Courts & Law
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U.S. sanctions ICC shortly after former ICC judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions, saying the Trump administration is seeking to curb the court’s operations, arguing it has overreached its authority
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Curtis Flowers, black man whose death sentence was tossed out by SCOTUS, dies at the age of 56
Flowers sat on death row for 22 years and was given the death penalty for the 1996 killings of four people at his former job, despite there never being any DNA evidence linking him to the crime and the murder weapon was never found.
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Christa Pike suffered from pneumonia, blood clot in arm after botched execution, lawyers say
Pike's attorneys said they were told that their client was brain-dead on Monday but that by Tuesday she was awake and talking to her medical team, though she was confused and disoriented at first.
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Ohio police officers cleared in shooting of black man Jayland Walker in Akron
Jayland Walker was shot during a foot chase involving eight officers.
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Judge recuses himself from X suit against Media Matters
Elon Musk's X sued the watchdog group over an article in published that featured images of ads for the platform's major advertisers next to antisemitic and pro-Nazi content.
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Federal court rules Miranda rights don’t apply to civil immigration arrests
Miranda rights are the product of the 1966 Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona, in which the court ruled law enforcement could not use statements by defendants against themselves while in custody unless they were first informed of their rights to a lawyer and against self-incrimination.
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Idaho asks Supreme Court to stop federal government from using ERs as 'enclave' for abortions
Idaho's law bans abortions, with few exceptions for rape, incest or threat to a mother's life.
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X's lawsuit against Media Matters may come down to intent, proof of damages, legal experts say
The company has asked the court to order the deletion of the original Media Matters article, that they pay X the cost of litigation, and to award X actual and consequential damages. That last part may be Musk's highest hurdle.
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Suspect pleads not guilty in shooting of three Palestinian college students in Burlington, Vermont
No charges have were listed as of early Monday morning, and Eaton is expected to be arraigned in court before noon.
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Pfizer sues Poland over the COVID-19 vaccine
The first court hearing is reportedly taking place on Dec. 6.
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One of former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 11 accusers files lawsuit against him, alleging sexual assault
In 2021, eleven women accused Cuomo of sexual harassment. Brittany Commisso, a married mother of one, was among the accusers.
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NYC man sentenced in antisemitic beating as rowdy supporters ejected from court
Despite his defense seeking three and a half years in prison and prosecutors only asking six, Judge Felicia Mennin ordered that Musa serve a seven-year stint in prison.
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Judge blocks Oregon magazine capacity restrictions
State Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has announced her intent to appeal the ruling.