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Murder Trial
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The Right Coast
Amanda Knox case: Italian judges overturn conviction against Seattle woman – LA Times
Italian high court judges Friday overturned a conviction against Amanda Knox, rejecting her 28-year sentence in the 2007 slaying of British student Meredith Kercher.The conviction of Knox s former boyfriend,…
Texas Bar Blog
Bastrop County Bar to present 1883 murder trial
By Lowell Brown
The Bastrop County Bar Association will revisit the case next month as part of "The State of Texas v. Jeff Fitzpatrick: An 1883 Murder Trial in Three Historically Accurate Acts."
Mediabeak
Italian court reinstates Knox and Sollecito guilty verdicts in Kercher murder
By mediabeakmediabeak-blogspot-com
The retrial of Knox and Sollecito for the murder of Metedith Kercher has returned a guilty verdict and seen the sentence increased. Latest from BBC News http://bbc.in/LffAnLThe verdict was received as…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Prosecutors Attempt to Get Allegedly Incriminating Emails Admitted into Evidence in Morristown NJ Murder Trial
A judge may allow the jury to read allegedly incriminating emails the trial of a Brooklyn NY man who is accused of murdering his wife.
Nashville Criminal Law Report
A Murder Trial Chinese Style
By Rob McKinney
Gu Kailai was convicted of murdering a British business partner in China . The trial lasted less than seven hours including a break for lunch . The Chinese criminal…
EvidenceProf Blog
Violent Reaction: Supreme Court Of Arkansas Finds No Problem With Impeachment Of Defendant Charged With Murder
By Colin Miller
Similar to its federal counterpart, Arkansas Rule of Evidence 609(a) provides thatFor the purpose of attacking the credibility of a witness, evidence that he has been convicted of a crime shall be…
Media Law Prof Blog
Amanda Knox Asks Civil Court To Prohibit Downloads of Lifetime Film About Her Case
Amanda Knox, who is appealing her conviction for murder in the death of Meredith Kercher, is asking an Italian court to prohibit downloads of the Lifetime film Amanda Knox: Murder On…
Idaho Criminal Defense Blog
Zachary Neagle’s Case Revisited – He Is Doing Well
Just before Christmas I spent a little time with Zachary Neagle. When Zach was charged with the murder of his father in March of 2009, I followed the case…
Nashville Criminal Law Report
Was it Murder or Suicide ?
By Rob McKinney
A murder mystery is unfolding in a Knoxville Criminal Courtroom on the retrial of Ms. Raynella Dossett Leath. Ms. Leath's first murder trial ended with a hung jury when the jury…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Alice McGrath RIP
Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Times A previous Immigrant of the Day, Alice McGrath, who was an activist who worked successfully for the release of the Sleepy Lagoon murder defendants who…