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2024/01/26   Man sentenced to death for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36
2023/12/08   Hunter Biden is indicted on 9 tax charges in a special counsel investigation
2023/11/22   Equal rights for same-sex couples approved by Thailand's Cabinet
2023/10/02   Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law
2023/09/18   5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations
2023/07/25   Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire
2023/07/03   Judge allows North Carolina’s revised 12-week abortion law to take effect
2023/05/12   ‘Rust’ movie medic gets $1.15 million partial settlement
2023/03/22   Republicans invoke Soros to steer narrative on Trump probe
2023/02/24   Maryland mulls ending child sexual abuse lawsuit time limits
2023/01/03   State seeks long prison term for accused NYC subway gunman
2022/10/20   Ohio governor’s race split by pandemic, abortion, gun rights
2022/10/11   Fishermen hire Bush-era official in challenge to whale laws
2022/10/03   CAS asked to judge Ecuador case by 10 days before World Cup
2022/08/23   Judge rules teen was justified in shooting assailant 7 times
2022/07/13   Court reinstates ban on lobster gear to protect right whales
2022/03/17   Jackson pledges to decide cases ‘without fear or favor
2022/03/02   Israel high court suspends Palestinians’ evictions for now
2021/12/25   Griffis beginning 8-year term on Mississippi Supreme Court
2021/09/20   Spain: Venezuelan spymaster loses court extradition dispute
2021/08/11   Court tosses ruling against Pennsylvania COVID-19 measures
2021/08/09   Order: Mississippi judges have discretion for COVID safety
2021/07/30   Announcing the Launch of Florida Lawyer Website
2021/07/24   40-year sentence upheld for man who killed his roommate
2021/03/22   Israel revokes permit of Palestinian foreign minister
2021/01/06   Arizona Supreme Court upholds election challenge dismissal
2020/10/19   Supreme Court to review Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy
2020/10/15   Barrett bats away tough Democratic confirmation probing
2020/09/26   The Latest: Trump says he won't meet with Judge Lagoa
2020/09/16   Shooting outside US court in Phoenix wounds federal officer
2020/09/14   Norfolk courts latest in Virginia OK'd for jury trials
2020/09/13   Girl appeals Slender Man stabbing to Wisconsin Supreme Court
2020/09/07   Saudi court issues final verdicts in Khashoggi killing
2020/08/22   Court halts police subpoena for media’s protest images
2020/07/19   Justice Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won’t retire
2020/06/16   What Supreme Court? Trump's HHS pushes LGBT health rollback
2020/05/03   Wisconsin court sets argument date for stay-at-home lawsuit
2020/03/21   Supreme Court: Justices healthy and trying to stay that way
2020/02/27   UK court blocks Heathrow expansion over climate concerns
2020/02/05   WADA asks sports court to open Russia case to public hearing
2020/01/16   Germany jails man for tricking women into electric shocks
2019/12/28   Russian court jails 2 terrorism suspects arrested on US tip
2019/09/02   ‘The Supreme Court Is Not Well. And the People Know It.’
2019/07/31   Dubai ruler, princess in London court over welfare of kids
2019/04/10   Media lawyers in Australian court over Cardinal gag order
2019/03/15   Detained Saudi women's rights activists brought to court
2019/01/16   Congo court poised to rule on presidential vote challenge
2018/12/28   Court: Trump campaign not responsible in gun assault claim
2018/11/19   European court: Russia's arrests of Navalny were political
2018/10/25   Condemned inmate's last meal includes pancakes
2018/10/24   Synagogue suspect at courthouse; survivors recall ordeal
2018/09/28   The Latest: 6 countries seek criminal probe of Venezuela
2018/09/19   Missouri court lets redistricting initiative go to voters
2018/09/07   Pipeline company found guilty in 2015 California oil spill
