In other words, judges can override acquittals if they think it more likely than not that the defendants are guilty. The Court's decision was based on "what an acquittal [actually] means," says ...

As a defense attorney, I would always advise someone to enter not guilty first,” attorney Don Olsen explained to LGHL. “There’s a process here.” Olsen is not involved w ...

A jury deliberated for more than 15 hours before finding George Zimmerman not guilty The not guilty verdict means the jury of six women found Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin in self-defense The ...

“Not guilty means not guilty,” said Commission Chair Judge Carlton Reeves in a news release. “By enshrining this basic fact within the federal sentencing guidelines, the commission is taking ...

He has pleaded not guilty in both, meaning two trials are expected. Although it had previously been agreed that the state case would proceed first, Mangione's defense team has now asked the court ...

EXPERTS SAY THAT COULD MEAN THE ATTORNEY IS THINKING ABOUT PLEADING NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY. THE POLICE REPORT SAYS STEVEN SCANTLEBURY WAS AT PALMS WEST HOSPITAL TUESDAY NIGHT UNDER A ...

“Or that you’re not guilty of the counts that were dismissed ... an official proceeding even under the newly narrowed definition. That was an argument Ochs’ and DeCarlo’s attorney, Robert ...

He was found not guilty on grounds of insanity by a jury ... legislators to establish the M’Naghten rules, which hang the definition of legal insanity on “a defect of reason from disease ...

Carlos King did not shoot and kill two people in 1991 outside of a Hamtramck bar. The 18-year-old King was there, and sentenced for robbing them. But he did not murder them. Yet there’s a strong ...