Recent Updates
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Election judge pleads not guilty in absentee ballot case
Recent Cases 11/21/2016An 88-year-old election judge from southern Illinois has pleaded not guilty after allegedly sending in an absentee ballot in her late husband's name. The (Belleville) News-Democrat reports that Audrey Cook appeared Thursday in Madison County Circuit ...
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Ohio sheriff accused of drug theft changing not guilty plea
Headline Legal News 11/21/2016A suspended sheriff in Ohio who has denied stealing prescription drugs and misusing office funds is due in court to change his not guilty plea. Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer is scheduled to attend a change of plea hearing Monday in Fremont. O...
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Philippine court urged to order Marcos' remains exhumed
Recent Cases 11/20/2016Human rights victims who suffered during the rule of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos filed petitions Monday asking the Supreme Court to order the exhumation of his remains that were buried last week at the country's Heroes' Cemetery. They also w...
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Justice Thomas: Honor Scalia by reining in government
Legal Events 11/18/2016Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is calling fellow conservatives to continue the work of the late Justice Antonin Scalia to keep the power of the courts and other branches of government in check. Thomas tells 1,700 people at a dinner in honor of...
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French court restores far-right candidate's ties to father
Headline Legal News 11/18/2016French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen thought she had cut the political cord with her controversial father by expelling him from the far-right party he founded, but a court ruled Thursday Jean-Marie Le Pen still is the National Front's honorary...
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Nevada high court considering email public records question
Recent Cases 11/17/2016Neighbors' efforts to block the reopening of a mine in a historic Nevada mining town have unearthed a legal question about whether emails kept by elected officials on their personal devices are public records. The Comstock Residents Association wants...
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Supreme Court stays execution of Alabama inmate
Ethics 11/14/2016The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday night stayed the execution of an Alabama man convicted of the 1982 shooting death of a woman's husband in a murder-for-hire arrangement. Five justices voted to stay the execution of Tommy Arthur as the high court co...
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Delaware County creates domestic violence court
Recent Cases 11/13/2016The Indiana Supreme Court has approved the creation of a domestic violence court in Delaware County. Delaware County Prosecutor Jeffrey Arnold tells The (Muncie) Star Press all felony domestic battery cases now will be filed in Delaware Circuit Court...
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UK court brings Brexit plans screeching to halt
Legal Events 11/04/2016Britain's High Court brought government plans for leaving the European Union screeching to a halt Thursday, ruling that the prime minister can't trigger the U.K.'s exit from the bloc without parliamentary approval. The government said it would go to ...
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Supreme Court stays execution of Alabama inmate
Law Firm News 11/04/2016The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday night stayed the execution of an Alabama man convicted of the 1982 shooting death of a woman's husband in a murder-for-hire arrangement. Five justices voted to stay the execution of Tommy Arthur as the high court co...
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Appeals court considers Arizona cross-border shooting case
Recent Cases 11/03/2016A government attorney argued Friday that the mother of a 16-year-old Mexican boy killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a cross border shooting should not be allowed to sue the agent because the boy lacked significant ties to the United States. But ...
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Court: US agency acted reasonably to protect seals
Recent Cases 11/02/2016An appeals court panel on Monday ruled that a federal agency acted reasonably in proposing to list a certain population of bearded seals threatened by sea ice loss. The decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San F...