Defence lawyers claimed the judge had acted improperly and the conversation showed the accused could not expect a fair trial.

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The district judge granted bail because of the defendant's health and because the accused had not been convicted of any crime since 1977.

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Mr. Simasiku said the state won't appeal the judge's latest decision, and that it is normal for an accused's bail conditions to be adjusted.

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The man accused of murdering Milly Dowler joined the trial judge and jury in the street in Surrey where she vanished "in the blink of an eye".

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" The appeal accused the judge of taking on the roles of "witness and advocate.

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EAGLE, Colorado (CNN) -- The judge in the Kobe Bryant case ruled Wednesday that the medical and psychological history of the woman who accused the basketball star of rape will not be admissible at trial.

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Ciavarella who left the bench over two years ago after he and another judge, Michael Conahan, were accused of sentencing youngsters to prisons they had a hand in building.

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The university countered last week by asking a judge in North Carolina to dismiss the suit and the university's religious professor, Carl W Ernst, accused the group of bias.

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