Posts Tagged ‘jury’

August 24 2010

N.C. jury: Ex-Marine guilty of killing colleague

A jury on Monday convicted a former Marine of first-degree murder in the death of a pregnant colleague who had accused him of rape, a charge that stalled the military career he treasured.

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August 17 2010

Blagojevich jury reaches unanimous verdict on only one count

A Chicago jury has only reached a unanimous verdict on single count against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. He has been convicted of lying to federal agents.



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August 12 2010

Blagojevich jury agrees on two out of 24 counts

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich leaves the Federal Courthouse Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, in Chicago.Jurors in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Thursday that they have reached agreement on just two of 24 counts against him, indicating that they could have a long way to go in analyzing the complex case.


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August 11 2010

Officer off Gitmo jury for agreeing with Obama

Canadian defendant Omar Khadr, left, attends his pretrial hearing in the courthouse for the military war crimes commission at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Monday, Aug. 9.A veteran U.S. Army officer who agreed with President Barack Obama that the Guantanamo Bay prison should be closed was excluded from the jury in a U.S. military commission trial.


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August 11 2010

Gitmo jury recommends 14 years for bin Laden’s cook

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi attends his sentencing hearing at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba on Wednesday.A Guantanamo jury recommended a 14-year sentence Wednesday for an al-Qaida cook, though its decision may be overruled by a plea bargain that will limit the time he spends in prison.


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August 11 2010

Blago jury deadlocked, asks judge for guidance

The jury in the corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich has asked the judge for guidance, saying that they are deadlocked on some of the 24 counts in the indictment against the former Illinois governor.

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August 10 2010

Gitmo jury can consider age of ‘child soldier’

In this courtroom sketch, Canadian defendant Omar Khadr, left, attends his pretrial hearing in the courthouse for the U.S. military war crimes commission at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba on Monday.Jurors can consider Omar Khadr’s age in deciding whether he intended to commit a war crime in Afghanistan when he was 15, a U.S. military judge told jury candidates in the Canadian prisoner’s trial Tuesday.


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August 2 2010

NY jury convicts 2 in JFK Airport tank-blast plot

Two men accused of plotting to blow up jet fuel tanks at New York’s JFK Airport have been convicted of conspiracy charges.

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July 28 2010

Jury finds Texas man guilty of starving 3 children

A Texas man accused of starving three children and confining them to a squalid hotel bathroom for as long as nine months was convicted Tuesday of injury to a child and sexual assault.

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June 19 2010

Jury gives $2.4 million in Chinese drywall trial

A Florida couple who fled their dream home because of foul-smelling Chinese drywall was awarded $2.4 million in damages in the first jury trial over the defective wallboard.

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