Recent Updates
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UK couple to remain jailed after baby’s remains found in bag
Criminal Law 03/01/2023A couple whose disappearance sparked a nationwide search in England were ordered to remain in custody Friday after evidence presented during a court hearing revealed that the remains of an infant were found in a garden shed close to where the pair we...
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Thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu government
Criminal Law 01/12/2023Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the legal system and weaken the Supreme Court — a step that critics say will d...
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Tribe continues fight against proposed Arizona copper mine
Criminal Law 11/17/2022The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state Department of Environmental Quality illegally issued a Clean Water Act permit for the proposed Resolution Copper Mine, which is being opposed by the San Carlos Apache Tribe.The decision overtu...
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Same-sex marriage is now legal in all of Mexico’s states
Criminal Law 10/27/2022Lawmakers in the border state of Tamaulipas voted Wednesday night to legalize same-sex marriages, becoming the last of Mexico’s 32 states to authorize such unions.The measure to amend the state’s Civil Code passed with 23 votes in favor, ...
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Court rejects request to rehear gender dysphoria case
Criminal Law 10/08/2022A federal appeals court on Friday denied a request to rehear a case that found that gender dysphoria is a condition covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act.In August, a three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
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Kentucky court suspends prosecutor who asked for nude photos
Criminal Law 09/17/2022The Kentucky Supreme Court has suspended an Eastern Kentucky prosecutor who promised to help a defendant in exchange for nude photos.Ronnie Goldy is the commonwealth’s attorney for Bath, Menifee, Montgomery and Rowan counties. Although the cour...
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Death penalty upheld for Ohio man who fatally shot couple
Criminal Law 08/01/2022The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for a man who shot and killed a couple whose house and dog he was caring for while they were away on vacation.Death row inmate George Brinkman pleaded guilty to the 2017 deaths of Rogell and Roberta...
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Man denies kidnapping charge in alleged murder-for-hire plot
Criminal Law 06/03/2022A Colorado man pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court in Vermont to kidnapping a man who was later found shot to death in a snowbank in 2018 in what prosecutors allege is a murder-for-hire case stemming from a financial dispute. Federal prosecu...
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Mexico high court OKs preference for state power plants
Criminal Law 04/06/2022Mexico’s Supreme Court deemed constitutional Thursday a controversial energy law pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that gives government-owned power plants preference over private competitors.The law took effect in M...
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Man convicted of fraudulently seeking $13M in COVID-19 loans
Criminal Law 02/28/2022A Massachusetts businessman has been convicted of fraudulently seeking more than $13 million in federal coronavirus pandemic relief loans, federal prosecutors said. Elijah Majak Buoi, 40, of Winchester, was convicted Thursday of four counts of wire f...
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US sanctions Myanmar judiciary officials on coup anniversary
Criminal Law 01/05/2022The Biden administration on Monday slapped sanctions on top members of Myanmar’s judiciary and one of its main revenue-producing ports over rights abuses since last year’s coup. The sanctions on the country’s attorney general, supre...
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International Criminal Court to probe abuses in Venezuela
Criminal Law 11/09/2021The International Criminal Court is opening a formal investigation into allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings committed by Venezuelan security forces under President Nicolás Maduro’s rule, the first time a country in Latin Am...