Jury Selection to Begin in Jerry Sandusky Trial
Rob Carr/Getty Images(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday denied a defense motion to delay the trial of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, who is accused of molesting 10 boys over a 15-year-period.That means ju…
John Edwards Trial: 42 Jurors Qualified; Final Selections Monday
Steve Exum/Getty Images(GREENSBORO, N.C.) — U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles has selected 42 potential jurors for the criminal trial of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. The final step, culling the jury to 12 membe…
Jury Pool Thinned in John Edwards Trial
Sara D. Davis/Getty Images(GREENSBORO, N.C.) — Nearly a quarter of the potential jurors in the criminal trial of former Sen. John Edwards were dismissed on Monday after the judge determined that many of them had tracked the case too closely and may ha…
Jury Selection Begins in Roger Clemens’ Retrial
Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Jury selection begins Monday in Washington, D.C., for the retrial of former major league pitcher Roger Clemens.Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, is on trial for allegedly lying to Congress about…
John Edwards Set to Face Jury in North Carolina
Steve Exum/Getty Images(GREENSBORO, N.C.) — Moments after a federal judge rejected John Edwards’ efforts to dismiss the government’s criminal case against him, the former senator and one-time rising star of Democratic politics stood outsid…
Jury Selection Begins in Tyler Clementi Cyberbullying Trial
Tyler Clementi/Facebook(NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.) — Jury selection begins Wednesday in a New Brunswick, N.J., courtroom for the trial of Dahrun Ravi, the Rutgers University student who, with a silent flip of his laptop webcam secretly watched his roommate …
Woman on Trial in 1993 Killing of Older Millionaire Boyfriend
Hemera/Thinkstock(SANTA ANA, Calif.) — Jury selection is underway in the trial of Nanette Johnston, who is accused of plotting to have her lover kill her far older, millionaire fiancé nearly two decades ago so she could collect on an insurance …