Criminal trials
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Northwestern 'Innocence Project' students slapped with subpoena
County prosecutors in Illinois have subpoenaed the grades, notes, recordings, and electronic correspondence of journalism students who have been gathering… -
Attorney in Richmond Newspapers case dies
The attorney who represented the Richmond Times-Dispatch in the landmark First Amendment case guaranteeing the public a right of access… -
Judge refuses to release jail records in murder case
An Arkansas judge this week refused to back off a court order sealing jail records in the case of a man… -
Judge: prosecutors mischaracterized record in secret briefs
A federal judge presiding over the prosecution of Thomas Kontogiannis, a friend of former Congressman Randall "Duke" Cunningham, released a… -
Press organizations push for O.J. Simpson juror questionnaires
Two media organizations have asked the Nevada Supreme Court to make clear that the court overseeing the kidnapping trial of O.J.… -
Gag order after suspect gives jailhouse interview
A man in Illinois accused of killing eight people complained to The Associated Press in a jailhouse interview Tuesday that his trial isn't… -
Federal court district weighs cutting back on plea agreement availability
Two Utah newspapers sounded the alarms this week over a rule up for debate in the federal district court there that… -
Court issues broad gag order in federal judge’s sex abuse trial
The judge presiding over the trial of United States District Judge Samuel Kent issued a broad gag order Friday, prohibiting… -
Mexico experiments with openness in court
From The Dallas Morning News: A Texas-bordering Mexican state where the drug trade subsists on public corruption, and murders this year have topped 700, is trying… -
Deputy poses as Newsweek reporter to ID anonymous source
A sheriff's deputy in North Carolina posed as a Newsweek reporter to coax an anonymous source out of a local…