CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prosecutors accusing Oscar Pistorius of premeditated murder will add two more charges believed to relate to firing guns in public to the indictment against him, apparently to show another side to the inspiring double-amputee Olympian: Reckless and trigger-happy. Pistorius now faces charges of murder, illegal possession of ammunition and […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson‘s mother and concert giant AEG Live LLC, which is drawing to a close after more than four months of testimony. THE CASE SO FAR Jackson’s mother, Katherine Jackson, is asking a jury […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius will be indicted for premeditated murder on Monday and the double-amputee Olympian will go on trial in early 2014, about a year after shooting dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. In a somber twist, the world-famous athlete will be served with the murder indictment on the day Steenkamp would have celebrated her […]
Things have gone from bad to worse with ex-NFL player Aaron Hernandez. After being arrested and charged with first degree murder, a witness is now…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Courtrooms have supplied the epilogue to Michael Jackson‘s life. They’ve provided the forum where his debts have been settled, his final days dissected and his life depicted as a cautionary tale. In nearly four years of court proceedings, two juries have watched Jackson come to life on video screens. They’ve watched […]
BOSTON (AP) — Just minutes after the longtime girlfriend of mobster James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced to eight years in prison for helping Bulger stay on the run for 16 years, federal prosecutors began discussing Bulger's trial. The former leader of the notorious Winter Hill Gang is scheduled to go to trial in November on […]
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Despite his repeated efforts to delay it, Jerry Sandusky's child molestation trial was set to begin with the start of jury selection, as prosecutors and his defense lawyers choose 12 people from the area around Penn State to decide his guilt or innocence. Sandusky's lawyer said the 68-year-old, who gained fame […]
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Alleged victims of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will have to testify using their real names, and tweets or other electronic communications by reporters will not be permitted during the trial, the judge ruled Monday. Meanwhile, Sandusky's hopes for a last-minute delay in his trial on charges he […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Several jurors who delivered John Edwards a mistrial explained their deliberations Friday, saying prosecutors' star witness was not credible and the former presidential candidate never actually received any money to hide his pregnant mistress. On network talk shows, even jurors who thought Edwards was guilty on at least some of the […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — John Edwards was acquitted on one charge of campaign finance fraud and a mistrial was declared on five other counts Thursday when jurors said they couldn't decide if he illegally used money to hide his pregnant mistress while he ran for president. The monthlong trial exposed a sordid sex scandal that […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The jury in the John Edwards campaign finance corruption trial is deliberating for a seventh day after a long weekend in which they were warned by the judge not to discuss the case. The jurors reconvened Tuesday in a federal courthouse in North Carolina. Edwards faces six felony charges in a […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The jury in John Edwards' campaign corruption trial is set for a sixth day of deliberations Friday. The jury looked at about 20 exhibits during its discussions Thursday. Most of them were financial records involving money given by a wealthy Texas lawyer. Prosecutors say Edwards used the money in a plan […]