2018/08/29   Kavanaugh's support for surveilling Americans raises concern
2018/08/25   In Veterans Court, former service members fight new battle
2018/08/10   Nevada Supreme Court taking up execution case
2018/07/16   Hawaii Supreme Court sides with lesbian couple in B&B case
2018/07/05   Lawyers: 2014 arrest at Vegas hotel precursor to killings
2018/06/27   Court opening puts pressure on Democrats in Trump country
2018/06/22   Indonesia court sentences cleric behind attacks to death
2018/06/03   Man run down, 50 years after killing girl in hit-and-run
2018/04/24   Trump travel ban is focus of Supreme Court's last arguments
2018/04/23   Supreme Court seems divided over Texas redistricting
2018/04/11   Russian court blocks popular messaging app in privacy row
2018/04/02   Trump administration backs PLO in victims' high court appeal
2018/03/04   South Carolina court questions transportation tax spending
2018/03/02   Court: Nike logo of Michael Jordan didn't violate copyright
2018/02/09   Wisconsin Supreme Court primary will leave just two
2018/01/30   Court seems to favor death row inmate in dispute with lawyer
2018/01/26   Malaysia's top court annuls unilateral conversions of minors
2018/01/04   Judge Rejects Request for New Vote in Virginia House Race
2017/12/13   S Carolina Rep. Quinn pleads guilty to corruption charge
2017/10/13   Supreme Court refuses to hear Kentucky foster care case
2017/10/11   Court nixes class-action status for TGI Friday's drink suit
2017/10/06   Spooked businesses shift headquarters out of Catalonia
2017/09/14   Rooney gets road ban after pleading guilty to drunk driving
2017/09/10   Court: Apology expressing fault can't be used in lawsuits
2017/08/13   Hailey attorney named to Idaho District Court bench
2017/08/10   Open records policy set for administrative court records
2017/08/02   Man suspected in Indiana officer's killing due in court
2017/07/20   EU closer to sanctions on Poland over changes in judiciary
2017/07/06   Court: Detained immigrant children entitled to court hearing
2017/07/03   Indiana high court to rule on Lake Michigan beach ownership
2017/06/28   Case of gay couple's wedding cake heads to Supreme Court
2017/06/07   Alabama asks US Supreme Court to let execution proceed
2017/05/19   Texas advances new abortion limits despite court defeats
2017/05/09   Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya guilty of disobeying top court
2017/05/01   4th Arkansas inmate executed in 8 days lurches on gurney
2017/04/21   Conservatives fault Arkansas court for halting executions
2017/04/09   Court: Banned Dartmouth fraternity can't live in house
2017/03/31   High Court Struggles Over Hospital Pension Dispute
2017/03/06   Oklahoma tribe sues oil companies in tribal court over quake
2017/03/01   California court expands endangered-species removal powers
2017/02/20   Graft conviction keeps south Indian politician out of office
2017/02/14   NC court blocks law stripping governor of election powers
2017/01/19   Aaron Hernandez expected in court as murder trial nears
2017/01/11   Ohio brother slaying case might return to juvenile court
2017/01/10   Gambia's leader says only court can declare who's president
2016/12/20   Court to unseal Clinton email search warrant
2016/12/16   Man who fired shots in DC pizza parlor expected in court
2016/12/06   Court: Star Chinese investor pleads guilty in stock case
2016/12/02   US Supreme Court could hear Charleston company, Lexmark case
2016/11/21   Election judge pleads not guilty in absentee ballot case
2016/11/04   UK court brings Brexit plans screeching to halt
2016/10/16   Court hearing on potential Ontario ban of Indians name, logo
2016/10/01   Supreme Court in holding pattern, awaiting ninth justice
2016/09/14   Court rules man treated for mental illness can have a gun
2016/08/24   Appeals court: Week of early voting shouldn't return to Ohio
2016/08/22   Differences aside, Supreme Court unites Trump, Senate GOP
