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US Supreme Court rules reckless offenses do not qualify as ‘violent felony’

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The US Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that “reckless” crimes qualify as violent felonies for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). The Supreme Court reversed that judgment and remanded the case.

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Human rights organization petitions ICC to investigate alleged genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh

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The CFTJ report requested “the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor to open a preliminary examination of the situation in Armenia since May 12, 2021, both to prevent and to punish the perpetrators of the genocide committed against ethnic Armenians.”

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Pakistan dispatch: persecution of religious minorities continues under current blasphemy law

JURIST

Every clause in the blasphemy law was modified or changed when Zia was leader, and the intent or mens rea requirement was completely removed. He spent more than a year of his life behind bars while anticipating what seemed to be a death sentence when the Supreme Court granted him bail.

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US Supreme Court rules prosecutors must prove doctors knowingly prescribed drugs illegally to secure unlawful distribution conviction

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The US Supreme Court Monday ruled that the US government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a doctor knowingly prescribed opioids “in an unauthorized manner” in order to secure a conviction for the illegal distribution of controlled substances. In the case of Ruan v. Ruan was separately charged with money laundering.

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India: Would Lack Of ‘Mens Rea' Constitute Medical Negligence? Supreme Court Says YES - S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

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To declare any act as a criminal offence, it must consist of two elements - Actus Reus (a guilty act) and Mens Rea (intention or knowledge of wrong-doing).

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Amid overdose crisis, court will weigh physician intent in “pill mill” prosecutions and more under the Controlled Substances Act

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Share In the midst of a national opioid crisis that claimed more than 100,000 lives in this country over the past year, the Supreme Court will hear a case on Tuesday about the relevance of doctors’ subjective intentions in criminal prosecutions for unlawful distribution of controlled substances. While on the surface, the case, Ruan v.

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Subjective intent of wrongdoing required to convict doctors under Controlled Substances Act

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Share With a majority opinion that will be one of Justice Stephen Breyer’s last for the Supreme Court, the court on Monday ruled 9-0 that two alleged opioids “pill mill” doctors could not be convicted absent a jury finding that they subjectively believed they were wrongfully dispensing pills. The case, Ruan v.

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