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Lawyer freed pending appeal of Jan. 6 conviction because of Supreme Court decision

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“Judge Defers Ruling in Adams Case, Appointing Lawyer to Guide Decision; Judge Dale E. Ho said that with Eric Adams’s lawyer and federal prosecutors agreeing to end the case, he needed to hear independent arguments”

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“Judge Defers Ruling in Adams Case, Appointing Lawyer to Guide Decision; Judge Dale E. Ho said that with Eric Adamss lawyer and federal prosecutors agreeing to end the case, he needed to hear independent arguments”: Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times has this report.

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Prominent Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza transferred to prison hospital

JURIST

His lawyers were denied access to him on Friday without a clear explanation, and will now have to wait until next week to check on their client’s welfare due to prison hospital policy, the activist’s wife wrote via X.

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High Court Decision Called ‘Alarming Reversal’ in  Youth Justice

The Crime Report

That not only amounts to a reversal of a precedent set earlier by the Court, but is an “alarming” step back in protecting juveniles, say Arthur Ago and Rochelle Swartz of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. In Miller v.

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Nigeria local government breaks silence on election annulment

JURIST

A government party appealed local election results, and the Federal High Court ruled that the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) failed to adhere to proper electoral procedures stipulated by the Electoral Act 2010 , acting in contravention to the 90-notice to stakeholders before any elections.

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EU dispatch: Greek neo-Nazi party appeal prompts bar association probe as lawyer makes Nazi salutes in court

JURIST

A trial against Golden Dawn commenced in April 2015 at the first instance, and on October 7, 2020, a court decision pronounced party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and all Golden Dawn MPs guilty for involvement in a criminal organisation. We believe in Metaxas and salute in this way”. The trial as of June 2022 is set to last 18-24 months.

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Divided court restricts prisoners’ ability to pursue claims that their lawyers were incompetent

SCOTUSBlog

Share Two men on Arizona’s death row are not entitled to present new evidence in federal court to support their arguments that their trial lawyers bungled their cases, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 6-3 decision. The question in Shinn v. Check back soon for in-depth analysis of the opinion.

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