A Special POCSO Act Judge in Bihar sentenced a man to life imprisonment after examining witnesses, hearing the case and passing an order of conviction and sentence in one day.
The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld the 2020 conviction of a former pastor on statutory rape and sexual battery involving two 14-year-old girls.
A Massachusetts judge vacated Tyrone Clark s 1974 rape conviction after the commonwealth failed to preserve evidence and the victim in the case, unsolicited, raised serious doubts about her identification of
The Bombay High Court noted that the victim was sobbing at one point during cross-examination and that was when the trial judge ought to have intervened and stopped that line of cross examination.
Jackson County, Kansas, officials are seeking to recoup about $80,000 is public money paid to a special prosecutor accused of mishandling a controversial a case where a man's rape convictions were overturned on appeal.
US News: NEW YORK: More than a year after Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction, his lawyers are demanding a new trial, arguing in court papers Monday that that l.
Over a year after rape conviction ruling, Harvey Weinstein lawyers demand new trial
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NEW YORK: More than a year after Harvey Weinstein s rape conviction, his lawyers are demanding a new trial, arguing in court papers Monday that the landmark #MeToo prosecution that put him behind bars was buoyed by improper rulings from a judge who was cavalier in protecting the disgraced movie mogul s right to a fair trial. In a 166-page brief filed with a state appellate court, Weinstein s lawyers took repeated aim at Manhattan Judge James Burke, arguing that he swayed the trial s outcome with repeated rulings favourable to prosecutors - including a decision allowing additional accusers to testify about allegations that never led to criminal charges.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man has pleaded guilty to the 1996 rape and murder of Angie Dodge, a crime for which another man was wrongfully convicted nearly
reporter: and for three days you were essentially on trial. i mean, your cousin was on trial for murder but it was like you were on trial for murder. i was on trial. i was. i was. basically for my life and i had no protection. reporter: with pete off the stand the prosecution had a case to make but with limited evidence. they couldn t mention the dna. not conclusive. nor could they tell the jury about paul s previous assault and intent to commit rape conviction in san francisco. not relevant. in addition linda parisi claimed there was no motive. no reason for paul moore to kill roberto ayala. for all of law enforcement s investigation, they could not come up with anyone who said, i heard paul moore say he wanted to hurt roberto. reporter: no.