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  Thai court extends detention of refugee sought by Bahrain

  Law Journals 12/11/2018

  A Thai court ruled Tuesday that a soccer player who holds refugee status in Australia can be held for 60 days pending the completion of an extradition request by Bahrain, the homeland he fled four years ago on account of alleged political persecution...

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  Supreme Court to hear closely watched double jeopardy case

  Featured Legal News 12/07/2018

  The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments about an exception to the Constitution's ban on being tried for the same offense. The outcome could have a spillover effect on the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.The justices are ta...

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  Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure

  Law Journals 12/03/2018

  to her election challenge of President Paul Kagame, as judges said the prosecution failed to provide proof of insurrection and forgery.Diane Rwigara’s case has drawn global attention as Kagame again faces pressure to give more space to critics ...

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  European court orders Turkey to free ex-Kurdish party leader

  Law Journals 11/20/2018

  The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday called on Turkey to release the former head of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition from detention. Turkey's president responded by claiming his country was not bound by the court's rulings.In its ruling on Tu...

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  New black officers, court officials rethinking US policing

  Law Journals 11/17/2018

  Veteran Alabama law enforcement officer Mark Pettway grew up in a black neighborhood called “Dynamite Hill” because the Ku Klux Klan bombed so many houses there in the 1950s and ’60s.Now, after becoming the first black person electe...

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  NC high court weighs if tracking sex offenders reasonable

  Law Journals 11/10/2018

  North 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 11/07/2018

  Michigan 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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  Trump visit stirs debate; massacre defendant in court

  Featured Legal News 10/31/2018

  The 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 10/24/2018

  A 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 10/23/2018

  A 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 10/20/2018

  A 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 ...

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  Court to hear case over ID of Texas execution drug supplier

  Featured Legal News 10/20/2018

  The Texas Supreme Court has reversed itself and granted the state's request to review a case dealing with the disclosure of an execution drug supplier that officials have fought for years to keep secret.The Texas Supreme Court on Friday approved the ...