11 h. ago Supreme Court to hear Alabama appeal in push to execute intellectually disabled man

The inmate killed a man by beating him to death with a hammer and saw.

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11 h. ago Utah judge rules a convicted killer with dementia is competent to be executed

A Utah judge has ruled that a convicted killer who developed dementia while on death row for 37 years is competent enough to be executed

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13 h. ago Supreme Court will hear Alabama appeal in bid to execute man found to be intellectually disabled

The Supreme Court will consider making it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually disabled

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22 h. ago Nurse jailed for murder of elderly patients faces wait in conviction appeal

Colin Campbell, formerly known as Colin Norris, was found guilty in 2008 of killing four women and attempting to kill a fifth.

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25 h. ago Court of Appeal should uphold nurse’s convictions, judges told

The Crown Prosecution Service is opposing the appeal of Colin Campbell.

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63 h. ago Nurse who murdered elderly patients has 'straightforward' appeal case, court told

Colin Campbell, formerly known as Colin Norris, was jailed for murdering four women at orthopaedic wards.

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2 d. ago Huge cost of Prince Harry's failed security legal battle to UK taxpayer revealed

Prince Harry's legal battle against the Home Office over his police protection while in the UK ended in defeat at the Court of Appeal last month - and figures have revealed how much the case cost the UK taxpayer

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3 d. ago Criminal cases review body ‘must win back trust’ as interim chairwoman announced

Dame Vera Baird KC will carry out an urgent review into the running of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

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4 d. ago Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and paid a $1 a day in Colorado

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5 d. ago Mother’s ‘long wait’ for justice over daughter’s death ahead of second inquest

Joy Dove has fought for years for a fresh investigation into her daughter Jodey Whiting’s death.

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8 d. ago Trump’s tariffs are back on for now as he fights trade court ruling, appeals panel rules

Administration’s tariff agenda is temporarily reinstated while legal challenges play out

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8 d. ago US court temporarily reinstates Trump tariffs while administration appeals ruling blocking them – US politics live

US appeal judges grant administrative stay of trade court’s order blocking tariffsCan Trump get around the court ruling that blocks his tariffs?A federal judge will consider on whether to further block the Trump administration from revoking Harvard university’s ability to enroll international students (see post at 10.38 for more details).At a hearing in Boston, US district judge Allison Burroughs will weigh whether to extend a temporary order she issued last Friday that blocked the US department of homeland security from carrying out the revocation it issued a day earlier. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Supreme Court declines to hear Josh Duggar’s child porn appeal

Reality TV star’s appeal argued that trial decision violated the 6th Amendment by depriving him of his right to present a full defense in court

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1 week ago Australia whistleblower who exposed war crime allegations loses bid to reduce prison sentence

Australian army whistleblower David McBride, who leaked allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan to the media, has lost a court bid to have his prison sentence reduced

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1 week ago US Supreme Court refuses student’s case over ‘There are only two genders’ T

The school was reasonable to consider the impact on its transgender students, a court of appeal said

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1 week ago Supreme Court rejects appeal of Massachusetts student who wanted to wear 'only two genders' T

The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Massachusetts student who was barred from wearing a T-shirt to school proclaiming there are only two genders

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1 week ago The Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that's sacred to Apaches

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Apaches who want to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred

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2 w. ago ‘Fresh evidence’ double murderer Hazel Stewart had mental illness, court told

Hazel Stewart is serving a minimum 18 years behind bars for the killing of Constable Trevor Buchanan, 32, and Howell’s 31-year-old wife Lesley Howell.

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2 w. ago Legacy body ‘lacks powers of a public inquiry to examine Sean Brown murder’

SDLP leader Claire Hanna pressed the UK government to call a public inquiry into the murder of the GAA official.

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2 w. ago Trump official says US seeking to deport eight migrants but doesn’t confirm South Sudan destination – live

Homeland security official said on Wednesday that the US is seeking to deport eight migrants convicted of serious crimesA federal judge has rejected a bid by the US treasury department to cancel a union contract covering tens of thousands of IRS staff, Reuters reports, in an early blow to Donald Trump’s efforts to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many federal workers.US district judge Danny Reeves in Lexington, Kentucky, said in a written opinion late on Tuesday that the department lacked legal standing to bring a lawsuit against the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). Continue reading...

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