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...trial hearings in the strange murder case of James Jordan -- father of basketball great Michael Jordan -- will be open to the media, a North Carolina judge ruled. On the first day in a Robeson County courtroom, state Supreme Court Judge Gregory Weeks decided the press coverage of the early rounds wouldn't prejudice all potential jurors. This afternoon, attorneys for Larry Demery -- one of two 19-year-old men accused of shooting Jordan last year as he slept in his car -- fought to see police dental records that supposedly identify the unrecognizable corpse. In the meantime, the lawyers contend Jordan...
...packed Hillside, New Jersey, courtroom last night, a judge dropped animal-cruelty charges against Frank Balun, the 69-year-old gardener who became a cause celebre after he whacked a rat to death with a broom for eating his tomato plants. Ironically, Balun got noticed -- and risked a year in jail and $2,500 in fines -- after he called the Associated Humane Societies to get the carcass. The AHS promptly filed charges against him. The judge found a loophole in state law that allows slaughter if vermin damage crops or livestock. But it took a plea-in-verse from local...
...said outside the courtroom yesterday that Sword did not make the statement in the presence of his lawyer, but that he had, in fact, come forth voluntarily...
Approached yesterday outside the courtroom, Leereferred all questions about the case to hisattorney...
...Reggie Love. In her strong portrayal, Sarandon turns a moderately interesting part into "The Client"'s highlight performance, occasional showing the impressive depth she captured in "Thelma and Louise." Had Schumacher fully exploited Sarandon's hard-ball verbal confrontations, "The Client" might have succeed ed as a fast-paced courtroom drama; unfortunately, Schumacher fails to commit to the dynamic court plot, preferring to interstice the Sway family drama with a few dismally unoriginal mob scenes...