2016/08/18   'Whitey' Bulger asks US Supreme Court to hear his appeal
2016/08/03   Indiana officer accused of shooting detective due in court
2016/07/22   Kansas court upholds death sentence for sheriff's killing
2016/07/07   Court orders release of Chicago police disciplinary records
2016/07/05   Senate confirms district court judge for New Jersey
2016/07/04   Obama rebukes Poland over paralysis of constitutional court
2016/06/09   Appeals court denies Hope Solo's bid to avoid trial
2016/06/02   Missouri Appeals Court to decide fight over frozen embryos
2016/05/31   Man admits kidnapping teen girl, raping her during captivity
2016/05/30   Egyptian court sentences 36 Islamists to life in prison
2016/05/23   US appeals court revisits Texas voter ID law
2016/05/21   Indiana court to hear woman's appeal of feticide conviction
2016/05/07   Florida's high court urged to throw out death sentences
2016/05/02   Court in Russia-annexed Crimea bans Tatar assembly
2016/04/13   Despite court ruling, China gay rights movement makes gains
2016/03/28   Supreme Court rejects Blagojevich appeal in corruption case
2016/03/23   Court gives green light to death penalty fast-tracking
2016/03/13   RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick
2016/03/01   Top German court considers bid to outlaw far-right party
2016/02/10   Court to weigh cocaine cases, could alter sentencing in Ohio
2016/02/05   NY court agrees to rehear Ex-Goldman board member's appeal
2015/12/10   Supreme Court torn over Texas affirmative action program
2015/11/15   Ruling gives Sandusky back $4,900-a-month Penn State pension
2015/11/01   High court rejects ex-stockbroker's appeal in fraud case
2015/11/01   California appeals court rejects right-to-die lawsuit
2015/10/16   Court records: Ohio man on electronic monitor raped teen
2015/10/11   Quaid expected in Vermont court to face charge
2015/10/06   Familiar, divisive social issues on Supreme Court agenda
2015/09/17   Religious clerks in Kentucky follow law, but see conflict
2015/09/13   Appeals court weighs Justice deal to settle Iran charges
2015/09/07   Chile appeal court upholds convictions in Americans' killing
2015/09/03   Washington Supreme Court rules against Backpage.com
2015/09/01   Burkina Faso court rejects candidate of former ruling party
2015/07/29   Appeals court: Kansas abortion opponent must stand trial
2015/07/27   Appeals court upholds California's shark fin ban
2015/06/14   US appeals court upholds key parts of Texas abortion law
2015/05/15   Pandora loses to BMI in court hearing, vows to appeal
2014/01/20   Italian court hears final rebuttals in Knox trial
2013/10/04   NC court dumps speedway's suit over $80M deal
2013/06/11   Court: $1M coverage for Conn. fire victim families
2013/05/30   Probe of well-connected truck stop chain may widen
2013/03/25   Court backs student in textbook copyright case
2012/12/10   Fed. court orders resentencing in Arkansas bombing
2012/06/21   Use new drug sentencing law in crack cases
2012/06/14   Accused Auburn shooter in court on 3 murder counts
2012/06/09   Fort Hood shooter's beard stops court hearing
2012/05/18   Appeals court upholds key voting rights provision
2012/02/27   BP 'ready for long court battle over Gulf spill'
2012/02/24   Costner sculpture dispute heads to SD high court
2012/02/23   Court seems split on double jeopardy question
2012/02/02   Providence mayor warns of possible bankruptcy
2012/01/30   Robbins Geller Rudman Dowd LLP Files Class Action
2012/01/26   Hustler targeted for printing photos of dead woman
2012/01/25   In Vt., an attorney general's losses raise doubts
2012/01/18   Amazon Hit With Class Action Over Zappos Data Breach
2012/01/01   MT court restores corporate campaign spending ban
2011/12/31   Del. court says ex-HP CEO can't keep letter secret
2011/12/30   Appeals court upholds sentence of former deputy
2011/12/19   Operative gets prison for bilking NYC mayor
2011/12/19   Court schedules week of health care arguments
