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RI police officer to stand trial on rape charge (AP)
AP - A Providence police officer accused of raping a woman in a deserted police substation and then showing up to take a report after she called 911 heads to trial this week at an already difficult time for the department.
Calif. rape suspect lived by school for 16 months (AP)
AP - A convicted sex offender charged with murdering a California teenager lived near a preschool for at least 16 months before parole agents forced him to move, according to state corrections records released Wednesday.
Texas polygamist guilty of child sexual assault (AP)
AP - Prosecutors say a member of a polygamist group whose sprawling West Texas ranch was raided in 2008 has been found guilty of sexual assault of a child.
Idaho high court: No new trials for 6 on death row (AP)
AP - The Idaho Supreme Court has denied requests from six death row inmates who said they were entitled to new trials because a U.S. Supreme Court ruling made after their convictions called on juries, not judges, to impose the death penalty.
Grand jury indicts ex-Madoff programmers (Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. grand jury formalized criminal charges on Wednesday against two former computer programmers at swindler Bernard Madoff's firm, alleging they conspired with others to falsify investor records using a special program.
Jury recommends death for Ohioan in teen slayings (AP)
AP - A jury has recommended the death penalty for an Ohio registered sex offender jurors convicted of killing two teenage Cincinnati girls and burning their bodies.
Judge rejects request to delay Blagojevich trial (AP)
AP - A federal judge refused Wednesday to postpone the June start of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial, brushing aside defense attorneys' claims that they won't have enough time to prepare.
2 killed in Calif. attack were immigrant smugglers (AP)
AP - Authorities say two men killed in a Southern California home last week were smuggling illegal immigrants and got into a fight over profits from their human cargo.
Oprah defamation case can go to trial (Reuters)
Reuters - Whenever the media cover Oprah Winfrey litigation -- whether it be with poets, flight attendants, physical trainers, or diet pill makers -- it's usually with an air of dismissiveness. She's a billionaire media personality and can hire the best lawyers -- who's going to beat her in court?
Rapper DMX sentenced to six months in Arizona jail (Reuters)
Reuters - An Arizona judge sentenced rapper and actor DMX on Tuesday to six months in a Phoenix jail for violating his probation by regularly using drugs, court officials said.
Evidence skirmish could delay end of Prop 8 trial (AP)
AP - An attempt by civil rights groups to keep sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban from obtaining internal campaign documents could delay a verdict in the federal trial on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, lawyers on both sides said Tuesday.
Police: Man may have had images of missing women (AP)
AP - Relatives and friends of four women who have been missing since the 1970s told investigators they recognized their loved ones in photos found in the locker of a convicted serial killer, police said Tuesday.
Bin Laden will never face US trial, be caught alive: Holder (AFP)
AFP - Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive, Attorney General Eric Holder told lawmakers on Tuesday.
U.S. suspect in Mumbai attacks to change plea (Reuters)
Reuters - The American charged with scouting targets for the 2008 assault on Mumbai that killed more than 160 people will plead guilty this week, court records showed on Thursday.
Conyers gets court-appointed lawyer for appeal (AP)
AP - Former Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers is relying on a court-appointed lawyer to pursue an appeal of her prison sentence for corruption.
Holder defends criminal trials for 9/11 suspects (Reuters)
Reuters - Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended plans to prosecute some terrorism suspects in traditional criminal courts, urging lawmakers to avoid politicizing the decision and inflaming public fears.
US suspect in Mumbai siege, Danish plot to plead guilty (AFP)
AFP - The charismatic Chicago man accused of being a scout for the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege and a plot to kill a Danish cartoonist is set to plead guilty to terrorism charges, US court records showed Tuesday.
APNewsBreak: Lawyer says cops eyeing freed NC man (AP)
AP - A North Carolina man exonerated of a prostitute's murder in a groundbreaking innocence hearing agreed Tuesday to let police test the clothing he wore more than 18 years ago for the victim's DNA.
Judge: Son's DNA can be used at father's trial (AP)
AP - DNA taken from the young son of a man accused of killing a college student and raping two other women can be used as evidence in his upcoming trial to try to link the suspect to the crimes, a judge ruled.
Woman who drove into lake, killing kids, sentenced (AP)
AP - A woman who drove into a lake after a late-night party, killing her three young sons, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of child endangerment after tearfully telling the court she had been drinking alcohol that night.

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