Tag: Courts
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US ex-police officer guilty of civil rights abuse in Breonna Taylor death | Black Lives Matter News
Jury found Brett Hankison used excessive force in botched police raid in 2020 in which Black woman was shot dead. A former police officer in the state of Kentucky has been convicted of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose death in a police raid prompted racial justice protests across the United…
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Russia sentences former US consulate worker to nearly five years in prison | Courts News
US had condemned arrest of Robert Shonov, who worked for more than 25 years in the now-shuttered mission in Vladivostok. A court in Russia has sentenced a former United States consulate employee to four years and 10 months in prison for “secret collaboration with a foreign state”, state media reported. Robert Shonov, a Russian citizen…
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Former FTX executive Nishad Singh spared prison for cooperation | Crypto News
Former cryptocurrency executive Nishad Singh, who once shared a $35m Bahamas penthouse with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, has been spared prison time by a judge for his role in the theft by his imprisoned former boss of about $8bn in customer funds from the now-bankrupt exchange. During a hearing in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday,…
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Britain argues over assisted dying: What to know about the emotive debate | Explainer News
London, United Kingdom – Britain is debating the issue of assisted dying after a bill to legalise it in England and Wales was formally introduced in parliament last week – the first attempt to change the law in a decade. If it were enacted, assisted dying would legally give terminally ill, mentally competent adults with…
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Prosecutor seeks new sentence for Menendez brothers who murdered parents | Al Jazeera News
Prosecutors in the United States have recommended resentencing Lyle and Erik Menendez for the murder of their parents after new evidence emerged of sexual abuse by their father. The brothers have been behind bars for 34 years, serving life sentences for shooting their father and mother in their home in Beverly Hills, California, in a…
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Giuliani ordered to hand over New York apartment to defamed election staff | Donald Trump News
Former New York mayor was one of many associates of Donald Trump who made false claims over 2020 election. Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has been ordered by a United States judge to turn over his apartment, jewellery and other valuable possessions to a pair of election workers whom he defamed. On Tuesday,…
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Brazil victims of mining disaster take BHP to court in London | Environment News
Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster have turned to a United Kingdom court for compensation, almost nine years after tonnes of toxic mining waste poured into a major waterway, killing 19 people and devastating local communities. The class action lawsuit at the High Court of Justice in London on Monday seeks an estimated 36 billion…
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Texas state judge orders pause for controversial ‘shaken baby’ execution | Death Penalty News
A state judge in Texas has issued a last-minute decision to pause the execution of Robert Roberson, a man convicted in a controversial case of shaken baby syndrome. Roberson is believed to be the first person ever sentenced to death in the United States for an alleged killing linked to the syndrome. But on Thursday,…
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France’s Marine Le Pen questioned in court at EU embezzlement trial | European Union News
Marine Le Pen and her RN party have been accused of using European Parliament money to pay staff in France between 2004 and 2016. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has strongly denied committing any wrongdoing at a Paris court as she and her National Rally (RN) party stand trial over the suspected embezzlement of…
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The ICC’s credibility is hanging by a thread | Israel-Palestine conflict
Upon the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 2002, a palpable hope arose that the era of impunity for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide was coming to a close. Twenty-two years later, the international legitimacy of the court hangs in the balance as it ignores calls…