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...discussing the Pellicano indictment with reporters, acting U.S. Attorney George S. Cardona said the case represented "a serious incursion into many folks' right to privacy" that "we take very seriously." Pellicano and the others charged pleaded not guilty on Monday, with a trial date of April 4th set for the P.I. who once rubbed shoulders with Hollywood's elite. Some of those same A-listers, including studio executives and L.A. lawyers, could soon be joining him in legal hot water. According to a source closely involved with the unfolding drama, "this is just the beginning. There are more indictments...
Almost four months since it opened, the trial of Saddam Hussein has been plagued by violence and the courtroom antics of Saddam and his seven co-defendants. Saddam's boycott of the court last week forced its chief judge to adjourn hearings until next week. So is a credible trial still possible? A look inside the world's most contentious courtroom. 1 - IN THE DOCK...
From the start, Saddam and his co-defendants--all charged with playing a role in the 1982 massacre in Dujail, a town north of Baghdad--have disrupted the trial by questioning the court's legitimacy and accusing the judges of being pawns of the U.S. When Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, Saddam's half brother and former spy chief, was forcibly removed from the room last week after calling the court a "child of adultery," Saddam and the entire defense team stormed out in protest. The trial, which is held in the hulking former Baath Party headquarters inside Baghdad...
...original eight-member team included former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. After the defense lawyers walked out of the courtroom last week, they were replaced with a new, court-appointed team, but Saddam and the other defendants refuse to attend the trial until the new chief judge resigns. Members of the defense team have said they have been denied access to pieces of evidence against their clients...
Last year, a newspaper deliveryman in Japan was brought to trial for killing a seven-year-old girl. After drowning his victim, he used her cell phone to take a digital photo of the body and to send the image to her mother with a text message saying, "I've got your daughter." In a country where truth is often weirder and more gruesome than fiction, few writers can compete with the stories on the evening news. The chilling exception is Miyuki Miyabe, one of Japan's most popular authors. In Crossfire, her third novel to be translated into English...