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Cambodian court again rejects bail for opposition leader
Continuing Education 02/03/2018An appeals court in Cambodia on Thursday denied a second request for the release on bail of opposition leader Kem Sokha, who has been charged with treason.The court appearance in Phnom Penh by Kem Sokha, head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, wa...
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Suspect in U Penn student's murder due in California court
Notable Attorneys 02/03/2018A Southern California man charged in the killing of a University of Pennsylvania student is due in court Friday.Authorities say Samuel Woodward, 20, of Newport Beach killed 19-year-old sophomore Blaze Bernstein and buried his body in a shallow grave ...
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Texas executes Dallas man for killing ex-girlfriend in 1999
Notable Attorneys 02/02/2018A Dallas man was executed Tuesday for the 1999 slaying of his ex-girlfriend while he already was on parole for killing his estranged wife.William Rayford, 64, became the nation's second inmate put to death this year, both in Texas, when he received l...
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Kenya's High Court orders government's TV shutdown to end
Headline Legal News 02/02/2018Kenya's High Court on Thursday ordered the government to end its shutdown of the country's top three TV stations after they tried to broadcast images of the opposition leader's mock inauguration, a ceremony considered treasonous.Journalists and human...
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Top Pakistani court orders arrest of escaped police officer
Headline Legal News 02/01/2018Pakistan's Supreme Court gave police three days to arrest an absconding officer who is involved in killing an aspiring model in a 'fake shootout', a lawyer said Saturday.Attorney Nazeer Mehsud says suspended police officer Rao Anwar did not appear at...
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Officials ask court to send Kennedy cousin back to prison
Financial 02/01/2018Connecticut officials are asking the state's highest court to revoke Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's bail and send him back to prison, reminding justices it has been more than a year since they reinstated his murder conviction.The chief state's attor...
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Court error unmasks person of interest in Las Vegas massacre
Recent Cases 02/01/2018A court error publicly revealed the name of a man identified as a person of interest in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.Clark County District Court Judge Elissa Cadish acknowledged that a member of her court staff failed to black o...
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Analysis: Outside groups may factor in Arkansas court race
Legal Marketing 01/31/2018Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson lost her bid to run the state's highest court two years ago after coming under fire from conservative groups that spent big on mailers and TV ads targeting her. Two years earlier, David Sterling was def...
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Pennsylvania GOP take gerrymandering case to US high court
Law Firm Marketing 01/29/2018Pennsylvania's top Republican lawmakers asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to stop an order by the state's highest court in a gerrymandering case brought by Democrats that threw out the boundaries of its 18 congressional districts and ordered t...
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Israeli protesters erect golden statue of High Court chief
Headline Legal News 08/31/2017Jerusalem residents woke to discover a surprising spectacle outside the country's Supreme Court — a golden statue of the court's president put up in protest by members of a religious nationalist group. Police quickly removed the statue of Miram Naor,...
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S. Korean court says worker's rare disease linked to Samsung
Recent Cases 08/31/2017South Korea's Supreme Court said a former worker in a Samsung LCD factory who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis should be recognized as having an occupationally caused disease, overturning lower court verdicts that held a lack of evidence against...
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Otter appoints new justice to Idaho Supreme Court
Lawyer Interviews 08/30/2017Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has appointed Twin Falls judge Richard Bevan to the state's highest court. Otter announced Tuesday that Bevan — currently the 5th Judicial District's administrative judge — will replace retiring Idaho Supreme Court Justi...