Reputed Klansman's Miss. trial to begin
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More than 300 potential jurors have been summoned for the trial of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman accused of abducting, beating and dumping two young black men into the Mississippi River 43 years ago.
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A former Ku Klux Klan member goes on trial, accused of murdering two black teenagers in 1964.
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Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a registered sex offender accused of abducting, raping and murdering a 9-year-old central Florida girl by burying her alive.
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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  May 31--SANTA ANA, Calif. -- The trial for a former Vernon County woman accused of killing her 3-year-old daughter while in California in 1969 is set to begin today.
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A Pennsylvania town's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration will be challenged by civil rights campaigners in a landmark federal trial beginning on Monday that could signal whether such local laws across the country can stand up to legal challenge.
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The first of some 750 prospective jurors will report for duty on Monday in the Michael Jackson child molestation case, the opening stage of a trial that could send one of the world's best-known entertainers to prison for years.
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By JENNYMICHAEL  The head prosecutor in Burleigh County previewed the state's case in the murder trial of Benjamin Newman by telling jurors about the witnesses that will testify.
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The treason trial of Nigerian oil militant Mujahid Dokubu-Asari is due to start in the capital, Abuja.
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A descendant of Kenya's most famous white settlers went on trial Monday for murder in the shooting death of a black man on his vast estate, a case that has stirred simmering racial tensions in this east African nation.
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A 16-year-old boy is due to go on trial charged with the murder of schoolgirl Jodi Jones.
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The former undercover agent responsible for the discredited Tulia drug busts that put dozens of people in prison using false evidence goes on trial Monday for lying under oath.
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A trial has begun of 12 people accused of involvement in a slave labour scandal in northern China.
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The first State witness in the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial in the Durban High Court is set to take the stand shortly.
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The trial is due to resume of the man accused of masterminding the Rwandan genocide in 1994 and of the only woman to have been detained over the massacre by the United Nations court trying the suspects.
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A one-time congressional candidate faced the opening of a trial Tuesday on charges alleging he faked a story about getting lost after a car crash and disappearing for a day in an attempt to boost his lagging campaign.
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A man accused of murdering five women in Suffolk is to take to the witness box to give evidence at his trial.
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A lawyer for a former chief prosecutor accused of helping a convicted rapist get a new trial in exchange for campaign contributions tried to cast him as an ethical man as his trial began Wednesday.