After 105 witnesses and three months of evidence, a drug trial costing $1 million was aborted today when it emerged that jurors had been playing Sudoku since the trial's second week. picked by aclister 3 months ago

With this murder trial, I thee wed. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The guy had been given the case less than 24 hours prior and refused to go to trial without proper time to prepare. Judge deems it contempt. picked by coldbladed 1 year ago

A US forensics expert took the stand in Saddam Hussein's trial for genocide against ethnic Kurds to tell in grim detail how he unearthed the remains of 27 people from a mass grave in northern Iraq. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

A reputed Ku Klux Klansman is scheduled to go on trial this coming week on kidnapping and conspiracy charges in the deaths of two young black men who were abducted, beaten and dumped into the muddy Mississippi River more than 43 years ago. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

It involved a man who stole 40,000 coat hangers from hotels all over the world. He admits his guilt, but in his defence he claims that - well, you'll have to read it but see comments below for an excerpt. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

"At what age is a child old enough to understand what his options are? Do the rules change if it is an experimental treatment, not a research trial? What if the child doesn't have the mental capacity to participate in the decision about treatment?" picked by pandorarin 1 year ago

The opportunity for a new day in court marks a reversal in fortune for Amero who faced sentencing this week that could have landed her in jail for forty years. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

This guy is sick, and now the trial will enter the death penalty phase. What really got me, though was this quote:
"Kevin Underwood, a former grocery stocker claimed Internet pornography stoked his cannibalistic fantasies"
This is a difficult story to read, be warned. picked by tdiggity 6 months ago

The girl, who is now 7, testified in court.
picked by Hoosker 2 years ago

A British killer who claimed to have chopped up and eaten his girlfriend is facing 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to her manslaughter. Paul Durant, 47, told a Spanish court he battered mother-of-two Karen Durrell, 41, to death with a mallet at her home on the Costa Blanca. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

A University of Oklahoma fan was ordered today to stand trial on a felony assault charge accusing him of tearing a Texas fan's scrotum in a bar fight. picked by mutil8or 5 months ago

A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the court-martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq, saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed admitting to elements of the charges. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Hmmm..bribery eh! That'll get me off the charge of bribery! picked by topofall 3 months ago

It seemed like a good idea at the time. A gang of burglars decided in December 1977 to break into the home of Tony Accardo, one of the most powerful men in organized crime history, and rob his basement vault.

Accardo was not amused picked by kxmk 1 year ago

A London court will decide this week if poker is a game of chance (hosting such games requires a license) or a game of skill (requiring no license). picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

The court trying Saddam Hussein has heard further graphic accounts of how hundreds of Kurdish women and children were killed and buried in mass graves. Of the 301 bodies found, 183 belonged to children with 90% of these children under 13 years of age. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

Galindo told the judge he held as deep-seated a faith in satan as Muslims do in Allah. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Funny, I thought wanting to have more than one wife would be automatic grounds for insanity.

(no offense ladies) picked by kxmk 1 year ago