Sep 24
The man accused of the Auckland “mansion murders” will stand trial in February.
Cheng Qi “Chris” Wang is accused of killing two men he says attacked him in his $2 million Mt Albert mansion in January.
He appeared in the High Court at Auckland today.
Wang, 52, is accused of the murdering Zhuo “Michael” Wu, 44, and Yishan “Tom” Zhong, 53.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
His lawyer, David Jones QC, said he would argue the men came into Wang’s home and attacked him, and Wang acted in self defence.
Police launched a double homicide inquiry after Zhong and Wu’s bodies were discovered at Wang’s house on January 14.
One man was found dead lying in the driveway and the other was found seriously injured and died a short time later.
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Sep 24
A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida on Monday began reviewing the lawsuit challenging a Florida state law requiring drug testing before welfare applicants can receive benefits. Judge Mary Scriven heard arguments Monday on both the constitutionality of the drug testing law and whether plaintiff, Luis Lebron, could represent a class. The judge granted the Florida Department of Children and Families a two-week extension to challenge a motion on whether Lebron’s lawsuit can represent all Florida welfare applicants. Read all post…
Aug 27
PHOENIX – Saturday was a sad day of remembrance for a valley temple.
It was just over 20 years ago when nine people were massacred in a west valley Buddhist temple.
On Saturday night, worshipers honored those who were killed.
There are still more questions than answers in the gruesome murders that happened two decades ago.
While the Buddhist community has forgiven, it still hasn’t forgotten Aug.
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Aug 27
PHILADELPHIA (CN) – The 3rd Circuit issued a new victory for chemical giant Rohm and Haas in the legal battle over an alleged cancer cluster in a tiny village of rural Illinois.
A state-court judge in May 2011 cleared the Philadelphia-based Dow Chemical subsidiary in the first of roughly 30 cases to go to trial in what’s been called a “mini mass-tort.”
The plaintiffs in those cases say their wells in the 1,000-person village of McCullom Lake were poisoned by chemicals from the company’s plant, located about a mile upstream. When the contamination seeped into the groundwater, it allegedly ruined their water supply and caused a raft of rare brain cancer.
The plaintiffs in the federal case, which excludes claims for physical injury, had asked U.S.
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Aug 26
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered its three-day bar examine cut to two days.
The court approved the petition of proposed amendments submitted by the Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions this week, which shortens the exam to 13 hours, not counting the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination.
Justice Michael K. Randolph, in a dissent, voiced his concern that the order would reduce the number of hours devoted to Mississippi law on the exam from eight to three. Justice David A.
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