Verdicts

In a trial watched closely by activists on both sides of the abortion debate, Dr. George Tiller, the Kansas physician accused of performing illegal late-term abortions, was found not guilty Friday. The jury of three men and three women deliberated for less than an hour. Tiller has been targeted by antiabortion politicians, legal officials and activists for years, but this was the first time he faced a jury.

There were women in pearls, men in seersucker -- enough well-heeled Mississippians to conjure up a charity auction or summer fete. They were crowded Friday into a small wood-paneled federal courtroom behind a long line of sober, dark-suited attorneys to watch Richard F.

A state jury Friday convicted former Tyco International Ltd. Chief Executive L. Dennis Kozlowski and a top deputy of stealing tens of millions of dollars from the company, scoring a victory for government prosecutors in their assault on corporate crime.

A Los Angeles jury has convicted a 75-year-old woman of murdering a homeless man for millions in life insurance, but is deadlocked on two charges against her in a second killing.

A Ventura County jury Tuesday convicted a 28-year-old skinhead gang member of first-degree murder with special circumstances for the 1992 murder of Santa Monica College student Katrina Montgomery, making him eligible for the death penalty.

A Los Angeles County jury found Friday that Kaiser Permanente retaliated against one of its emergency room physicians after he raised concerns about the quality of care at Kaiser's Bellflower Medical Center.

After a 12-week trial that ended with jurors saying they did not believe two Hollywood stuntmen central to the prosecution's case, actor Robert Blake was found not guilty Wednesday of fatally shooting his wife.

A Beverly Hills fashion designer, once touted as a future star of the catwalks, was found guilty Thursday of sexually assaulting seven girls and young women, capping a two-month trial that offered a sordid portrait of the fashion world.