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• Judge sets Thompson sentencing for Nov. 15

  September 22, 2012 in City on Page A5 Former Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. will finally be sentenced, more than a year after he was convicted of using excessive force and lying about his confrontation with … 8

• Zehm defense presents case for retrial

  September 1, 2012 in City on Page B3 Carl Oreskovich argued Friday that former Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. should receive a new trial because federal prosecutors hid information from the defense that could have won … 19

• Thompson jury query to be opened

  July 27, 2012 in City on Page A5 The secretive query of jurors who convicted former Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. will be made public after a federal judge decided Thursday to unseal court records. U.S. … 33

• Judge unseals Zehm records from secret hearings

  July 26, 2012 in City A federal judge today opened the court files that he sealed regarding secret hearings held in Yakima to query jurors who convicted former Spokane Police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. … 55

• New federal judge hit bench running

  March 17, 2012 in City on Page A6 Within a couple hours of the U.S. Senate’s approval of Thomas Rice’s appointment as a federal judge last week, Rice was whisked into a courtroom and sworn in to serve …

• Senate OKs Rice for federal bench

  March 7, 2012 in City on Page A5 Spokane-based Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Rice’s appointment as a federal judge was confirmed Tuesday by the U.S. Senate. Rice, who teamed with Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Harrington in the prosecution …

• Pliers may be allowed as evidence in Harpham trial

  August 5, 2011 in City on Page A5 A federal judge said Thursday that he is leaning toward allowing prosecutors to show that marks made on the wires of the bomb planted on Martin Luther King Jr. Day …

• Judge questions FBI procedures

  July 27, 2011 in City on Page A6 An FBI plan to not tell domestic terrorism suspect Kevin W. Harpham why he was arrested has raised the ire of the federal judge presiding over the case of the … 4