Posts Tagged Legal proceedings

Italy top court faults Amanda Knox acquittal

In this Sept. 23, 2011 file photo, Amanda Knox arrives at the courthouse for the appeal trial in Perugia, Italy. On Tuesday, June 18, 2013, Italy's high court has explained why it reversed the acquittal of American student Amanda Knox, saying the decision acquitting her of murder was full of contradictions. In March, 2013, the Court of Cassation overturned Knox's acquittal in the 2007 murder of flatmate Meredith Kercher and ordered a new trial. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

ROME (AP) — Italy’s high court on Tuesday faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ruling was full of “deficiencies, contradictions and illogical” conclusions and ordering the new appeals court to look at all the evidence to determine whether Knox helped kill the teen.

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NM man in kidnapping case stopped by mom arraigned

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man accused in a kidnapping that police say was interrupted when the 4-year-old girl’s mother gave chase and rammed the suspect’s car has pleaded not guilty.

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NM ex-officer pleads no contact in prostitute case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former Albuquerque police officer caught on camera in uniform offering to help a prostitute in exchange for sex has pleaded no contest to an ethic charges.

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Levi Chavez murder trial as standstill over docs

BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) — The trial of a former Albuquerque police officer accused of killing his wife is at a standstill as lawyers argue over access to documents in a related civil trial.

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Chaos as gunfire erupts at Utah Father’s day Mass

Police are outside St. James Catholic Church in Ogden, Utah, Sunday June 16, 2013 after a man was shot in the back of the head during mass at the church. The suspect, Charles Richard Jennings Jr., 35, was captured Sunday afternoon in nearby Box Elder County after fleeing in a stolen pickup truck, investigators said.  (AP Photo/Standard-Examiner, Benjamin Zack) TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT  MBO  (BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner) MANDATORY CREDIT, LOCAL TV OUT

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — It was a quiet part of the Father’s Day Mass as about 300 people stood up in preparation for communion. A parishioner, known by many at the church as Ricky Jennings, entered through the glass doors in back, holding his wife Cheryl’s hand.

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