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OCTOBER 21, 2023

The Supreme Court of India overturned the conviction of a woman sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged murder of her new born child Thursday, holding that a woman could not be compelled to reveal matters relating to her private reproductive choices. The woman contended that she miscarried.

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JUNE 26, 2021

The UK Supreme Court delivered a judgement on Friday which overturned the convictions of four defendants who blockaded an East London arms fair. The protestors thus appealed to the Supreme Court.

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JUNE 29, 2022

The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that the state of Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans who commit crimes against Native Americans on tribal territory. Castro-Huerta appealed the ruling to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, which vacated his conviction as a result of McGirt.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in United States v. The US argued that an attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence, noting that appellate courts and the act’s plain text support that understanding. That’s not how Congress writes laws, and that’s not how we interpret them.”

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JURIST

APRIL 2, 2021

The UK Court of Appeal on Tuesday pronounced a landmark judgement expected to guide the family court’s approach towards allegations of domestic abuse. The post UK Court of Appeals pronounces family court guidelines for cases of domestic abuse and child welfare appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2021

The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court in Germany Thursday sentenced two Syrian nationals on war crime and terrorism-related charges. The officer was a protected person under international humanitarian law. The court had also heard as a witness Khedr A.K.’s His co-defendant, Sami A.S.,

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JURIST

JUNE 17, 2024

Chinese activists Sophia Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing were sentenced on Friday by the Guangzhou Intermediate Court to five years and three years and six months in prison, respectively, for “subversion against the state,” as shared by supporters of the activists on social media.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2022

Egypt’s Supreme State Security Criminal Court Saturday sentenced to death 10 Muslim Brotherhood members who were “convicted of forming armed terrorist groups to carry out hostile operations against police facilities and personnel.” The court will convene to confirm the sentences in June.

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2025

A Ugandan military tribunal, a self-referred “court martial”, added the charge of “treachery” against Ugandan ex-opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, and his aide Hajji Obeide Lutale. The post Uganda court charges prominent opposition leader with treachery appeared first on JURIST - News.

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APRIL 21, 2022

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard an oral arguments for Vega v. The case will determine whether a person can seek civil relief when an officer fails to provide them with their Miranda rights, legal protections for potential criminal defendants against self-incrimination. United States gave Miranda v. What remedy does he have?”.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The United States Supreme Court Monday denied the appeal of Ramin Khorrami, an Arizona man who was convicted of fraud before an eight-member jury. This deviation from the standard 12-person jury was permitted by the 1970 US Supreme Court ruling in Williams v. Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh dissented to the court’s denial.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will review a conviction of several climate activists for protesting on Swiss bank Credit Suisse’s grounds. While the activists were initially acquitted in January 2020 , the Swiss appeal court reversed that decision. The case was seen as an important precedent for climate protestors.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Indian Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down the parameters to be considered by High Courts while considering the bail plea of an accused. These parameters were laid down in a case where the High Court wrongly granted bail to the accused. The top court laid down guidelines which are stated as follows-.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The District Court of The Hague Thursday sentenced three defendents to life imprisonment in the Flight MH17 criminal case. The court further granted 306 claims for damages, awarding more than €16 million in damages to parties affected by the incident.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 21, 2021

Gary , it was that the justices are struggling to draw boundaries around the circumstances in which federal criminal defendants are entitled to a new proceeding in the district court after the court of appeals has found “plain error” in the trial or plea hearing. After the decision in Rehaif, the U.S.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2021

The Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales on Friday permitted an Iranian-American businessman to sue Dechert LLP for hacking into his email account and leaking his personal information on BitTorrent sites. million in compensation to the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority ( RAKIA) by the trial court in May 2020.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The UK Supreme Court Wednesday held that a person under criminal investigation has a “reasonable expectation of privacy” with regard to information about that investigation prior to being charged. This judgment is anticipated to have a great impact on journalism. ’s actions in a foreign country.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Italy’s Constitutional Court rejected a request Tuesday to conduct a national referendum on modifying the criminal law to allow patients suffering from incurable illnesses or unbearable pain to exercise their right to die. However, no such law has been passed.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Rights organizations decried the four year prison sentence handed down to Zhang Zhan, a citizen-journalist, by a Chinese court on Monday. The post Chinese court sentences COVID-19 whistleblower to four years in prison appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. Thanks for your support! DONATE NOW.

