US judge in Va. orders neo-Nazi leader released on bond, but prosecution appeals ruling

October 13th, 2009 Appeals panel rejects Karadzic immunity claimTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — An appeals panel has rejected Radovan Karadzic's claim that he cannot be tried at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal because he was promised immunity by an American envoy, according to a ruling released Tuesday. The decision dismisses the former Bosnian Serb leader's last legal challenge to his trial on 11 charges including genocide for allegedly masterminding atrocities against Bosnia's Muslims and Croats during the country's 1992-95 war.

September 2nd, 2009 Federal judge orders MLB drug evidence preservedSAN FRANCISCO — A federal appellate judge has ordered the preservation of all evidence that allegedly shows 104 Major League Baseball players tested positive for steroids in 2003. The 9th U.S.

September 2nd, 2009 Ga. man arrested after family killed granted bondBRUNSWICK, Ga. — A Georgia man arrested after he reported finding his family killed in their mobile home has been granted bond.

August 26th, 2009 Fla. gay adoption ban goes to state appeals courtMIAMI — Florida's strict ban on adoptions by gay people is going before a state appeals court. The state is appealing a Miami-Dade County judge's November 2008 ruling that the law is unconstitutional.

August 26th, 2009 Fla. gay adoption ban goes to appeals courtMIAMI — A Florida appeals court is being urged to affirm a judge's ruling that the state's strict ban on adoptions by gay people is unconstitutional. Attorneys for parent Martin Gill and his two children argued Wednesday in Miami that there's no rational basis to exclude gay people.

August 13th, 2009 German court rules on display of Nazi symbolsBERLIN — A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that people can be prosecuted for displaying Nazi slogans in Germany only if they are in the German language. The Federal Court of Justice overturned a lower court's ruling convicting a neo-Nazi of transporting a shipment of 100 T-shirts with the slogan, "Blood and Honour," written in English.

July 13th, 2009 Fla. judge reinstates bond for LeyritzFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A South Florida judge has reinstated the bond of former major leaguer Jim Leyritz, who was arrested earlier this month on a domestic battery charge.

July 7th, 2009 German court rules Nazi suspect fit for trialBERLIN — Admitted Nazi hit man Heinrich Boere will stand trial for murder in Germany for the execution-style killings of three Dutch civilians during World War II, a court ruled Tuesday after years of legal wrangling. A Cologne appeals court ruled that the 88-year-old is fit for trial despite medical problems, overruling a lower court's decision this year.

June 27th, 2009 Scrushy asks judge for new trial in bribery caseMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy asked a judge to grant him a new trial Friday, saying he was a victim of selective prosecution when he was convicted of bribery in 2006.

June 26th, 2009 Judge delays release on bond of StanfordHOUSTON — A federal judge has delayed releasing Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford on bond until he can review a decision to allow the financier to be free until his trial on charges that he swindled investors out of $7 billion.

June 17th, 2009 Austria: Man convicted of glorifying Nazi ideasVIENNA — An Austrian court has convicted a man of glorifying Nazi ideology and sentenced him to two years in prison. The court in the southern city of Klagenfurt found the 85-year-old man, who was not identified, guilty Wednesday of "re-engaging" in Nazi-era beliefs.

June 9th, 2009 Nacchio: Case never should have gone to trialDENVER — Lawyers for former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio filed a brief Tuesday rebutting federal prosecutors who oppose a Supreme Court review of Nacchio's insider trading conviction, saying he never should have been prosecuted in the first place. In response to a brief the government filed last month, Nacchio's lawyers wrote that the alleged insider information cited by prosecutors referred to immaterial internal predictions that didn't have to be publicly disclosed.

June 8th, 2009 Conn. judge: Immigrants' rights violated in raidsHARTFORD, Conn. — A federal judge has ruled that immigration agents violated the constitutional rights of four illegal immigrants during a series of controversial raids in New Haven in 2007.

May 1st, 2009 Appeals court denies Demjanjuk stay of deportationCINCINNATI — A federal appeals court in Ohio has denied a stay of deportation to Germany of alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk (dem-YAHN'-yuk). Pending a further appeal, the Friday ruling opens the way for the Justice Department to deport the 89-year-old retired autoworker from his suburban Cleveland home.

May 1st, 2009 US court in Ohio clears Demjanjuk for deportationCLEVELAND — A federal appeals court opened the way again Friday for the Justice Department to deport alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk to Germany to face 29,000 counts of accessory to murder. The three-judge ruling from the 6th U.S.