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Downtown Docket: Sept. 11 Trials to Bring Legal Challenges to Manhattan Court

By DNAinfo Staff on November 16, 2009 8:44am  | Updated on November 16, 2009 9:25am

By Shayna Jacobs

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — Legal experts think Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's attorney will ask for a change of venue in an effort to avoid the Manhattan courthouse. They also say the challenges of trying this case are unprecedented. [nytimes.com]

Three elderly women are loyal spectators at the John Gotti, Jr. trial, including one who even prays for a mistrial at a nearby Catholic church. [nypost.com]

Animal rights activists continue to fight in surrogate's court for the estate of Leona Helmsley, who left most of her $8 billion fortune to the care of dogs. [nypost.com]