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Inmate: Yates Told Me to Fake Mental Illness to Beat Rap

HOUSTON – Andrea Yates once advised a fellow inmate that she could escape prosecution by pretending to be mentally ill and persuading a psychiatrist she suffered from serious disorders, according to court documents filed Thursday by prosecutors. Felicia Doe, who spent four days in a jail block with Yates in …

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Judge Refuses Juror Interviews in Former Gov. Ryan's Trial

CHICAGO – A federal judge Wednesday refused to let defense lawyers interview two jurors involved in former Gov. George Ryan‘s racketeering and fraud trial. “I don’t think there is a basis here to permit an inquiry,” U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer said in response to the lawyers’ request. Pallmeyer …

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Failed Homicide Bomber on Trial in Jordan

AMMAN, Jordan – Veiled and chained at the ankles, a 35-year-old Iraqi woman went on trial Monday on charges of trying to carry out a suicide attack on a Jordanian hotel. Sixty-three people died when suicide bombers struck three hotels in Amman last Nov. 9. Sajida Mubarak al-Rishawi, 35, is …

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