start of his sexual assault trial Monday. The 79-year-old Cosby showed up at the Montgomery County courthouse at about 8:40 a.m. amid a large media presence.Arriving with the disgrace...
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Hearing In San Diego Unified Suit Against The College Board
Court Watch 08/03/2017Judge Michael M. Anello will hear San Diego Unified's motion for a temporary restraining order in federal court 4 p.m. Friday, according to court records. The district filed a lawsuit Friday against the College Board and Educational Testing Services,...
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US Supreme Court denies stay of execution for Ohio convict
Court Watch 08/03/2017A condemned child killer was scheduled to die on Wednesday in the state's first execution in more than three years after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his requests for more time to pursue legal challenges.Ronald Phillips was transported to the death ...
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Court: Violence law unfair to gay South Carolina couples
Court Watch 08/03/2017People in same-sex relationships in South Carolina should get the same legal protections against domestic violence as heterosexual couples, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday, deeming a portion of the state's domestic violence law unconstituti...
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Top Kansas Court to Revisit Death Penalty in Wichita Murders
Court Watch 07/28/2017The Kansas Supreme Court is considering for a second time whether to spare two brothers from being executed for four murders in what became known as "the Wichita massacre" after earlier rulings in the men's favor sparked a political backlash.The just...
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Woman accused of threatening official in court
Court Watch 07/20/2017A woman accused of threatening the family of North Dakota's lieutenant governor has turned herself in to authorities.Seventy-nine-year-old Alice Olson made her first court appearance Wednesday in McKenzie County. The Bismarck Tribune says bond ...