Tag: Judiciary
EXPLAINER: What is ‘spark-of-life’ testimony in trials?
MADISON, Wis. — Prosecutors trying a white former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd's death plan to use a legal doctrine called “spark of...
Vermont’s Peter Hall, US court of appeals judge, dies at 72
Judge Peter Hall, the Vermont judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, died Thursday at the Rutland Regional Medical...
Nevada Supreme Court mulls appeal in 2019 quadruple homicide
RENO, Nev. — Nevada’s Supreme Court wants to hear directly from lawyers on both sides in a death penalty dispute over how much more...
Swiss court rules against prosecutor in FIFA case
ZURICH — A Swiss court ruled that a special prosecutor investigating Switzerland’s former attorney general acted illegally while pursuing a separate case against FIFA...
Appeals court takes up Fairfax’s defamation case against CBS
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Appellate judges reviewing a defamation lawsuit filed by Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax expressed concern that journalists gave an overly...
House panel rejects push to oust judge over absentee voting
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee House panel on Tuesday rejected a push to remove a judge for expanding absentee voting in 2020 in response...
German court won’t try suspected former Nazi camp guard, 96
BERLIN — A German court has declined to put a suspected former guard at the Nazis' Stutthof concentration camp on trial, citing concerns over...
Tel Aviv’s Jewish museum reopens after $100 million upgrade
TEL AVIV, Israel — From Queen Salome to the late RBG, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, Tel Aviv's newly revamped Museum of the Jewish...
Ex-German press office worker convicted of spying for Egypt
BERLIN — A court in Berlin has convicted a former employee of the German government press office of spying for Egypt and given him...
‘Lula’ convictions dismissed; could run again in Brazil
SAO PAULO — A top judge has thrown out both corruption convictions of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, opening the way...