Katrina case judge decries legal `mess'
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Prosecutors investigating a police shooting that occurred days after Hurricane Katrina created a "mess" by compelling three officers to testify before the grand jury that later indicted them, a judge presiding over the case said Friday.
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The civil justice system is in crisis, according to one of Britain's top county court judges.
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New YorkÂs immigration court illustrates the crunch that judges face in big cities where complicated cases like asylum crowd the docket.
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A Louisiana judge Thursday backed off for now a threat to release New Orleans inmates who have been jailed for months without court dates or lawyers, but said the district attorney must begin weeding out cases he has no chance of winning.
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Federal, state and local officials   on Saturday complained that judges in New Orleans were hurting   efforts to reduce crime by cutting suspects' bail at will.
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Judge says law violates free speech, orders blocking stopped.
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A judge has refused to speed up a Republican challenge to the bitterly disputed Washington governor's election, saying an accellerated schedule could lead to chaos.
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A federal judge threw out a key class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina
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A senior Canadian judge has been formally reprimanded for swearing during a courtroom clash with a prosecutor earlier this year, officials said on Friday.
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The controversial ouster of the presiding judge has left the trial of the former Iraqi leader in some upheaval, with Saddam screaming, new defense lawyers scrambling and U.S. officials steaming
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The case against a doctor and two  nurses accused of murdering four elderly patients after  Hurricane Katrina will go forward despite a coroner's ruling  that it is unclear how they died, the New Orleans District  Attorney's office said on Thursday.
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The judge presiding over the case of accused Atlanta courthouse shooter Brian Nichols recused himself from the case Wednesday.
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Frustrated by the slow progress of the case, a judge said Monday that a doctor and two nurses accused of killing four desperately ill patients after Hurricane Katrina should be formally charged or exonerated.
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A judge in the U.S. capital lost his $54 million lawsuit on Monday against a dry cleaner over a pair of misplaced trousers in a case that became a symbol of the United States' lawsuit-happy legal system.
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A federal judge said that tribunals like the one the suspect is facing are contrary to principles of American justice.
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White House's legal regime at GuantÃ¡namo Bay thrown into chaos after judge throws out all charges against Canadian detainee.
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A judge in the U.S. capital pressed a $54 million lawsuit on Tuesday against a dry cleaning shop which he said violated consumer-protection laws when it lost his pants.