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Supreme Court hears case of Mexican teen slain across border

February 21, 2017 zoshinuk 0

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up an appeal from the parents of a Mexican teenager who was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. The case could help define when foreigners outside the […]

Obama could still force Merrick Garland onto Supreme Court during ‘intersession recess’

January 2, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

President Obama will have one last chance to force Judge Merrick Garland onto the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday – but it’s a legal gamble and one that has so many pitfalls that even those […]

(Brexit) The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to negate the referendum result

December 1, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

By Andrew Gimson The seating plan has already been done. Walking from right to left along the curved wooden desk, the visitor can read on small rectangular pieces of paper the names of Lord Hodges, […]

5th December date for Supreme Court hearing – Brexit challenge

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

The Supreme Court announced today the Scottish and Welsh governments will be allowed to intervene in next month’s legal battle over how the Brexit process should be triggered. The UK Government is appealing the High […]

Arkansas Supreme Court Won’t Reconsider Ruling on Medical Marijuana

November 3, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

In a 5-2 ruling Thursday, the Arkansas Supreme Court justices denied a petition to rehear a ruling blocking the state from counting any votes cast for medical marijuana Issue 7. The court ruled last week […]

Australian man found not guilty of Tinder date death

October 20, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

Gable Tostee had denied killing Warriena Wright after the pair made contact on the dating app and met at a pub. Miss Wright Trying to escape Tragic! An Australian man has been found not guilty […]

Florida Supreme Court Rules Jury Must Be Unanimous For Death Penalty

October 14, 2016 World Justice News 0

Florida’s new death penalty sentencing statute – to the extent that it allows juries to recommend death on a vote of 10-2 — is unconstitutional, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in a pair of cases […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]