The judge who presided over Alex Murdaugh's murder trial in South Carolina told his law school he wasn't surprised the jury came back with a guilty verdict in three hours.

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PHILADELPHIA — A judge on Friday publicly identified members of the jury that convicted Bill Cosby of sexual assault last month, but warned that reporters could face criminal charges if they hound jurors who don’t want to be bothered. Judge ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — As dogs and other animals are increasingly used in courts to comfort and calm prosecution witnesses, a few voices are calling for keeping the practice on a short leash, saying they could bias juries. The use of ...

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An alternate juror’s silent attendance during jury deliberations does not generally violate a defendant’s constitutional right to a fair trial, Maryland’s top court ruled Wednesday in upholding an attempted-first-degree-murder conviction and life sentence. In its 6-1 decision, the Court of ...

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Twelve Baltimore residents debated complicated issues for nearly three days before informing a judge they could not reach a decision on any of the counts faced by Officer William Porter, the first of six officers to go to trial in ...

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Jurors said they were deadlocked Tuesday as they weighed manslaughter and other charges against a police officer in the death of Freddie Gray. The judge told them to keep deliberating and they went home for the night without reaching a ...

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Protests on the street could be heard inside the fourth-floor Baltimore courtroom where dozens of prospective jurors appeared Monday morning as jury selection began in the case against Officer William Porter, one of six police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray.

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A series of tempestuous legal debates that have played out for months in filings and pretrial hearings involving the six police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray enters a new phase Monday as lawyers begin questioning ...

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Lawyers for a police officer facing trial in the death of Freddie Gray are asking that the jury be sequestered. Joseph Murtha and Gary Proctor represent Officer William Porter. They filed the motion last week in Baltimore Circuit Court. Porter ...

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BOSTON – Litigating is a mix of science and art. It takes the right amount of craft, knowledge, intelligence, evidence and personality to get the people in the box to see things your way. Sometimes it’s easier to do in ...

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