2011/12/11   Appeals court allows Albany hospital merger
2011/12/02   Farmers Insurance Settles Class Action Lawsuit
2011/11/21   Accused White House shooter to appear in DC court
2011/11/17   NY federal appeals court reverses Bruno conviction
2011/11/15   Justices unlikely to have last word on health care
2011/11/11   Govt asks justices to stay out of immigration case
2011/11/09   Calif high court hears debate over worker breaks
2011/11/03   Police investigate Texas judge over video beating
2011/10/24   Baker Donelson law firm acquires Houston practice
2011/10/24   Federman Sherwood Announces Class Action Lawsuit
2011/10/20   Senate rejects GOP effort on terrorist trials
2011/10/18   Top Europe court bans stem cell technique patents
2011/10/15   Court mulls trial in absentia for Hariri case
2011/10/11   FDIC backs ban on banks trading for own profit
2011/10/11   Kentucky man sues Facebook over tracking cookie
2011/10/05   European court rules against Soros in trading case
2011/10/03   High court appears to favor Ala. death row inmate
2011/10/03   Court refuses to hear Maryland gun case
2011/09/20   Idaho inmates settle lawsuit over prison violence
2011/09/06   Ex-Va attorney convicted in law firm embezzlement
2011/08/30   Court approves Harry and David reorganization plan
2011/08/30   BofA sued over $1.75 billion mortgage trust
2011/08/26   No choking charges for Wis. Supreme Court justice
2011/08/19   Former U.S. attorney Lampton dies at 60
2011/08/15   Tech blogger won't be charged in Apple iPhone case
2011/08/15   White House criticizes court's health care ruling
2011/08/10   Ariz. governor on deadline for immigration appeal
2011/08/01   Court upholds Chinese journalist's jail sentence
2011/07/26   Calif Supreme Court rules on illegal local taxes
2011/07/05   Bill revision could mean money for NJ drug company
2011/07/04   Mich. man sues, wants Chevron stock at '04 price
2011/07/03   Law school enrollment in Missouri lags as legal jobs dry up
2011/06/24   N.Y. governor signs gay marriage into law
2011/06/13   Court won't hear restitution claim in Ponzi case
2011/06/10   Toyota class action suit to start with Utah case
2011/06/07   Court: No shield law for message boards posters
2011/06/02   NJ mom accused of starving child pleads not guilty
2011/05/29   Court: Sex-offender list is not cruel punishment
2011/05/23   Not guilty plea entered for teen in NJ webcam case
2011/05/18   Ala. chief justice warns more court layoffs coming
2011/05/10   Court in Va. to hear US health care law challenges
2011/05/10   Pa. lawmaker faces hearing on gun-related charge
2011/05/09   Judge dismisses EA from NCAA antitrust lawsuit
2011/05/06   Court puts Carl Lewis back on NJ primary ballot
2011/05/03   NH Senate rejects changes to anti-bullying law
2011/05/02   Firm hired by GOP ends work on gay marriage ban
2011/05/02   Bachmann uses Holocaust to illustrate tax point
2011/05/02   Court sides with Wyoming in dispute with Montana
2011/04/28   Kan. House debates forcing lawsuit over casino
2011/04/28   US envoy says rights talks with China yield little
2011/04/06   2 charged with insider trading involving law firms
2011/02/23   Court turns down campaign disclosure challenge
2011/01/31   Reno court accepts deal for model in arch crash
2011/01/18   High court denies man's gun arrest appeal
2010/12/30   Mich. court ruling would nix water discharge plan
2010/11/28   Judge denies class action in cigarette lawsuits
2010/11/28   Ruling on Wal-Mart class-action case may have broader impact
2010/11/28   Conn. high court to hear immigrant benefits case
2010/11/27   Supreme Court: drugs can be forced on defendant
2010/11/02   WA voters say no to state income tax Initiative 1098
2010/10/07   Genzyme board rejects Sanofi $69-a-share offer
2010/08/03   Murder conviction of mom reversed in California
2010/07/12   Judicial Vacancies Slow the Wheels of Justice
2010/02/25   Law firm probes Skipton ceiling contract clause
2010/02/16   Montgomery law firm files suit against Toyota
