Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES _ A judge Friday denied Roman Polanski's his latest request to unseal testimony given by the original prosecutor in the filmmaker's 40-year-old statutory rape case. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon also refused to reso

NPR

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There's a portrait of a mystery man hanging in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He may have been a judge between 1780 and 1820. Maybe. Officials are appealing to the public for any insights.

TIME

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I’M A JUDGE ON THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION side of immigration. I don’t do asylum cases. I don’t do deportations. Those are the civil side. I only know what I see. In 2003, I was told by officials that only 3% of those who were caught coming into the c

NPR

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Officials said 1,012 parents and children separated at the border have already been reunited. But up to 463 parents may have been deported or have voluntarily left without their children.

Retro Gamer

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“How should we, as a society, seek to enact justice? What is the appropriate balance between rehabilitation and punishment? Is capital punishment ever appropriate? These issues affect my client, the so-called ‘Wicked’ Wainwright.” “Your honour, my cl

Fast Bikes

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Q I had a pretty nasty accident involving fractures to my hip and one leg. I went with a local independent firm, but I cannot help feeling they are being weak with my case, and here is why. I worked as a security guard at a high security and high pre

The Marshall Project

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Imagine you’re an immigration judge and someone is standing before you, facing deportation. You need to make a decision, but there are complications. Maybe the person is still waiting to hear about a visa application, or she seems too mentally incomp

Saturday Star

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TERMED the people’s judge by his colleagues and friends, Judge Siraj Desai will leave behind big shoes to fill. Not only did he serve with a passion for the law but also with compassion for the people, said director of De Klerk Van Gend attorneys Igs

NPR

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A judicial panel says Kenton County Judge Dawn Gentry coerced colleagues to support her election campaign, made inappropriate advances toward an attorney, and had sex in a courthouse office.

Texas Monthly

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FIRST CAME THE SOUND OF SOMEONE RUNNING hard on the breezeway outside, then a banging on the apartment door. Irene Vera opened it to see her neighbor, twenty-year-old Rosa Jimenez, holding a little boy who lay limp in her arms. “Help me! Help me!” Ji

The Christian Science Monitor

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Stewart Detention Center, in rural Georgia, rejects more than 90% of applicants. Marty Rosenbluth helps migrants here apply for asylum.

Newsweek Europe

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Just because the number of Justices on the Supreme Court has held at nine for the past 151 years doesn’t mean it’s always been this way. For the first 80 years of the Republic, the number of judges on the nation’s highest court actually fluctuated up

Weekend Argus Saturday

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TERMED the people’s judge by his colleagues and friends, Judge Siraj Desai will leave behind big shoes to fill. Not only did he serve with a passion for the law but also with compassion for the people, said director of De Klerk Van Gend attorneys Igs

The Christian Science Monitor

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How a social worker in New Orleans helps students who face legal issues – and trains teachers to get involved, too.

Sunday Independent

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All eyes will be on Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo tomorrow on what decision he will make against former president Jacob Zuma for staging a dramatic walkout at the commission of inquiry. Following Zondo’s decision to reject Zuma’s application for

Pretoria News Weekend

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TWO judges, in separate cases, in no uncertain terms voiced their displeasure at the conduct they were shown as judicial officers by parties involved in cases before them. Both a “rude” lawyer and an “obstructive” soon-to-be divorcee received more th

Sunday Independent

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WESTERN Cape High Court Judge Siraj Desai lowered his gavel for the last time when court adjourned on Friday. Desai said growing up in Salt River in the 1950s, he never would have dreamt of ever being on the Bench of any court. “January, I will be 70

Shooting Times & Country

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A hunt saboteur has been given a suspended sentence after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice. David Graham was charged with the offence after he submitted a video that he claimed showed him being assaulted by a supporter of the At

Apple Magazine

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IBM owes Indiana $78 million in damages stemming from the company’s failed effort to automate much of the state’s welfare services, a judge has ruled in a long-running dispute. Marion Superior Court Judge Heather Welch issued the ruling dated Friday

TechLife News

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IBM owes Indiana $78 million in damages stemming from the company’s failed effort to automate much of the state’s welfare services, a judge has ruled in a long-running dispute. Marion Superior Court Judge Heather Welch issued the ruling dated Friday

NPR

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Evidence that arose after Meek's trial is "of such a strong nature and character that a different verdict will likely result at a retrial," a three-judge panel in Pennsylvania says.

The Atlantic

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The lawyers challenging the university are testing out their arguments to see which ones stick ahead of a potential appeal to the Supreme Court.

The Christian Science Monitor

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Immigration court judges have a bench-side view of the stresses already placed on the system. The Monitor's Texas bureau chief interviewed former and current judges about the effects of the Trump administration's changes.

Sunday Tribune

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ALL EYES will be on Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo tomorrow, espcially his decision against former president Jacob Zuma for staging a dramatic walkout at the commission of inquiry. Following Judge Zondo’s decision to reject Zuma’s application to

Post South Africa

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A CHATSWORTH family are questioning the justice system after their mother’s killer was granted bail after serving just three months of his 15-year sentence. Following an argument in August 2017, Salma and Afzal Sheik were run over multiple times by t

NPR

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A federal judge in New York has set Nov. 5 as the start date of the first potential trial of the six lawsuits over the 2020 census citizenship question that dozens of states and cities want removed.

Global Voices

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"A key moment in the pursuit of accountability" or "the relentless and highly publicized calls by a few for [the chief justice] to go"? Hear both sides of the argument.

Shooting Times & Country

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Anti-shooting group Wild Justice has been dealt a fresh financial blow after a judge ordered it to pay legal costs to Natural Resources Wales. The campaign group, led by TV presenter Chris Packham, had hoped to disrupt shooting and gamekeeping by for

NPR

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The Trump administration has achieved remarkable success in confirming federal judges, while left-leaning groups are sounding alarms about diversity and other concerns.

NPR

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The attorney general orders an end to a legal procedure used by judges to delay decisions in certain immigration cases, which he says has no legal basis. Critics say the move will impede due process.