Category: trial

Messiah: Are You The King?

Messiah: Are you the King? is a one-hour documentary on the trial, death and resurrection of Jesus, adapted from the 8-part series Messiah. Hosted by Leonardo Defilippis and filmed across the Holy Land, Messiah: Are You the King? is a riveting examination of the public ministry of Jesus and biblical prophecies of his Passion. –…


Soccer-Blatter, Platini to Face Swiss Justice in June Fraud Trial

ZURICH—Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA President Michel Platini will go on trial in June to face Swiss corruption charges over a $2 million payment that world soccer’s governing body made to Platini in 2011, the court announced on Tuesday. Both Blatter and Platini have repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the past over the incident,…


Idaho Judge: Mom Accused in Kids’ Killings Now Fit for Trial

BOISE, Idaho—An Idaho judge ruled Monday that a mother accused of conspiring to kill her children, her estranged husband, and a lover’s wife is now mentally competent to stand trial on some of the charges in Idaho. Daybell and her new husband, Chad Daybell, face numerous charges in the complicated case involving allegations of bizarre…


Idaho Judge: Mother Accused in Children’s Killings Now Fit for Trial

BOISE, Idaho—An Idaho judge ruled Monday that a mother accused of conspiring to kill her children, her estranged husband, and a lover’s wife is now mentally competent to stand trial on some of the charges in Idaho. Daybell and her new husband, Chad Daybell, face numerous charges in the complicated case involving allegations of bizarre…


Trial Is Ordered for 59 in Deadly Collapse of Genoa Bridge

ROME—A judge in Genoa on Thursday ordered all 59 defendants to stand trial for the deadly 2018 collapse of a heavily used highway bridge in that Italian port city which sent cars and trucks plunging into the dry riverbed below. Forty-three people were killed when a large section of the Morandi Bridge broke off during…


Prosecutor Seeks End to Khashoggi Murder Trial in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey—The Turkish prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi made a request Thursday that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case transferred to Saudi Arabia. The panel of judges made no ruling on the prosecutor’s request but said a letter would…


US Trial Begins for Member of ISIS ‘Beatles’ Cell

WASHINGTON—An alleged member of a group of ISIS terrorists that beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed “The Beatles” for their British accents, faces a U.S. criminal trial beginning on Tuesday. El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, will stand trial in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside Washington, on charges including lethal hostage-taking and conspiracy…


Amtrak Engineer Acquitted in 2015 Derailment That Killed 8

PHILADELPHIA—A jury cleared an Amtrak engineer Friday of all charges stemming from a derailment that left eight people dead and hundreds injured in Philadelphia in 2015, concluding that his operation of the train at more than twice the speed limit on a curve didn’t constitute criminal negligence. The jury took just over an hour to…


Former Speaker of BC Legislature Didn’t Consider Conflict of Interest: Trial Hears

VANCOUVER—A former Speaker of the B.C. legislature says he doesn’t recall being worried about a conflict of interest after he took guidance from the same lawyer who gave a former clerk advice about a retirement payment that’s at the centre of a breach-of-trust trial. In the Supreme Court of British Columbia on Monday, Crown prosecutor…


Jerry Harris From Reality TV Show ‘Cheer’ Pleads Guilty in Child Sex Case

LOS ANGELES—Jerry Harris, who starred in the American reality TV show “Cheer,” pleaded guilty on Thursday to two charges related to child pornography and sexual assault, according to a court filing. Harris was arrested in September 2020 and initially pleaded not guilty on seven counts but on Thursday changed two of them as part of…