Wrongful conviction lawsuit goes to trial
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Members of a police unit that is facing allegations of torturing innocent men to obtain convictions went on trial Tuesday in a civil lawsuit brought by a man who spent 27 years in prison before he was released and later pardoned.
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A judge set a trial date Wednesday for a lawsuit against the University of Colorado that touched off a scandal in the football program over allegations that sex, drugs and alcohol were used to lure recruits.
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Prospective jurors in the trial of the co-owner of a Rhode Island nightclub, where a fire killed 100, were told the trial could last three or four months.  One hundred nine people appeared in Kent County Courthouse, the first of four groups over two days.
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Prosecutors want to bring Stanley S. Tollman to trial on charges relating to a $100 million bank fraud and tax evasion scheme.
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A jury considers its verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife and hiding her body in a barrel.
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A Brazilian doctor charged with manslaughter in an immigrant's liposuction death tried to plead guilty Wednesday, but the judge instead set the case for trial after the doctor contradicted prosecutors.
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CAMP PENDLETON, California  - Lawyers for two U.S.   Marines accused of murdering an Iraqi civilian expressed   concern on Wednesday over their clients' ability to get a fair   trial and one criticized a pretrial hearing as a   "rubber-stamping process."
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Lawyers for defendants in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case argued that evidence seized from the Hollywood private detectiveâs offices had been improperly obtained.
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The jury in the Hatfield train crash case is due to begin hearing evidence in the trial of five men and a company accused of manslaughter.
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A murder trial highlights evolving legal debate over whether antidepressants limit personal accountability.
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The trial of a lawsuit by Walt Disney Co. shareholders who accuse the board of directors of rubberstamping a deal to hire Michael Ovitz in 1995 and then giving him &#36;140 million in severance pay will open on Wednesday, putting a spotlight on standards for corporate responsibility.
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Dozens of lawsuits brought by the families of 9/11 victims against airlines, security companies and other parties are moving toward a trial.
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Attorneys for Martha Stewart have appealed her conviction before the US Court of Appeals in New York, claiming her trial was unfair and tainted.
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By Josh Richman  SAN FRANCISCO -- A long legal battle over a proposed Christian school near Castro Valley finally went to trial Monday, with a 10- person jury ready to decide whether the situation is a civil-rights violation or sound suburban planning.
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Plaintiffs say they expect to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a case that exonerated the I.B.M. CorporationÂs cash-balance pension plan.
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This round of corporate trials is focusing on bad behavior and loose ethics. Key prosecution witnesses are being grilled about their drug use, tax problems and sex lives in an attempt to undermine their credibility.
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The trial of five men and a company accused of manslaughter in relation to the Hatfield rail crash begins.