Tag: Court decisions
Court says Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional
TOKYO — A Japanese court ruled Wednesday the government's ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, recognizing the rights of same-sex couples for the first...
Kenyan court refuses to allow female genital mutiliation
NAKURU, Kenya — A Kenyan court Wednesday refused to allow female circumcision for consenting adults, saying that unlike the male cut it does not...
Shell, Eni acquitted in Nigeria oil corruption case
MILAN — A court in Milan on Wednesday acquitted oil giants Shell and Italy’s Eni of corruption charges in a $1.1 billion bribery case...
Judge orders 4 months pre-trial detention for Bolivia’s Áñez
LA PAZ, Bolivia — A judge in Bolivia on Sunday ordered former interim president Jeanine Áñez held for four months in preventative detention following...
Court: Defendant in teacher slaying has route to state funds
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia's highest court opened a door Monday for taxpayer funds to help cover the legal defense of a man awaiting trial...
African court orders release of ally of Maduro wanted by US
MIAMI — A regional court in West Africa has ordered the immediate release of a Venezuelan businessman close to President Nicolas Maduro, finding that...
EXPLAINER: What is the impact of racially diverse juries?
CHICAGO — Questions around race have been central to the murder case against the former Minneapolis police officer who leaned on George Floyd's neck...
Appeals court upholds conviction in Black partygoer’s death
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals court upheld the murder conviction Tuesday of a white man who fired a shotgun at an unarmed...
Appeals court upholds conviction in Black partygoer’s death
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals court upheld the murder conviction Tuesday of a white man who fired a shotgun at an unarmed...
EXPLAINER: Striking jurors in ex-cop’s trial in Floyd death
As attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death screen potential jurors, they're on guard for anything...
