Tag: Statutes
UK plans to end prosecutions for N Ireland ‘Troubles’ crimes
LONDON — The U.K. government announced Wednesday that it plans to introduce a statute of limitations for alleged crimes committed during decades of violence...
Mexico high court strikes down limit in rape case abortions
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state law limiting legal abortions for rape victims to the first trimester of a...
Court OKs 3rd-degree murder against 3-ex cops in Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors may file aiding and abetting third-degree murder charges against three former Minneapolis police officers in the death of George Floyd, the...
EXPLAINER: What to know as Chauvin sentenced in Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin faces sentencing Friday in the death of George Floyd, with a judge weighing a prison term...
Priests cannot be charged for old abuse despite new Iowa law
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Roman Catholic priests who victimized Iowa children decades ago cannot be prosecuted despite a new law eliminating the statute of...
GOP needs new health care target; ‘Obamacare’ survives again
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” signals anew that the GOP must look beyond repealing...
Biden’s silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray
CHICAGO — Activists widely expected Joe Biden to take swift action against the death penalty as the first sitting president to oppose capital punishment,...
Declaration of Juneteenth holiday sparks scramble in states
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Congress and President Joe Biden acted with unusual swiftness this week in approving Juneteenth as a national holiday, a move that...
South Carolina inmates want deaths delayed during appeal
Days before what could be South Carolina's first execution in a decade, the two inmates scheduled to die this month under the state’s recently...
Justices to decide if charge fits Minneapolis police killing
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in the case of Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who was...