2010/02/12   The money question: At many law firms, these prices are in-SANE!
2010/02/08   Private equity firms brace for tax battle
2010/01/31   First class-action lawsuit filed against Toyota
2009/12/28   Judge names Houston attorney to monitor company
2009/12/18   Ky. League of Cities audit goes to law enforcement
2009/10/26   NH judge refuses to dismiss poetry program lawsuit
2009/04/27   Judge waives waiting period for gay Iowa couple
2009/04/24   Judge in LA orders green card cases reopened
2009/04/21   US Supreme Court to rule on animal cruelty law
2009/02/26   Christian Boot Camp Accused of Abusing Kids
2009/02/20   Microsoft Dodges Class Action For Now
2009/01/26   FBI: Long Island investment firm boss surrenders
2009/01/05   Grocery Wholesaler in Federal Antitrust Action
2008/12/24   Court reinstates clean air rule during EPA fix
2008/11/23   Singapore rules Journal in contempt of court
2008/11/13   High court to rule when judges must bow out
2008/11/05   Court: Payday lending law violated constitution
2008/10/30   Alinghi, rivals call on BMW Oracle to drop lawsuit
2008/10/28   Hot-button social issues highlight state ballots
2008/08/28   Attorney Need Not Deliver Subpoenaed Transcript
2008/08/27   Citibank Stole From 53,000 Customers
2008/08/22   Court says Guantanamo documents should be released
2008/08/21   Urban League Challenges Illinois School Funding
2008/08/13   Steve Wynn Sues Soft-Core Porn King
2008/08/12   DuPont Loses Bid to Enforce Supply Contract
2008/08/11   DC Circuit dismisses Fannie Mae shareholder suit
2008/08/08   Texas executes second foreign national since ICJ order
2008/08/06   Female Football Player Claims Discrimination
2008/07/09   Anheuser-Bush Invokes Cuban Embargo To Fight Buyout
2008/07/08   Refco CEO Bennett Gets 16 Years
2008/07/03   DC police launch voluntary handgun search program
2008/06/20   Federal court issues stay in SC execution
2008/06/09   FTC Appeals D.C. Circuit Order In Rambus Case
2008/06/02   Hungarian Gypsies Lose Bid For Asylum In U.S.
2008/05/28   Harry Potter The Librarian's Lawsuit
2008/05/07   Monopoly Alleged In Crane Certification
2008/05/06   Texas Judge Sets Execution for Mexican National
2008/05/02   Illegal Imimrants Sue Employer, Employer Sues Back
2008/04/23   Officers Denied Immunity For Arresting Protester
2008/04/22   Federal judge dismisses Katrina fraud claim
2008/04/10   Class Says Blockbuster Invades Privacy
2008/04/09   Two Attorneys Emerge in Detroit Mayor Case
2008/04/09   Discovery Across Borders
2008/04/07   Appeals court may let NSA lawsuits proceed
2008/04/04   Climate Work Heating Up at Law Firms
2008/04/03   Justices Weigh Definitions of Competency
2008/04/01   Expert Testimony Issues on the Rise
2008/03/28   DOJ to Continue Crackdown on Political Corruption
2008/03/27   Nebraska legislature rejects death penalty ban
2008/03/26   SEC Proposes Naked Short Selling Anti-Fraud Rule
2008/03/19   Cyclist Landis Appeals Arbitration Court Ruling
2008/03/14   Jackson Lawyer: Neverland Auction Off
2008/03/13   NewsScandal-hit Spitzer faces wait for law firm role
2008/03/09   MobiTV, HowardForums avoid legal skirmish
2008/03/07   Judge KOs Challenge to Internet Bet Law
2008/03/07   Bush: 'US Must Not Let Down Its Guard'
2008/03/06   Judge Wants to Resolve Indian Lands Case
2008/03/05   Swiss Bank Drops Wikileaks Lawsuit
2008/03/05   Judge Wants Shipwreck Evidence Worked On
2008/03/04   Lawsuit Dropped in Pain Doctor Case
2008/03/04   Ciolli Sues Yale Law Students in AutoAdmit Scandal
2008/03/03   Lawyer in Bribery Case Says Witness Lied
2008/03/03   Supreme Court May Re-examine What Is Indecent
2008/03/03   Court may opt to pay fees from Bible suit
2008/02/28   eBay Settles Patent Dispute With MercExchange
2008/02/27   Court Denies Altria Motions To Dimiss Claims
2008/02/25   A Law Firm Puts Its Chefs on Trial
2008/02/25   Former partner suing Dorsey Whitney law firm
2008/02/25   Supreme Court to hear car search, tribal land cases


