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Slaying of Virginia Lacrosse Star Yeardley Love Going to Grand Jury
By David Lohr - AOL NewsEnough probable cause exists for the murder case against former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely to move it forward to a grand jury, General District Judge Robert Downer has ruled after an emotional nine-hour hearing attended by many friends and family members of the victim and her former boyfriend. Huguely, 23, is accused of felony murder, assault, robbery and burglary in the 2010 death of his former girlfriend, UVA student Yeardley Love, 22, and the theft of her computer. She was a star on the school's women's lacrosse team. University of Virginia ...
Man Pleads Not Guilty in Jaycee Dugard Kidnapping Case
By not in system - AOL NewsPLACERVILLE, Calif. - An expected guilty plea by a convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping and raping a girl when she was 11 and holding her captive for 18 years was derailed Thursday when his lawyer alleged a grand jury was improperly selected and acted inappropriately. Public defender Susan Gellman, who represents defendant Phillip Garrido, made the claim during a brief hearing where Garrido and his wife and co-defendant Nancy Garrido entered not guilty pleas to kidnapping, rape and other charges contained in an amended indictment. Gellman did not elaborate on her claim ...
21 Priests in Philadelphia Suspended on Sex Abuse Allegations
By David Gibson - Politics DailyCardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia on Tuesday placed 21 priests on administrative leave following a damning grand jury report last month -- the second investigation of sex abuse by priests in recent years -- that said up to 37 clerics suspected of abuse remained in ministry. Rigali suspended the priests on the eve of Ash Wednesday and the penitential season of Lent. In a statement, Rigali expressed his "sorrow" for the abuse of children by clergy. "I am truly sorry for the harm done to the victims of sexual abuse, as well as to the members of our community who suffer as a result of this ...
Grand Jury Investigating John Edwards Expected to Report Soon
By Eleanor Clift - Politics DailyIt's hard to feel too sorry for John Edwards, once a golden boy in Democratic politics and now scorned for the way he betrayed his wife and made her last years harder than they should have been. Elizabeth Edwards succumbed to her cancer last year, and in the months since, Edwards has kept a very low profile, moving back into the family home in Chapel Hill, N.C., that he had left when he and Elizabeth separated. But according to an exhaustively reported story in The New York Times, Edwards' self-inflicted solitude could soon come to an end. Related Stories For John ...
Stepmother Charged With Murder in Death of Zahra Baker
By not in system - AOL NewsElisa Baker was indicted today on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the death of her disabled 10-year-old stepdaughter, Zahra Clare Baker, whose remains were found in various locations around North Carolina. The indictment handed up by a grand jury in Catawba County, N.C., asserted that Baker had "a history and pattern of physical, verbal and psychological abuse of the victim," The Charlotte Observer reported, and that she had "desecrated the victim's body to hinder detection, investigation and prosecution of the offense." In documents released today by the state's chief ...
Grand Jury to Hear Domestic Abuse Case Against New Orleans Saints' Will Smith
By Ray Glier - AOL NewsIt was an embarrassing moment for the New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith. One day he is being filmed by the NFL for a family moment to be shown nationally for Thanksgiving. They were picture perfect, he and his wife. A few days later, Smith was being dragged away to jail for pulling his wife by the hair. A pair of Lafayette police officers saw Smith pull his wife's hair on Nov. 27 during an argument after leaving a night club at 2 a.m.. The player, who is 6-3, 282 pounds, was booked on misdemeanor counts of domestic abuse and simple battery. The officers were on patrol when they saw ...
Jared Loughner Indicted on Three Counts in Tucscon Shootings
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA federal grand jury in Tucson has indicted Jared Loughner on three counts in the Jan. 8 shooting rampage at a grocery store that left six people dead and 13 injured, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Loughner, 22, is charged with the attempted assassination of Giffords and the attempted murders of her aides Ron Barber and Pam Simon, the Arizona Republic reported Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke said the three charges "are just the beginning of our legal action." Further indictments could come within 60 days. Loughner is likely to be charged in the six ...
Three Months Later, Where's Kyron?
By David Lohr - AOL News(Sept. 3) -- Saturday will mark the three-month anniversary of the mysterious disappearance of Kyron Horman, and for everyone involved in the case of the missing Oregon boy, tensions are high as authorities remain tight-lipped about the status of the investigation. No suspects have been named, but a grand jury has been meeting for more than a month. Kyron's eighth birthday, meanwhile, is coming up next week. "No new information to provide at this time," the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office told AOL News this week. According to a former FBI agent who has worked dozens of missing-person ...
Arrest Could Come Soon in Kyron Horman Case
By David Lohr - AOL News(July 27) -- A grand jury has convened in the Kyron Horman case, and a close friend of the missing 7-year-old Oregon boy's stepmother has been subpoenaed to testify. Although police have yet to name a suspect, the latest development could be a signal that an arrest is imminent. "I have a lot of experience providing evidence and appearing before grand juries, and I can tell you that a prosecutor won't take a case before them unless he is pretty confident he has a strong case," said Harold Copus, a former FBI agent who has worked on dozens of missing-person cases. Greg Wahl-Stephens, AP A ...
Monica Lewinsky Tells Author of Impeachment Book that Bill Clinton Lied to the Grand Jury
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyIn a scholarly book soon to be published on the 1990s presidential impeachment saga, Monica Lewinsky is quoted as saying that former President William Jefferson Clinton committed perjury before the Whitewater grand jury while testifying about their physical relationship. Clinton's convoluted testimony has, for a decade, been the frequent source of lampooning. His "it depends on what the meaning of 'is' is" has entered the lexicon as an example of male obfuscation. His parsing of a judge's language in his sexual harassment case led the then-president to assert with a straight face that when ...
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