Recent Updates
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Nevada inmate fighting on several fronts to avoid execution
Court Watch 04/24/2021A convicted Nevada mass murderer is mounting a range of legal challenges to a bid to schedule his execution in early June, including questioning whether the district attorney in Las Vegas really wants the lethal injection carried out at a decommissio...
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COVID-19 concerns raised at St. Louis death penalty trial
Law Firm News 04/23/2021Attorneys for a St. Louis man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, her mom and his baby boy are asking the Missouri Supreme Court to delay his capital murder trial for two weeks after two potential jurors tested positive for COVID-19.Jury selection ...
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Supreme Court rejects lingering 2020 election challenge case
Criminal Law 04/17/2021The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not hear a case out of Pennsylvania related to the 2020 election, a dispute that had lingered while similar election challenges had already been rejected by the justices. The high court directed a lower court ...
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US deports woman who lied about role in Rwandan genocide
Personal Injury 04/16/2021A woman who served a 10-year sentence in U.S. prison for lying about her role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide to obtain American citizenship, and then lost her bid for a new trial, has been deported to the East African nation and is likely to face prose...
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Mississippi marijuana program hinges on initiative arguments
Criminal Law 04/13/2021The Mississippi Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that’s trying to block a voter-approved medical marijuana program by arguing that the the issue should not have been on the ballot.Arguments were not about marijuana. Instead,...
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Ex-police chief gets 1 year in prison for hiring scandal
Criminal Law 04/11/2021The former police chief of Connecticut’s largest city was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison for rigging the hiring process that led to his appointment in 2018.A federal judge in Bridgeport handed down the punishment to Armando ...
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Baltimore financier pleads guilty to prostitution charge
Civil Litigation News 04/09/2021A Baltimore financier accused of spending at least $90,000 for sex with women, including some of whom he supplied with drugs, has pleaded guilty to a prostitution charge, according to federal prosecutors.Charles “Chuck” Nabit, 64, faces a...
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Judge tosses New Mexico rancher’s claim after he kills wolf
Bankruptcy Law 03/27/2021A federal judge has tossed a rancher’s claim that he should still have the right to use federal land in New Mexico after it was revoked for killing a wolf.Craig Thiessen killed an endangered Mexican wolf in Gila National Forest six years ago an...
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Israel revokes permit of Palestinian foreign minister
Court Watch 03/20/2021Israel on Sunday revoked the VIP permit of the Palestinian foreign minister after he returned to the West Bank from a trip to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Israeli and Palestinian officials confirmed.The move appeared to be Israeli r...
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New Mexico governor appoints judge to court of appeals
Business Law 03/18/2021New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed a judge to the state Court of Appeals to fill a vacancy created by Justice Julie J. Vargas’ appointment to the state Supreme Court.The state’s 4th Judicial District Chief Judge Gerald E...
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Drug trafficker says he bribed Honduras president
International 03/11/2021A convicted Honduran drug trafficker and former leader of a cartel testified in United States federal court Thursday that he paid now-President Juan Orlando Hernández $250,000 for protection from arrest in 2012.Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga, f...
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Lawyers seeking 32% of $641M Flint tainted water settlement
Business Law 03/09/2021Lawyers who negotiated a $641 million settlement for victims of Flint’s lead-contaminated water are asking a judge to set aside up to 32% for fees and expenses for years of work on the case.If granted, the request would total $202 million in fe...