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Court orders new hearing for Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ murder case
Criminal Law 08/27/2024A 2022 court hearing that freed Adnan Syed from prison violated the legal rights of the victim’s family and must be redone, Maryland’s Supreme Court ruled Friday, marking the latest development in the ongoing legal saga that gained global...
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Venezuela’s Supreme Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
International 08/25/2024Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backed President Nicolás Maduro’s claims that he won last month’s presidential election and said voting tallies published online showing he lost by a landslide were forged.The ruling is the lates...
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Ukraine ratifies the statute for joining the International Criminal Court
Breaking Legal News 08/21/2024Ukraine ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, taking a step toward membership that Kyiv says will increase chances of prosecuting war crimes by Russians and boost victims’ chances of receiving compensation.Ukraine&rsquo...
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Fraud trial of George Santos to begin next month with an anonymous jury
Personal Injury 08/19/2024The fraud trial against former U.S. Rep. George Santos, slated to start in a matter of weeks, is coming into focus after a federal judge ruled Tuesday that jurors will have their identities kept secret from the public.They won’t, however, be re...
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Hearing in Karen Read case expected to focus on jury deliberations
Court Watch 08/08/2024Defense attorneys for Karen Read are expected to argue Friday that two charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend be dismissed, focusing on the jury deliberations that led to a mistrial.Read is accused of ramming into John O’Ke...
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Congolese military court hands down death sentence to leader of rebel coalition
Legal Business 08/06/2024A military court in Congo on Thursday sentenced 25 people, including the leader of a rebel coalition, to death after a high-profile televised trial that started late last month.Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Alliance Fleuve Congo, or AFC, was found ...
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Turkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN court
Legal Business 08/05/2024Turkey on Wednesday filed a request with a U.N. court to join South Africa’s lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, the foreign minister said.Turkey’s ambassador to the Netherlands, accompanied by a group of Turkish legislators, sub...
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Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
Court Watch 07/26/2024An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.The law passed last year, but a judge had blocked it from be...
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UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal
International 07/19/2024The top United Nations court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and called on it to end, and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of...
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PEMF Treatment / Breast Thermography in Diamond Bar, CA
Business Law 07/18/2024PEMF Treatment in Diamond Bar, California PEMF is a means for improved health began in the late 1800s when the great innovator Nikola Tesla discovered that it was harmless to pass electrical current through the human body—thus the reason magnet...
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Second phase of NRA civil trial over nonprofit’s spending begins in NYC
Court Watch 07/16/2024The second phase of the civil trial against the National Rifle Association and its top executives began Monday in Manhattan, with New York Attorney General Letitia James seeking an independent monitor to oversee the powerful gun rights group.The Demo...
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Albania’s supreme court leaves ethnic Greek ex-mayor in prison
International 07/15/2024Albania’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld a verdict of the lower courts keeping a former elected mayor from the country’s Greek minority in prison after he was convicted of buying votes.A Supreme Court statement said that it upheld the ver...