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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: defendant

defendant stories: 3 news summaries

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Scientists must be brought to court

Jun 26, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 5-4 Supreme Court ruling yesterday gives defendants the chance to face authors of crime lab reports in their cases. Prosecutors who want to use lab testing undertaken for a given case will be required to bring its authors to court, where the defense can confront them. The ruling shows... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Anthony Kennedy • US Supreme Court • defense • criminal prosecution • crime lab • defendant

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Obama May Soon Face Decisions on Death Penalty

Cases might alter president's support for narrow use of executions

Jun 21, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - As if reviving the economy, reforming health care, taming North Korea, and forging relations with Iran weren’t challenges enough, President Obama may soon have to deal with the death penalty. Within months, the cases of six federal death-row inmates, all black and all convicted of capital murder, could land... More »

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death penalty • Barack Obama • capital punishment • US Supreme Court • Eric Holder • defendant

'Rockefeller' Trial Sparks Identity Crisis

Defendant's name(s) at issue as jury readies for kidnapping case

May 27, 09 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Boston court saw the selection yesterday of 11 of the 16 jurors needed to begin the trial of Clark Rockefeller. Or of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter. Or of "the defendant," as the judge calls him. The mystery man is on trial for kidnapping his daughter, and because he's... More »

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Boston • kidnapping • trial • jury selection • Clark Rockefeller • alias • Reigh Boss • Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter • Snooks • defendant

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