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Socrates, the famed Greek philosopher, made a rare public appearance on May 12, in the Ceremonial Courtroom of Manhattan’s Federal Courthouse. In fact, he took the corporeal form of famed defense attorney Benjamin Brafman, currently representing embattled IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was highly animated in his defense against the millennia-old impiety and corruption charges levied against the Athenian
Tareq and Michaele Salahi were hoping for reality TV stardom when they strolled uninvited into a Nov. 24 White House state dinner.
Tareq and Michaele Salahi were hoping for reality-TV stardom when they strolled uninvited into a Nov. 24 White House state dinner
A German man accused of stabbing to death a pregnant Muslim woman in a Dresden courtroom goes on trial Monday — in the same court and amid tight security.
A mistrial has been declared in the trial of two people accused of attempting to extort millions from actor John Travolta after the death of his 16-year-old son, Jett. Judge Anita Allen thought someone in the jury had had inappropriate communications outside of the jury room, where jurors had been deliberating for eight hours
A Zimbabwean court ordered a senior opposition politician back to jail Wednesday to await his trial, set to begin next week.
John Travolta spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday about his desperate efforts to save his teenage son’s life after he suffered a seizure at the family’s vacation home in the Bahamas in January.
To say that Courtroom 76 is shabby doesn’t begin to convey its dilapidation: the walls are a mess of peeling paint, and a cascade of empty boxes partly blocks the entrance to this attic annex of London’s Royal Courts of Justice. It’s a far cry from the limestone and sandblasted glass interiors of the city’s designer shops that are such a magnet to Russia’s superrich.
Amanda Knox will testify Friday in an Italian courtroom to defend herself against charges that she took part in the killing of her roommate two years ago, her lawyer said. Knox, 21, an American college student from Seattle, Washington, will be questioned by her attorneys first and her testimony could continue Saturday, said Luciano Ghriga, one of her lawyers.
One of Kenya’s most famous white aristocrats will be sentenced Thursday, after a judge found him guilty of manslaughter for fatally shooting a poaching suspect on his family estate. The case highlights the fractious relationship the country has with its British colonial past, with many Kenyans accusing the government of favorable treatment. The defendant is white; the victim is black.