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...Jessica Venezia, a spokeswoman for the District Attorney's office, said she would defer comment about why the charges have expanded until after Copney's arraignment in superior court, for which a date has not yet been scheduled. She said that last night's indictment was necessary for Copney to be tried in superior court, the highest court that he would be arraigned in, and that no indictment had been needed for the earlier hearing in the lower court...
...following day, Jiggetts refused at his court appearance to voluntarily return to Massachusetts to face charges, which included first degree murder and armed robbery. He has since been jailed without bail and will return to Manhattan Criminal Court again on July 8, where prosecutors will likely present a governor's warrant to extradite Jiggetts to Massachusetts to answer for his charges...
Voting Rights Act • challenge to is sidestepped by the Supreme Court, though opinion favoring the overturning of is voiced by a single Justice, dubbed by Wonkette "Uncle Thomas...
...February, many, including Politkovskaya's family, were relieved. It meant the investigation into the crusading journalist's shooting would continue and, they hoped, would finally catch the real culprits: the person who ordered the assassination and the person who pulled the trigger. But on Thursday, Russia's Supreme Court overturned the acquittal and ordered a retrial, sparking fears that a guilty verdict the second time around will end the search for Politkovskaya's killers...
...ruling, the Supreme Court said there were numerous procedural violations in the previous trial, and an improper bias against the defendants, which necessitated a retrial on the same charges in the same court. (By citing procedural violations, the Supreme Court renders the first verdict void, and so sidesteps the issue of double jeopardy which states a person can't be tried for the same crime twice.) Politkovskaya's family and lawyers oppose a retrial, saying a guilty verdict for the alleged accomplices could end the investigation and allow those directly responsible for the murder to remain free. Meanwhile, journalists...