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  Court seems to favor death row inmate in dispute with lawyer

  Bar Associations 01/17/2018

  The Supreme Court seems ready to say that a lawyer for a criminal defendant cannot override his client's wish and concede his guilt at trial, even if the lawyer's aim is to avoid a death sentence.The court on Wednesday dived into the case of Louisian...

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  Court halts execution of Alabama inmate with dementia

  Court Watch 01/17/2018

  The U.S. Supreme Court has halted the execution of an Alabama inmate whose attorneys argue that dementia has left the 67-year-old unable to remember killing a police officer three decades ago.Justices issued a stay Thursday night, the same evening th...

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  Warrant dropped for professor who spoke Hawaiian in court

  Legal Events 01/15/2018

  A judge dropped an arrest warrant Thursday for a University of Hawaii professor who refused to respond in court to English and spoke Hawaiian instead.Samuel Kaleikoa Kaeo was in court Wednesday facing a trial for charges connected to his participatio...

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  Judge to pick battlefield for court fight over Manson's body

  Litigation Reports 01/14/2018

  Charles Manson orchestrated murders in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, served time in a state prison in Corcoran and died in a hospital in Bakersfield.The legal battle for his body or possessions could land in any of three California counties wh...

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  Doctor charged in wife's death moved after threat to him

  Trial Coverage 01/12/2018

  A New Jersey doctor accused of having his wife killed to protect an illegal prescription drug ring he was running with an outlaw biker gang has been moved to a different jail nearly 100 miles away due to an alleged plot by a co-defendant to kill him....

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  Supreme Court to hear sales tax collection case

  Legal Networks 01/11/2018

  The Supreme Court agreed Friday to wade into the issue of sales tax collection on internet purchases in a case that could force consumers to pay more for certain purchases and allow states to recoup what they say is billions in lost revenue annually....

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  Pennsylvania court throws out congressional boundaries

  Legal Events 01/11/2018

  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state's widely criticized congressional map Monday, granting a major victory to Democrats who alleged the 18 districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to benefit Republicans and setting off a scram...

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  Thai court drops royal insult charges against academic

  Notable Attorneys 01/11/2018

  A Thai military court on Wednesday dropped royal insult charges against an 84-year old historian who questioned whether a Thai king had actually defeated a Burmese adversary in combat on elephant-back over 500 years ago.Sulak Sivaraksa was charged in...

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  Women taking their right to go topless to state's high court

  Notable Attorneys 01/08/2018

  In a case that pits freedom of expression and equality against public decency, three women are challenging a New Hampshire city ordinance prohibiting public nudity and taking it to the state's highest court.Heidi Lilley, Kia Sinclair and Ginger Pierr...

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  Hong Kong court to rule later on 3 activists' prison terms

  Litigation Reports 01/05/2018

  Three Hong Kong activists will have to wait to learn the outcome of their final appeal Tuesday to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city.Judges at Hong Kong's top...

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  Jailed Catalan separatists pledge to eschew unilateral moves

  Legal Networks 01/02/2018

  Three backers of Catalonia's independence sought Thursday to get released from jail for their role in the region's push to break from Spain, which triggered the country's worst political crisis in decades.Former Catalan interior minister, Joaquim For...

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  Ohio court won't hear case in seizure of exotic animals

  Legal Events 10/25/2017

  Another court has dealt a blow to an Ohio man who is trying to get his six tigers and several other exotic animals back from the state.The Ohio Supreme Court earlier this month said it would not hear an appeal in the case involving the owner of a roa...