Tag: Court decisions
Judge deciding whether to dismiss youth sex abuse case
CONCORD, N.H. — The lawyer for the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging decades of abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center accused the...
Judge rejects ex-CIA worker’s try to dismiss hacking charges
NEW YORK — A former CIA employee cannot get espionage charges against him dismissed on the grounds that there weren’t enough Hispanic or Black...
Brazil court rules Car Wash judge was biased in Lula cases
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former judge Sergio Moro was biased in the way he oversaw former President...
Court: U Iowa officials liable for targeting Christian group
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa administrators can be held liable for monetary damages for improperly barring a Christian student group that rejects...
Terrorism conviction of German rapper’s wife upheld by court
BERLIN — A top federal appeals court has upheld the terrorism conviction of the wife of a German-born rapper who joined the Islamic State...
UK judge says newspaper can delay statement on Meghan case
LONDON — A British newspaper doesn’t have to run a front-page statement about the Duchess of Sussex’s legal victory until it has had the...
Honduran drug trafficker convicted in US trial
NEW YORK — A Honduran man was convicted of drug trafficking in U.S. federal court Monday in a trial that also raised allegations against...
Indiana high court affirms man’s sentence in toddler’s death
ANDERSON, Ind. — Indiana's high court has affirmed a man's sentence of life without parole for the 2018 killing of his girlfriend's 18-month-old son.
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New Mexico gang member convicted of murder, racketeering
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal court jury has convicted a self-admitted member of a New Mexico prison gang of ordering and participating in the...
EXPLAINER: Role of alternate jurors in ex-officer’s trial
Attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death are wrangling over not just the 12 jurors who...
