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Jury in Zimmerman trial to be anonymous for now: judge

Thomson ReutersJune 17, 2013 19:02

By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The identities of jurors in the trial of former neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman will remain anonymous for an unspecified period after a verdict is handed down in the case, the judge ruled on Monday. The decision by Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson came after jury selection in the trial resumed for a second week and lawyers continued to try to identify jurors who have heard little about the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

Jury selection in Trayvon Martin case enters 2nd week, security tight

Thomson ReutersJune 17, 2013 05:31

By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - As jury selection in the murder trial of Florida neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman resumes on Monday for a second week, security at the courthouse is tight, despite dwindling public interest in the painstakingly slow search for a panel of unbiased jurors.

Florida judge rejects delay in George Zimmerman murder trial

Thomson ReutersMay 28, 2013 13:37

By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida judge on Tuesday ruled out any further delay in next month's trial of George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch captain charged with second-degree murder for last year's killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson, who ruled against several key defense motions during a two-hour hearing in Seminole County Criminal Court, rejected a defense request to delay the scheduled June 10 start of the trial.

Anarchist jailed for not testifying over 2008 New York blast

Thomson ReutersMay 21, 2013 20:32

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A self-described anarchist from Brooklyn who refused to testify before a federal grand jury thought to be investigating a 2008 bomb explosion in New York's Times Square was sent to jail on Tuesday after being found in civil contempt. Gerald Koch, 24, had been asked last week to testify before a grand jury that his lawyer says is believed to be probing a small bomb detonation outside a U.S. armed forces recruiting station.

Jodi Arias jury due to resume death penalty deliberations in Arizona

Thomson ReutersMay 21, 2013 15:05

By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - A jury weighing the fate of murderer Jodi Arias is set to resume deliberations on Wednesday on whether she should be sentenced to death or spend her life in prison for the brutal slaying of her ex-boyfriend. Arias, 32, was found guilty earlier this month in the murder of Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home in June 2008. He had been stabbed 27 times, had his throat slashed and been shot in the face.

Jury convicts US woman in lurid murder case

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 17:32

A US jury convicted a 32-year-old woman, Jodi Arias, of first degree murder Wednesday after a trial which gripped US media attention with lurid details of sex, lies and graphic violence. Arias had been on trial since January accused of murdering her 30-year-old ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in June 2008 in a frenzied attack in which he was stabbed 27 times, shot in the head and had his throat slit.

Affair doesn't mean accused is guilty, judge warns jury at ferry sinking trial

The Canadian PressMay 6, 2013 05:30

VANCOUVER - The trial into the sinking of the Queen of the North passenger ferry revealed intimate details of a sexual relationship between the ship's navigating officer and another crew member, but the judge hearing the case warned a jury Monday not to use the illicit affair to jump to conclusions about Karl Lilgert's character. Lilgert, the ferry's fourth officer, has been on trial since January for criminal negligence causing the deaths of two passengers, who haven't been seen since the ferry missed a turn and struck an island off northern British Columbia on March 22, 2006.

Crown accuses ferry officer of concocting evidence about sinking of B.C. ferry

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 16:02

VANCOUVER - Karl Lilgert was either having sex or a heated argument with his former lover on the bridge of a B.C. ferry the night it hit an island and sank, the prosecution alleged at the man's criminal negligence causing death trial. During the final day of testimony — which has spanned three months and involved numerous witnesses, experts, calculations and maps — Crown lawyer Michel Huot finally delivered the accusation the court had been waiting to hear.

Luka Rocco Magnotta to stand trial in September 2014

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 11:01

MONTREAL - The trial of accused killer Luka Rocco Magnotta will begin in September 2014, more than two years after his arrest in the death of university student Jun Lin. Magnotta appeared Monday in a Montreal courtroom, where his jury trial was set for Sept. 15, 2014. It is scheduled to last six to eight weeks. Defence lawyer Luc Leclair requested an earlier start date and even asked the judge whether April 2014 would be a possibility. Justice Andre Vincent replied that nothing was available before September.

U.S. soldier pleads guilty to murdering fellow servicemen in Iraq

Thomson ReutersApril 22, 2013 17:16

By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty on Monday to murder for shooting dead five fellow servicemen at a military counselling centre in Iraq, a plea made in a deal with military prosecutors to avoid the death penalty. U.S. Army Sergeant John Russell was accused of killing two medical staff officers and three soldiers at Camp Liberty, adjacent to the Baghdad airport, in a 2009 shooting the military said at the time could have been triggered by combat stress.