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Court: Indian candidates can't use faith, caste to get votes
Ethics 01/03/2017India's top court has ruled that election candidates cannot use religion or caste to seek votes, describing them as corrupt practices under electoral laws. India has a Hindu-nationalist government, and most political parties select candidates in vari...
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Court allows wrongful death lawsuit after miscarriage
Lawyer Interviews 01/02/2017The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that a woman can pursue a wrongful-death lawsuit against an obstetrician after a miscarriage when she was five to six weeks pregnant. Justices on Friday reversed a trial judge's order dismissing the wrongful-death ...
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Cambodian court slams opposition leader with new conviction
Recent Cases 12/28/2016A court in Cambodia on Tuesday sentenced the country's exiled opposition leader to five years in prison after finding him guilty of conspiring to incite chaos by posting misleading documents on his Facebook page. The conviction by the Phnom Penh Muni...
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29 Turkish police officers in court for coup trial
National News 12/27/2016Twenty-nine Turkish former police officers went on trial on Tuesday accused of aiding the failed military coup in July — the first trial in Istanbul over the attempt that led to some 270 deaths. Renegade officers in Turkey's military used tanks, figh...
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Court returns ex-Fort Bragg cook to execution track
Legal Events 12/25/2016A former Fort Bragg soldier who killed four women and raped others more than 25 years ago is again headed for execution. The Fayetteville Observer reports Ronald Gray last week lost a battle to keep in place a federal court's order issued eigh...
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California Supreme Court halts death penalty measure
Legal Events 12/21/2016The California Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a voter-approved measure intended to speed up the appeals process for the state's Death Row inmates to give it time to consider a lawsuit challenging the measure. In a one-page decision, the court staye...
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Ohio's high court dismisses media lawsuit over bodycam video
Legal Events 12/21/2016The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed a public information lawsuit Tuesday without ruling on its argument that video from police body cameras are public record and should be released on request. In not taking up the issue, the court noted that the video h...
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Court to unseal Clinton email search warrant
Recent Cases 12/20/2016A federal court in New York is scheduled to release redacted copies Tuesday of the search warrant that allowed the FBI to dig into a trove of Hillary Clinton emails days before the presidential election. The emails were found on a computer belonging ...
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High court turns away appeal from former AIG executives
Recent Cases 12/20/2016The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from two former American International Group executives seeking to avoid civil fraud claims on charges they hid hundreds of millions of dollars in losses from investors. The justices on Monday let stand a lower ...
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Kansas Supreme Court to hear death row inmate's appeal
Recent Cases 12/19/2016Attorneys for a Kansas death row inmate convicted of killing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife's grandmother in 2009 will get to make their case to the state's highest court about why he should be spared. James Kraig Kahler argues ...
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Massachusetts teen due in court in texting suicide case
Headline Legal News 12/19/2016A Massachusetts woman accused of sending her boyfriend text messages encouraging him to kill himself is due in court for a pretrial hearing. Michelle Carter is charged with manslaughter in the 2014 death of Conrad Roy III. The 18-year-old Roy died of...
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Dems to use hearings on Trump picks to court working class
Recent Cases 12/18/2016Determined to hold around two dozen Senate seats in 2018, Democrats will use the coming series of confirmation hearings to try to distinguish themselves from President-elect Donald Trump's billionaire nominees and convince working-class voters who el...