N.Y. Judge Who Set High Bails Removed
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A judge who set bail at &#36;10,000 to &#36;50,000 for people charged with minor offenses such as loitering or bicycle violations has lost his job.
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An appeals court Tuesday lowered the bail for New York real estate heir Robert Durst from &#36;3 billion to &#36;450,000, increasing the likelihood the cross-dressing millionaire and former fugitive will be released.
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A federal judge ordered Barry Bonds 's personal trainer released from prison yesterday, blaming a legal "snafu."
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MIAMI  &#151; A judge increased the bail on a homeless man accused of stalking tennis star Anna Kournikova to &#36;250,000 Friday, saying she was worried about his mental state.
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A U.S. judge dismissed criminal charges on Monday against 13 of 16 former employees of accounting firm KPMG in a tax-shelter case, saying prosecutors inappropriately interfered with their defense.
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More than 20 years ago, federal Judge Bruce Van Sickle issued a landmark decision that led to the release of hundreds of mentally retarded people from two North Dakota institutions. Now, 87 years old and stricken with Alzheimer's, the retired judge is himself at the center of a legal fight to remove him from an institution.
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A New Hampshire judge who was suspended for groping five women at a conference on sexual assault and domestic violence resigned on Wednesday, the same day a committee recommended he not get his job back.
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The judge overseeing the $280  billion racketeering case against cigarette makers complained  on Monday that U.S. government lawyers were inundating her with  material from previous cases and said she was considering  setting limits.
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The charges against two former New York Racing Association employees, the retired jockey Braulio Baeza and Mario Sclafani, were dismissed Monday by a Saratoga County judge.
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A judge on Friday threw out a racketeering murder conviction against two detectives accused of moonlighting as hitmen for the mob, saying the statute of limitations had expired on the slayings.
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year after Dr. Elliot M. Gross, a former chief medical examiner for New York City and two South Jersey counties, was banned from performing autopsies in New Jersey, a judge has ruled that he should be allowed to resume his career.
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A New York judge poked a hole in NBA commissioner David Stern&#39;s iron-clad authority to punish players for conduct he considers inappropriate or damaging to the league.
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A judge has dismissed an exonerated prisoner's claim that investigators and a prosecutor violated his civil rights by framing him in a murder for which he spent 17 years on death row.
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The judge in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case has loosened a sweeping gag order after objections from prosecutors, news organizations and attorneys for the accuser.
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The city's bid to force cyclists to obtain permits before their monthly bicycle rally through Manhattan was dismissed Thursday by a federal judge.
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A federal judge dismissed charges Wednesday against two jail guards accused of beating an inmate, saying prosecutors had not proven their case.
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A US judge involved in the scoring mistake that may have helped Paul Hamm win the all-around gold medal at the Athens Olympics lost his place Friday on a key committee of gymnastics&#39; world governing body.