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US Appeals Court Rejects Cosby Accuser’s Bid to Revive Defamation Suit

October 19, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Reuters BOSTON—A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid to revive a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby by an actress who said the entertainer raped her in 1974 and then called her a […]

Guilty Verdict in Boston ISIS Beheading Plot

October 19, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Reuters BOSTON—A Boston-area man was found guilty on Wednesday of conspiracy to commit acts of international terrorism and supporting ISIS for a 2015 plot to attack police and behead a conservative blogger who organized […]

Body Found Of Missing Kindergarten Teacher Who Was Last Seen Bailing Out Felon

October 18, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Catherine Townsend FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Flagstaff police have found a body that they believe is that of a 44-year-old Phoenix-area kindergarten teacher who went missing after posting bond for a felon. The remains of […]

Pacific experts meet in Fiji to discuss law on armed conflict

October 11, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by TIMOCI VULA Update: 1:51PM EXPERTS from across the Pacific will convene in Nadi this month for the region’s first-ever forum dedicated to discussion of the branch of international law governing armed conflict. Fijian President […]

Supreme Court to Decide Public Employee Self-Incrimination Case

October 11, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Lisa Soronen (Lisa Soronen is executive director of the State and Local Legal Center and a frequent contributor to the NCSL Blog on judicial issues.) It has been a while since the U.S. Supreme […]

Sale of acids to under-18s to be banned, Amber Rudd says

October 3, 2017 zoshinuk 0

The government will ban the sale of acids to anyone under the age of 18, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said. Her pledge, at the Conservative Party conference, comes as more than 400 attacks using […]

Contaminated blood: Victims can launch court damages action

September 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Victims of the contaminated blood scandal in the 1970s and 1980s have won a ruling allowing them to launch a High Court action to seek damages. An official of the court said it was “appropriate” […]

Submissions made on Lubanga reduction of sentence, and Bensouda participates in UNGA meeting

September 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Margaux Lenormand Submissions from Defence, Prosecution and OPCV on Lubanga reduction of sentence: On 21 September, in the Lubanga case, Defence, Prosecution and OPCV filed observations submissions to the Appeals Chamber on the reduction […]

Sadistic killer Jason Marshall jailed for 39 years

September 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Sadistic killer Jason Marshall, who was filmed murdering a man during a bondage sex session, has been jailed for 39 years. Marshall, 28, posed as an MI5 agent before torturing and smothering 58-year-old Peter Fasoli […]

Full federal court to hear ‘Making a Murderer’ appeal

September 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By todd richmond, associated press A federal appeals court will consider arguments Tuesday over whether detectives tricked a Wisconsin inmate featured in the “Making a Murderer” series into confessing and whether he should go free […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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US Appeals Court Rejects Cosby Accuser’s Bid to Revive Defamation Suit

Guilty Verdict in Boston ISIS Beheading Plot

Body Found Of Missing Kindergarten Teacher Who Was Last Seen Bailing Out Felon

Pacific experts meet in Fiji to discuss law on armed conflict

Supreme Court to Decide Public Employee Self-Incrimination Case

Sale of acids to under-18s to be banned, Amber Rudd says

Contaminated blood: Victims can launch court damages action

Submissions made on Lubanga reduction of sentence, and Bensouda participates in UNGA meeting

Sadistic killer Jason Marshall jailed for 39 years

Full federal court to hear ‘Making a Murderer’ appeal