Inebriated man who drove injured friend to hospital wins acquittal in drunken-driving case

A cigarette break outside during a night of drinking became an emergency last year when Roger Pleau’s friend, Eldon Deegan, fell down some stairs and gashed his head on a metal railing. At that point, the two Canadians realized they were locked out of Deegan’s apartment—their wives, who had gone…

Dec 3, 2013 10:15 PM CST

Juror’s ‘total lack of manners’ could result in contempt finding, judge says

A judge has declared a mistrial and is considering holding a juror in contempt because her “total lack of manners” distracted others in the case. The unidentified woman rolled her eyes, stared at the ceiling and fiddled with her jewelry after she was selected to serve on a jury in…

Nov 5, 2013 7:20 PM CST

An Allied tribunal brings Nazi leaders to account at Nuremberg

Nov 1, 2013 10:00 AM CDT

Adolf Eichmann is convicted for his role in the ‘Final Solution’

Nov 1, 2013 9:50 AM CDT

Serb leader is tried by an international tribunal

Nov 1, 2013 9:40 AM CDT

See the video: Accused biker acquitted in case over 186-mph wild ride but loses motorcycle

A man accused of taking a wild ride on a motorcycle at up to 186 mph (300 kph) last year has been acquitted of dangerous driving by a Canadian judge. A helmetcam recording of the Vancouver Island ride, which can be seen on YouTube, clearly shows the speedometer. However, a…

Oct 25, 2013 5:33 PM CDT

Racketeering case filed by Chevron against lawyer who won $18B enviro award goes to trial

Having won an $18 billion environmental judgment against a deep-pockets corporate defendant after nearly two decades of litigation, attorney Steven Donziger, one might think, would be living high on the hog. Instead, the Harvard Law School graduate is a defendant in a civil racketeering trial brought by Chevron Corp. Trial…

Oct 16, 2013 7:10 PM CDT

Defense asks for freeze on 9/11 plot death-penalty case until Gitmo computer problems are resolved

A computer system that was supposed to provide defense lawyers at a Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunal with a safe and secure place to store client documents is so riddled with problems that they have sometimes resorted to using public Wi-Fi at coffee shops on base and in Washington, D.C.…

Sep 18, 2013 10:30 PM CDT

Does NSA hold info on mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjold? Commission asks UN to reopen probe

Lending some credence to conspiracy theories that have swirled for years concerning the 1961 death of United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in a Zambia plane crash, a commission of international jurists recommended on Monday that the U.N. reopen its investigation. The Hammarskjold Commission also said the National Security Agency,…

Sep 9, 2013 1:00 PM CDT

Ex-partner of K&L Gates gets 12 years in $1B embezzlement scheme

As a senior K&L Gates partner, working in the law firm’s Hong Kong office, Navin Kumar Aggarwal was earning up to $1 million annually. But that wasn’t enough to pay his gambling debts in Macau, so the solicitor stole from the firm and its clients to cover the shortfall. His…

Aug 28, 2013 7:01 PM CDT

Miranda wins partial court victory over data seized at Heathrow

David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, has won a partial court victory over data seized while he was traveling home to Brazil through London’s Heathrow airport earlier this week. Lord Justice Beatson and Judge Kenneth Parker on Thursday issued an injunction blocking the investigators from using or…

Aug 23, 2013 11:25 AM CDT

Surgeon who removed heroin containers from suspect is charged with keeping one for his own use

A surgeon has been arrested on drug charges after allegedly keeping one of several containers of heroin he was asked by Russian authorities to remove from the stomach of a suspected drug mule. The drama began when the suspected courier, who was aboard a train from Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, to Bogotol,…

Aug 15, 2013 4:25 PM CDT

DNA match with pet cat links suspect to dismembered torso

A British man has been convicted of manslaughter with the help of cat DNA. David Hilder was identified as the culprit in the Winchester case after hair from his cat was found on the dismembered torso of the victim, a neighbor of Hilder’s, reports the Associated Press. The 47-year-old defendant…

Aug 14, 2013 4:42 PM CDT

Dissident criminal defense lawyers in China face many dangers, says researcher

American lawyers often complain that they are held in low esteem by the general public. For a small cadre of Chinese lawyers, it would be a luxury to focus their worries on what people think of them. For these lawyers, who are politically motivated to practice criminal defense law, the risks…

Aug 10, 2013 2:42 AM CDT

Pro bono project seeks to increase the number of women in the Kosovar bar

Aug 1, 2013 8:40 AM CDT