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Court fight likely in 10-year-old girl’s homicide case
Recent Cases 11/10/2018When a 10-year-old Wisconsin girl was charged with homicide this week in the death of an infant, it was a rare — but not unprecedented — case of adult charges being filed against someone so young.The girl told investigators she panicked a...
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NC high court weighs if tracking sex offenders reasonable
Law Journals 11/10/2018North Carolina's Supreme Court is re-evaluating whether forcing sex offenders to be perpetually tracked by GPS-linked devices, sometimes for the rest of their lives, is justified or a Constitution-violating unreasonable search.The state's highest cou...
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Justice Beth Clement leading Supreme Court race
Law Journals 11/07/2018Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Clement is leading a six-candidate field for two seats on the state's highest court. Nearly 95 percent of votes have been counted. The top two finishers get black robes.Justice Kurtis Wilder and appellate lawy...
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Malaysia court to resume Kim Jong Nam murder trial on Jan. 7
Recent Cases 11/05/2018A Malaysian court on Wednesday set Jan. 7 for two Southeast Asian women charged with murdering the North Korean leader’s half brother to begin their defense, as their lawyers complained that some witnesses were unreachable.A High Court judge in...
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Bahrain opposition leader sentenced to life by high court
Bar Associations 11/03/2018A Shiite cleric who was a central figure in Bahrain's 2011 Arab Spring protests was sentenced to life in prison Sunday on spying charges.The ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeals came after Sheikh Ali Salman was acquitted of the charges by a lower c...
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Trump visit stirs debate; massacre defendant in court
Featured Legal News 10/31/2018The man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was brought into court in a wheelchair Monday, as some members of the Jewish community and others objected to President Donald Trump’s plans to visit, accusing him of contributing to a toxic ...
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Indian court seeks pricing of Rafale jet deal with France
Lawyer Interviews 10/30/2018India's top court on Wednesday ordered the government to provide pricing details of 36 Rafale fighter jets it is buying from France.The court said the government must bring details of the decision-making process of the deal into the public domain, ex...
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Court orders Japan company to pay 4 Koreans for forced labor
Recent Cases 10/28/2018In a potentially far-reaching decision, South Korea's Supreme Court ruled that a major Japanese steelmaker should compensate four South Koreans for forced labor during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula before the end of World War II.The l...
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Trump visit stirs debate; massacre defendant in court
Headline Legal News 10/26/2018The man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was brought into court in a wheelchair Monday, as some members of the Jewish community and others objected to President Donald Trump’s plans to visit, accusing him of contributing to a toxic ...
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Condemned inmate's last meal includes pancakes
Law Journals 10/24/2018A South Dakota inmate facing execution has received a last meal that included pancakes, waffles, breakfast sausage, scrambled eggs and French fries.South Dakota's attorney general says the state Supreme Court has rejected two motions to stop the exec...
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Trump Foundation lawsuit paused until higher court weighs in
Legal Outlook 10/23/2018A New York judge on Thursday mothballed a lawsuit over President Donald Trump's charitable foundation until a higher court rules in an unrelated case whether a sitting president can be sued in state court.State Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla...
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Supreme Court hopeful had DWI charge in 2009
Legal Compliance News 10/20/2018A candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court pleaded guilty more than nine years ago to trespassing and driving while impaired.The Charlotte Observer reports Republican Chris Anglin was stopped by police in Greensboro in January 2009 and charged ...