Tag: Court decisions
Indian government faces lockdown calls, contempt charges
NEW DELHI — India's government faced calls for a strict lockdown to slow a devastating surge in new coronaviorus cases, and a court in...
Lawyer: Iran diplomat will not appeal bomb plot conviction
BRUSSELS — An Iranian diplomat convicted of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France has decided against appealing...
Meghan wins remainder of copyright claim against UK tabloid
LONDON —
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, on Wednesday won...
Dutch teen ‘pedophile hunters’ convicted in fatal beating
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch court convicted five teens Tuesday for their involvement in the fatal beating of a 73-year-old man in what...
Ex-soldiers acquitted of 1972 murder of Official IRA leader
LONDON — Two former British paratroopers accused of the 1972 murder of an Official IRA leader in Belfast were formally acquitted Tuesday after the...
Egypt court upholds seizure of ship that blocked Suez Canal
CAIRO — An Egyptian court Tuesday rejected an appeal by the owner of a massive container ship of the court-ordered seizure of the vessel...
Supreme Court skeptical of low-level crack offender’s case
WASHINGTON — Crack cocaine trafficking kingpins convicted more than a decade ago can ask courts to reduce their prison terms under a 2018 federal...
Court: Black man made to work without pay entitled to $546K
RICHMOND, Va. — After a Black man with intellectual disabilities was enslaved, beaten and forced to work more than 100 hours a week without...
Judge orders Justice Dept. to release Trump obstruction memo
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before...
E Indiana woman gets 55 years in slaying of child’s father
PORTLAND, Ind. — A judge sentenced an eastern Indiana woman to 55 years in prison Tuesday after a jury convicted her of murder in...
