August 19, 2013 Comments Off on Judge bars most motive evidence in Fort Hood trial
FORT HOOD, Texas — The judge overseeing the Fort Hood shooting trial has blocked prosecutors from using several witnesses and most evidence they’d sought to explain the motive behind the 2009 attack. Col. Tara Osborn made the ruling Monday during ...
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Read More »August 7, 2013 Comments Off on Judge halts trial in Fort Hood shooting rampage
FORT HOOD, Texas — The standby attorney for the soldier charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage accused Maj. Nidal Hasan on Wednesday of deliberately charting a course toward a conviction and death sentence, abruptly halting the trial after ...
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Read More »June 14, 2013 Comments Off on Judge bans Fort Hood suspect’s defense strategy
FORT HOOD, Texas — An Army psychiatrist will not be allowed to tell jurors that he gunned down Fort Hood soldiers to protect the lives of Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, a military judge ruled Friday. Maj. Nidal Hasan’s “defense of ...
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Read More »June 11, 2013 Comments Off on Fort Hood suspect, defense attorneys at odds
FORT HOOD, Texas — Defense attorneys ordered to help the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage say they’re being asked to cross ethical lines. Maj. Nidal Hasan is representing himself at his upcoming murder trial. The ...
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Read More »June 3, 2013 Comments Off on Fort Hood suspect to represent himself at trial
FORT HOOD, Texas — A military judge is allowing the Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial. The judge also ruled Monday that Maj. Nidal Hasan’s attorneys will remain ...
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Read More »May 6, 2013 Comments Off on Law blog roundup
A new book on The Roberts Court will hit stores this week.
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Read More »April 1, 2013 Comments Off on In Texas, courthouse workers on alert after DA’s killing
KAUFMAN, Texas — Deputies escorted some Kaufman County employees into the courthouse Monday, two days after the district attorney and his wife were found shot to death in their home in an attack that stirred fears that other public employees ...
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Read More »January 31, 2013 Comments Off on Texas prosecutor killed near courthouse
KAUFMAN, Texas — An assistant district attorney was shot and killed Thursday morning near the North Texas county courthouse where he worked, and authorities said they were searching for two suspects. Mark Hasse, who was in his 50s, had exited ...
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Read More »January 30, 2013 Comments Off on Fort Hood suspect still faces possible execution
FORT HOOD, Texas — A judge has decided a Fort Hood shooting suspect still can face the death penalty if convicted in the worst mass shooting on a U.S. military installation. The judge, Col. Tara Osborn, on Wednesday denied Maj. ...
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Read More »January 29, 2013 Comments Off on Texas woman’s execution halted; DA won’t appeal
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The first woman scheduled to be executed in the U.S. since 2010 won a reprieve Tuesday, hours before she was scheduled to be taken to the Texas death chamber. State District Judge Larry Mitchell, in Dallas, rescheduled ...
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