Read more criminal trial stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/30963/criminal-trial.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:18:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73998/911-plotters-will-face-death-holder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConfessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his four co-defendants will face the death penalty, Eric Holder confirmed today, and the AG leapt to defend the decision to try them in a civilian court in New York. They will “answer for their alleged crimes in a courthouse just blocks away...http://www.newser.com/story/73998/911-plotters-will-face-death-holder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72334/lil-wayne-pleads-to-gun-charge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGrammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to attempted weapons possession today and expects to receive a one-year jail sentence. He previously had pleaded not guilty to illegal gun possession charges that carried at least 3 1/2 years in prison upon conviction. Police said a gun was found on his tour...http://www.newser.com/story/72334/lil-wayne-pleads-to-gun-charge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 10:48:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70116/travolta-recounts-effort-to-save-autistic-jett.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn Travolta appeared in a Bahamian court today and recounted his efforts to save dying son Jett earlier this year, E! reports. He also publicly acknowledged Jett's troubles for the first time: "He was autistic. He suffered from a seizure disorder." After a nanny woke them to say Jett was...http://www.newser.com/story/70116/travolta-recounts-effort-to-save-autistic-jett.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 12:59:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69253/knox-trial-is-poison-for-all-involved.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmanda Knox may be the one on trial for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, waiting it out in a sweltering Italian prison. But as Barbie Nadeau notes in Newsweek , Knox isn’t the only one suffering: “The Knox trial is poison,” Nadeau writes. “Nearly everyone it has touched so far...http://www.newser.com/story/69253/knox-trial-is-poison-for-all-involved.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 18:44:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68803/3-brits-guilty-in-06-plot-to-bomb-transatlantic-flights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree British Muslims were convicted today of conspiracy to blow up airplanes with liquid explosives in a failed 2006 plot that led to restrictions on drinks and toiletries on flights, the Times of London reports. Ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar, and Tanvir Hussain were retried after a jury last...http://www.newser.com/story/68803/3-brits-guilty-in-06-plot-to-bomb-transatlantic-flights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 12:15:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67807/the-astor-trial-so-far-high-society-low-class.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMeryl Gordon has a plum seat at the so-called Brooke Astor trial, in which her son, Anthony Marshall, stands accused of thievery. Complete with the crème de la crème of New York society recounting terrible things and scathing Astorisms, Gordon writes in Vanity Fair , it’s a “story about money that...http://www.newser.com/story/67807/the-astor-trial-so-far-high-society-low-class.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 22:56:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65999/burress-indicted-faces-15-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress was indicted on gun charges today in New York, where he accidentally shot himself in the leg with an unlicensed handgun in November, the Post reports. Burress is charged with two felony counts of criminal possession and one count of reckless endangerment, a...http://www.newser.com/story/65999/burress-indicted-faces-15-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 13:48:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64093/hope-artist-cops-plea-in-vandalism-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStreet artist Shephard Fairey plead guilty today to three counts of vandalism for displaying stickers and posters around Boston without permission, the Globe reports. He must pay a fine and is prohibited from carrying the tools of his trade—like wheat paste and brushes—in the county for 2 years....http://www.newser.com/story/64093/hope-artist-cops-plea-in-vandalism-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 14:04:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62938/das-smear-should-nix-conviction-rockefeller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLawyers for Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter—aka Clark Rockefeller—want his conviction overturned because the jury was unfairly prejudiced against their client, the Boston Globe reports. Rockefeller was found guilty of kidnapping his daughter. The lawyers say the prosecution “eviscerated” their insanity defense during closing arguments by calling an unqualified expert...http://www.newser.com/story/62938/das-smear-should-nix-conviction-rockefeller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 14:45:02 CDT