Man sentenced to death for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36
Topics | 2024/01/26 15:39
A Japanese court sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of murder and other crimes Thursday for carrying out an arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto that killed 36 people.

The Kyoto District Court said it found the defendant, Shinji Aoba, mentally capable to face punishment for his crimes and announced the sentence of capital punishment after a recess in a two-part session on Thursday.

Aoba stormed into Kyoto Animation’s No. 1 studio on July 18, 2019, and set it on fire. Many of the victims were believed to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning. More than 30 other people were badly burned or injured.

Judge Keisuke Masuda said Aoba had wanted to be a novelist but was unsuccessful and so he sought revenge, thinking that Kyoto Animation had stolen novels he submitted as part of a company contest, according to NHK national television.

NHK also reported that Aoba, who was out of work and struggling financially after repeatedly changing jobs, had plotted a separate attack on a train station north of Tokyo a month before the arson attack on the animation studio.

Aoba plotted the attacks after studying past criminal cases involving arson, the court said in the ruling, noting the process showed that Aoba had premeditated the crime and was mentally capable.

“The attack that instantly turned the studio into hell and took the precious lives of 36 people, caused them indescribable pain,” the judge said, according to NHK. During the trial, Aoba told the victims’ families that he was sorry, but he did not show sincere regret or face their sufferings fully, and there was little hope for correction, the ruling said.

Aoba, 45, was severely burned and was hospitalized for 10 months before his arrest in May 2020. He appeared in court in a wheelchair.

His defense lawyers argued he was mentally unfit to be held criminally responsible.

About 70 people were working inside the studio in southern Kyoto, Japan’s ancient capital, at the time of the attack. One of the survivors said he saw a black cloud rising from downstairs, then scorching heat came and he jumped from a window of the three-story building gasping for air.

The company, founded in 1981 and better known as KyoAni, made a mega-hit anime series about high school girls, and the studio trained aspirants to the craft.

Japanese media have described Aoba as being thought of as a troublemaker who repeatedly changed contract jobs and apartments and quarreled with neighbors. The fire was Japan’s deadliest since 2001, when a blaze in Tokyo’s congested Kabukicho entertainment district killed 44 people.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the Kyoto Animation attack was “a highly tragic case” and that the government has since stepped up restrictions on gasoline sales, including mandatory identification checks of purchasers. Hayashi, however, declined to comment on the death penalty ruling.


Hunter Biden is indicted on 9 tax charges in a special counsel investigation
Topics | 2023/12/08 12:29
Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of President Joe Biden’s son intensifies against the backdrop of the 2024 election.

The new charges filed Thursday — three felonies and six misdemeanors — are in addition to federal firearms charges in Delaware alleging Hunter Biden broke laws against drug users having guns in 2018. They come after the implosion of a plea deal over the summer that would have spared him jail time, putting the case on track to a possible trial as his father campaigns for reelection.

Hunter Biden “spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills,” special counsel David Weiss said in a statement. The charges are centered on at least $1.4 million in taxes Hunter Biden owed during between 2016 and 2019, a period where he has acknowledged struggling with addiction. The back taxes have since been paid.

If convicted, Hunter Biden, 53, could a maximum of 17 years in prison. The special counsel probe remains open, Weiss said.

In a fiery response, defense attorney Abbe Lowell accused Weiss of “bowing to Republican pressure” in the case.

