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A man who attacked a Nevada judge in court pleads guilty but mentally ill
Court Alerts 09/02/2024A man whose courtroom attack on a judge in Las Vegas was recorded on video has pleaded guilty but mentally ill to attempted murder and other charges.Deobra Delone Redden ended his trial Thursday after Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthu...
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Supreme Court rebuffs plea to restore multibllliou-dollar student debt plan
Legal Compliance 08/31/2024lawsuits make their way through lower courts.The justices rejected an administration request to put most of it back into effect. It was blocked by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.In an unsigned order, the court said it expects the appeals court...
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Venezuela’s Supreme Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
National Legal News 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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Former Rep. George Santos pleads guilty in federal fraud case
U.S. Court Watch 08/20/2024George Santos, the former New York congressman who spun lies into a brief political career, pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, acknowledging that he allowed his ambitions to cloud his judgment.Santos, 36, is likely to ...
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Fraud trial of George Santos to begin next month with an anonymous jury
Court Alerts 08/17/2024The 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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X announces suspension of Brazil operations, alleging ‘censorship orders’
Court Alerts 08/12/2024Social media platform X said Saturday it will close its operations in Brazil, claiming Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest its legal representative in Brazil if they did not comply with orders.X is removing all re...
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Hearing in Karen Read case expected to focus on jury deliberations
U.S. Court Watch 08/09/2024Defense 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
Court Alerts 08/05/2024A 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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Court filings provide additional details of the US’ first nitrogen gas execution
U.S. Court Watch 08/01/2024A corrections officer who helped carry out the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution said in a court document that the inmate had normal blood oxygen levels for longer than he expected before the numbers suddenly plummeted.Another court documen...
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Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
Legal Compliance 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
Court Alerts 07/21/2024The 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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Albania’s supreme court leaves ethnic Greek ex-mayor in prison
Court Alerts 07/17/2024Albania’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...