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  • Man who escaped from Rhode Island prison to appear in court

    Man who escaped from Rhode Island prison to appear in court

    Analysis on Policy 01/05/2017

    A man who escaped from a Rhode Island prison and was on the run for five days before being captured in Massachusetts is scheduled to make an initial appearance before a federal magistrate judge. James Morales escaped from the Wyatt Detention Facility...

  • Former Haitian rebel leader due in US court on drug charges

    Former Haitian rebel leader due in US court on drug charges

    Headline Legal News 01/04/2017

    Minnesota's program for keeping sex offenders confined after they complete their prison sentences is constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, reversing a lower-court judge who said it violates offenders' rights because hardly anyone is ...

  • Court: Indian candidates can't use faith, caste to get votes

    Court: Indian candidates can't use faith, caste to get votes

    Ethics 01/03/2017

    India's top court has ruled that election candidates cannot use religion or caste to seek votes, describing them as corrupt practices under electoral laws. India has a Hindu-nationalist government, and most political parties select candidates in vari...

  • Court allows wrongful death lawsuit after miscarriage

    Court allows wrongful death lawsuit after miscarriage

    Lawyer Interviews 01/02/2017

    The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that a woman can pursue a wrongful-death lawsuit against an obstetrician after a miscarriage when she was five to six weeks pregnant. Justices on Friday reversed a trial judge's order dismissing the wrongful-death ...

  • Cambodian court slams opposition leader with new conviction

    Cambodian court slams opposition leader with new conviction

    Recent Cases 12/28/2016

    A court in Cambodia on Tuesday sentenced the country's exiled opposition leader to five years in prison after finding him guilty of conspiring to incite chaos by posting misleading documents on his Facebook page. The conviction by the Phnom Penh Muni...

  • 29 Turkish police officers in court for coup trial

    29 Turkish police officers in court for coup trial

    National News 12/27/2016

    Twenty-nine Turkish former police officers went on trial on Tuesday accused of aiding the failed military coup in July — the first trial in Istanbul over the attempt that led to some 270 deaths. Renegade officers in Turkey's military used tanks, figh...

  • Court returns ex-Fort Bragg cook to execution track

    Court returns ex-Fort Bragg cook to execution track

    Legal Events 12/25/2016

    A former Fort Bragg soldier who killed four women and raped others more than 25 years ago is again headed for execution.   The Fayetteville Observer reports Ronald Gray last week lost a battle to keep in place a federal court's order issued eigh...

  • California Supreme Court halts death penalty measure

    California Supreme Court halts death penalty measure

    Legal Events 12/21/2016

    The California Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a voter-approved measure intended to speed up the appeals process for the state's Death Row inmates to give it time to consider a lawsuit challenging the measure. In a one-page decision, the court staye...

  • Ohio's high court dismisses media lawsuit over bodycam video

    Ohio's high court dismisses media lawsuit over bodycam video

    Legal Events 12/21/2016

    The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed a public information lawsuit Tuesday without ruling on its argument that video from police body cameras are public record and should be released on request. In not taking up the issue, the court noted that the video h...

  • Court to unseal Clinton email search warrant

    Court to unseal Clinton email search warrant

    Recent Cases 12/20/2016

    A federal court in New York is scheduled to release redacted copies Tuesday of the search warrant that allowed the FBI to dig into a trove of Hillary Clinton emails days before the presidential election. The emails were found on a computer belonging ...

  • High court turns away appeal from former AIG executives

    High court turns away appeal from former AIG executives

    Recent Cases 12/20/2016

    The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from two former American International Group executives seeking to avoid civil fraud claims on charges they hid hundreds of millions of dollars in losses from investors. The justices on Monday let stand a lower ...

  • Kansas Supreme Court to hear death row inmate's appeal

    Kansas Supreme Court to hear death row inmate's appeal

    Recent Cases 12/19/2016

    Attorneys for a Kansas death row inmate convicted of killing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife's grandmother in 2009 will get to make their case to the state's highest court about why he should be spared. James Kraig Kahler argues ...