“Based on the facts and the law, if Hunter’s last name was anything other than Biden, the charges in Delaware, and now California, would not have been brought,” Lowell said in a statement.

The White House declined to comment on Thursday’s indictment, referring questions to the Justice Department or Hunter Biden’s personal representatives.

The charging documents filed in California, where he lives, detail spending on drugs, strippers, luxury hotels and exotic cars, “in short, everything but his taxes,” prosecutor Leo Wise wrote.

The indictment comes as congressional Republicans pursue an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, claiming he was engaged in an influence-peddling scheme with his son. The House is expected to vote next week on formally authorizing the inquiry.

No evidence has emerged so far to prove that Joe Biden, in his current or previous office, abused his role or accepted bribes, though questions have arisen about the ethics surrounding the Biden family’s international business.

The separate, long-running criminal investigation into Hunter Biden had been expected to wind down with a plea deal where he would have gotten two years’ probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor tax charges and avoided prosecution on the gun charge if he stayed out of trouble.

The agreement was pilloried as a “sweetheart deal” by Republicans, including former President Donald Trump. Trump is facing his own criminal cases, including charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Biden, a Democrat.

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, gave credit for the new charges Thursday to two IRS investigators who testified before Congress that the Justice Department had mishandled and “slow walked” the investigation into the president’s son. Justice officials have denied those allegations.

The two IRS employees, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, said the indictment was “a complete vindication of our thorough investigation.”

The new charges against Hunter Biden include filing a false return and tax evasion felonies, as well as misdemeanor failure to file and failure to pay.

The defense signaled that it plans to fight the new charges, likely at least in part relying on immunity provisions from the original plea deal. Defense attorneys have argued those remain in force since that part of the agreement was signed by a prosecutor before the deal was scrapped.


Equal rights for same-sex couples approved by Thailand's Cabinet
Topics | 2023/11/22 09:40
Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to its civil code to allow same-sex marriage, with an expectation for the draft to be submitted to Parliament next month.

Karom Polpornklang, a deputy government spokesperson, said the amendment to the Civil and Commercial Code will change the words “men and women” and “husband and wife” to “individuals” and “marriage partners” for same-sex couples to be able to receive the same rights that heterosexual couples receive.

He said the law would guarantee the right to form a family in a relationship between same-sex couples, adding that the next step will be an amendment to the pension fund law to recognize same-sex couples as well.

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin told reporters that the draft law is expected to be proposed to Parliament on Dec. 12. If it becomes law after Parliament’s approval and King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s endorsement, Thailand will be the third place in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal, to allow same-sex marriage.

While famous for being an LGBTQ+ friendly country, Thailand has struggled to pass a marriage equality law. Parliament last year debated several legal amendments to allow either marriage equality or civil unions, which do not grant same-sex couples all the same rights as heterosexual couples. All of the bills failed to be passed before the parliamentary session of the previous government ended.

The new government led by the Pheu Thai party, which took office in August, revived the attempt to pass a marriage equality bill, which it had promised during its election campaign.


Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law
Topics | 2023/10/02 15:26
A federal judge on Saturday blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. But nearly all of the restrictions approved by the legislature this year, including a near-ban after 12 weeks of pregnancy, aren’t being specifically challenged and remain intact.

U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles issued an order halting enforcement of a provision to require surgical abortions that occur after 12 weeks — those for cases of rape and incest, for example — be performed only in hospitals, not abortion clinics. That limitation would have otherwise taken effect on Sunday.

And in the same preliminary injunction, Eagles extended beyond her temporary decision in June an order preventing enforcement of a rule that doctors must document the existence of a pregnancy within the uterus before prescribing a medication abortion.

Short of successful appeals by Republican legislative leaders defending the laws, the order will remain in effect until a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and a physician who performs abortions challenging the sections are resolved. The lawsuit also seeks to have clarified whether medications can be used during the second trimester to induce labor of a fetus that can’t survive outside the uterus.