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JULY 7, 2021

The UK’s Court of Appeal on Monday quashed the convictions of three black men who were arrested for robbery in the late 1970s, where the court relied on the testimony of a knowingly corrupt police officer.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

“Eunice Lee an Active Questioner on First Day Hearing 2nd Circuit Arguments; Lee, the first former federal defender ever to serve on the influential appeals court, peppered attorneys in three appeals, foreshadowing a potentially-outsized role in addressing unsettled areas of criminal law”: Tom McParland of New York Law Journal has this (..)

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MAY 7, 2022

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether defendants have standing to assert violations of an extradition treaty and whether the wire fraud statute applies extraterritorially to reach a defendant’s conduct committed only in Nigeria. United States. Guzman Loera v.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2022

The US Supreme Court Thursday declined to consider whether jail officials who “respond unreasonably” to “obvious risk” are protected by qualified immunity. However, Cogdill and Jesse Laws, the jailer on duty, placed Monroe in a cell alone with a 30-inch cord. Monroe attempted to commit suicide.

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APRIL 23, 2021

The Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday dismissed a suit for compensation brought by South Korean women forced to work in “comfort stations”—brothels operated by the Japanese military before and during World War II—and families of the deceased victims. The 20 plaintiffs filed the suit in 2016 and sought about $2.7

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JULY 23, 2021

Moscow’s Tagansky District Court imposed fines Thursday against Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc, and Pavel Durov’s Telegram. The court first decided the case against the tech giants back in April and found that the companies violated the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to seven years in prison for violating a marriage law when they wed in 2018, officials and a lawyer for the couple said. The post Pakistan court convicts former PM Khan and wife of unlawful marriage appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JUNE 4, 2022

We’re hoping that French courts can play a role in starting to fill the current cavernous accountability gap in Yemen. The post NGOs file war crimes lawsuit against defense manufacturers in France court appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The US Supreme Court Tuesday declined to block the execution of Missouri inmate Leonard Taylor despite new evidence potentially proving a wrongful conviction. Last month, Taylor’s attorney filed a request under Missouri law for a hearing to consider new evidence which could prove a wrongful conviction.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari to two cases, Reed v. In Reed , petitioner Rodney Reed asked the court to decide when “the statute of limitations begins to run for an action under 42 U.S.C. Mallory appealed to the Supreme Court for review. Goertz and Mallory v.

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JUNE 28, 2022

The Michigan Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that defendants charged in connection with the Flint water crisis are entitled to preliminary examinations. ” The law allows a single judge to consider evidence in private chambers and issue an indictment authorizing criminal charges. Three state employees, Nancy Peeler, Richard L.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The US Supreme Court Wednesday granted a request by death row inmate John Cruz for post conviction relief from his 2005 death sentence. In an opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the court ruled that the Arizona Supreme Court incorrectly held that the 2016 case Lynch v. South Carolina “did not apply” in Arizona.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2021

The Supreme Court of Crimea has sentenced Ukrainian Ivan Yatskin to an 11-year sentence on treason charge s. Despite being Ukrainian, Yatskin was charged under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code due to Crimea’s status as Russia-annexed.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reinstated a Florida man’s conviction on Thursday, following a challenge that the police department violated the man’s Miranda rights. Jimmie Bowen was arrested for his alleged involvement in gang related violence. Instead, its protections apply only in custodial interrogation.”

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JURIST

MAY 8, 2022

The Singapore High Court Thursday convicted Malaysian businessman and woman, John Soh Chee wen and Quah Su-Ling for market manipulation and cheating offences that led to the 2013 penny-stock crash. High Court Judge Hoo Sheau Peng has convicted Chee Wen and Su-Ling with 180 and 169 charges respectively.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2022

Russian state-owned news agency TASS Tuesday reported that a court found dissident Alexey Navalny guilty of fraud and contempt of court and sentenced him to nine years in prison. Later, Kotova found Navalny guilty of contempt of court for his behavior during a prior defamation trial. We have been fighting Putin since 2011.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 17, 2021

A Russian Court on Thursday imposed one year of restrictions on ophthalmologist Dr Anastasia Vasileya. After these charges were imposed by the courts, the alliance disbanded as many of the participants have fled into exile. The sanctions restrict her movements and require monthly mandatory checks with the Russian state supervisor.

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APRIL 4, 2023

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear David Brown v. Louisiana , a case which concerns evidence rules in criminal trials. The man who petitioned the court to hear the case remains on death row, where he has been since his 2011 criminal conviction. The case centers on how far the precedent decided in Brady v.

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