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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is joining the debate over the Senate’s torture report by saying it’s hard to rule out the use of extreme measures to extract information if millions of lives were threatened.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A Roman Catholic priest has testified that a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend is a spiritual person who displayed no anger or aggression in his presence. The Rev. Joseph Scordo testified ...

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The public will have an opportunity to view some evidence from the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend. Charlottesville Circuit Court Clerk Llezelle Dugger tells media outlets that non-sensitive ...

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend lied about visiting friends hours before her battered body was found and had a “blank stare” on his face, a former teammate testified Wednesday just ...

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.  — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player said he got physical with his former girlfriend but did not kill her, sobbing and saying “she’s not dead” when detectives told him she died, according to a videotape played ...

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A murder suspect’s request that he not talk to police anymore until he spoke with a lawyer was an unambiguous invocation of his right to counsel, the state’s top court ruled Tuesday. The Court of Appeals granted Warren Lee Ballard ...

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As the fourth deposition of the day started, the lawyers were all gathered around the table. Some ties had been loosened, the coffee pot was exhausted two depositions ago, and lunch was clearly never going to happen. The new lawyer, ...

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