The litigation doesn’t directly seek to topple the crux of the abortion law enacted in May after GOP legislators overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto. North Carolina had a ban on most abortions after 20 weeks before July 1, when the law scaled it back to 12 weeks.

The law, a response to the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down Roe v. Wade, also added new exceptions for abortions through 20 weeks for cases of rape and incest and through 24 weeks for “life-limiting” fetal anomalies. A medical emergency exception also stayed in place.

On medication abortions, which bill sponsors say also are permitted through 12 weeks of pregnancy, the new law says a physician prescribing an abortion-inducing drug must first “document in the woman’s medical chart the ... intrauterine location of the pregnancy.”

Eagles wrote the plaintiffs were likely to be successful on their claim that the law is so vague as to subject abortion providers to claims that they broke the law if they can’t locate an embryo through an ultrasound because the pregnancy is so new.


5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations
Topics | 2023/09/18 11:48
Five former Memphis police officers were charged Tuesday with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols as they continue to fight second-degree murder charges in state courts arising from the killing.

Tadarrius Bean, Desmond Mills, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin and Justin Smith were indicted in U.S. District Court in Memphis. The four-count indictment charges them with deprivation of rights under the color of law through excessive force and failure to intervene, and through deliberate indifference; conspiracy to witness tampering; and obstruction of justice through witness tampering.

The charges come nine months after the violent beating during a Jan. 7 traffic stop near Nichols’ Memphis home, in which they punched, kicked and slugged the 29-year-old with a baton as he yelled for his mother. Nichols died at a hospital three days later. The five former officers, all Black like Nichols, have pleaded not guilty to state charges of second-degree murder and other alleged offenses in the case.

“We all heard Mr. Nichols cry out for his mother and say ‘I’m just trying to go home,’” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a video statement after the indictment. “Tyre Nichols should be alive today.”

U.S. Attorney Kevin Ritz in West Tennessee said at an afternoon news briefing that the state and federal cases are on separate tracks. Ritz declined to predict how quickly they would proceed.

Kristen Clarke, who leads the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division, said at the appearance that the five former officers used excessive force, failed to advise medical personnel about Nichols’ injuries and conspired to cover up their misconduct.

“In our country, no one is above the law,” she said, adding she met earlier Tuesday with Nichols’ mother and stepfather. Caught on police video, the Nichols beating was one in a string of violent encounters between police and Black people that sparked protests and renewed debate about police brutality and police reform in the U.S.

Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells, said she was surprised that the federal charges “happened so quickly.” The investigation that led to the indictment was announced in the weeks after the Jan. 7 beating death.


Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire
Topics | 2023/07/25 10:47
Wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande. Razor wire strung across private property without permission. Bulldozers changing the very terrain of America’s southern border.

For more than two years, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated measures to keep migrants from entering the U.S., pushing legal boundaries with a go-it-alone bravado along the state’s 1,200-mile (1,930-kilometer) border with Mexico. Now blowback over the tactics is widening, including from within Texas.

A state trooper’s account of officers denying migrants water in 100-degree Fahrenheit (37.7 Celsius) temperatures and razor wire leaving asylum-seekers bloodied has prompted renewed criticism. The Mexican government, some Texas residents along the border and the Biden administration are pushing back. On Monday, the U.S. Justice Department sued Abbott over the buoy barrier that it says raises humanitarian and environmental concerns, asking a federal court to require Texas to dismantle it.

bbott, who cruised to a third term in November while promising tougher border crackdowns, has used disaster declarations as the legal bedrock for some measures.

Critics call that a warped view. “There are so many ways that what Texas is doing right now is just flagrantly illegal,” said David Donatti, an attorney for the Texas American Civil Liberties Union.

Abbott did not respond to requests for comment. He has repeatedly attacked President Joe Biden’s border policies, tweeting Friday that they “encourage migrants to risk their lives crossing illegally through the Rio Grande, instead of safely and legally over a bridge.”

The Biden administration has said illegal border crossings have declined significantly since new immigration rules took effect in May.


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