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64 votes
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They were secret for sixteen years. Now a US judge has released the Jeffrey Epstein grand jury records.
18 votes -
Former Uvalde Texas school police chief, officer indicted in 1st-ever criminal charges over failed response to 2022 mass shooting
43 votes -
Crown Prosecution Service (UK public prosecutor) lawyers still “victim-blame” in rape cases, report says
14 votes -
Amanda Knox convicted in slander retrial over 2007 killing
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Former US President Donald Trump has been found guilty of thirty-four counts of falsifying business records to influence the outcome of the 2016 election
182 votes -
US judge denies request to restrict Donald Trump statements that could endanger law enforcement in classified records case
23 votes -
Today is the UK courts decision day on Julian Assange's extradition to the US
30 votes -
Donald Trump hush money trial: What criminal charges does he face?
16 votes -
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial [he will remain imprisoned in California and the court has ordered a retrial]
25 votes -
US federal appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity
82 votes -
NGOs allowed to seize €2.9 million from Belgian government for failure to shelter asylum seekers
13 votes -
Wayne LaPierre resigns as NRA leader, days before start of his civil trial
20 votes -
In northern Ontario, a dozen First Nations have been left struggling. A court’s attempt to enforce treaty promises could see them getting up to C$126bn.
12 votes -
A pregnant woman in Texas whose fetus has trisomy 18 was granted a court order for an abortion
61 votes -
Kenneth Chesebro (former Donald Trump lawyer) may testify in Nevada and Arizona election fraud cases
17 votes -
Supreme Court, under pressure, issues non-binding ethics code for justices, without mechanisms for enforcement
48 votes -
US court tells cops that a driver not laughing at an officer’s terrible joke is not reasonable suspicion
43 votes -
Kenneth Chesebro, a Donald Trump-aligned lawyer, pleads guilty in Georgia
18 votes -
First defendant in Donald Trump Georgia case pleads guilty
41 votes -
A Chicago cop is accused of lying under oath forty-four times. Now prosecutors are dropping cases that relied on his testimony.
27 votes -
US federal judge to hear arguments on Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia election case from state court to federal court
12 votes -
Judge in Georgia election case sets October trial date for ex-Donald Trump lawyer and co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro but not alleged co-conspirators
12 votes -
Palm Beach County lawyer files legal challenge in Southern District of Florida to disqualify Donald Trump from 2024 presidential race
25 votes -
Canadian court upholds social media sensitivity training requirement for Jordan Peterson
62 votes -
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the state for allegedly violating his human rights due to his being held in extreme isolation
28 votes -
Andy Ngo loses civil lawsuit against Portland activists
16 votes -
Federal jury acquits Louisiana trooper caught on camera pummeling Black motorist
30 votes -
Michigan prosecutors charge Donald Trump allies with felonies involving voting machines and illegal 'testing'
40 votes -
US District Judge orders compassionate release of three of Newburgh Four - sharply criticizes FBI's role in radicalizing the defendants
18 votes -
Canadian judge rules thumbs-up emoji can represent contract agreement
42 votes -
Australia's Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme has released its report. It describes the Scheme as "an illconceived, embryonic idea and rushed to Cabinet".
Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Tabled_Documents/2743 Some summary quotes: From the Preface: It is remarkable how little interest there...
Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Tabled_Documents/2743
Some summary quotes:
From the Preface:
It is remarkable how little interest there seems to have been in ensuring the Scheme’s legality, how rushed its implementation was, how little thought was given to how it would affect welfare recipients and the lengths to which public servants were prepared to go to oblige ministers on a quest for savings. Truly dismaying was the revelation of dishonesty and collusion to prevent the Scheme’s lack of legal foundation coming to light. Equally disheartening was the ineffectiveness of what one might consider institutional checks and balances – the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Office, the Office of Legal Services Coordination, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal – in presenting any hindrance to the Scheme’s continuance.
From the Conclusion:
The report paints a picture of how the Robodebt Scheme (the Scheme) was put together on an illconceived, embryonic idea and rushed to Cabinet. If ever there were a case of giving an unproportion’d thought his act, this was it.
The application of [public interest] immunity has also limited the Commission’s ability to reveal the entirety of the documentation concerning how the original proposal which became Robodebt, was passed and what was put to Cabinet thereafter. The salient points have been able to be made, but large parts of the relevant ministerial briefs, materials put before Cabinet and Cabinet minutes themselves have not been able to be revealed.
One of the questions in the Terms of Reference is when the Australian Government knew or ought to have known that debts were not, or may not have been, validly raised. [...] Some DHS senior executives always had that knowledge; some DSS senior executives must have suspected it, at least by 2016. As to members of the Government, one Minister, Mr Morrison, took the proposal to Cabinet, knowing that it involved income averaging and that his own Department had indicated that it would require legislative change, but on the basis of the contrary indication in the NPP checklist, proceeded without enquiring as to how the change had come about.
And... this ticking time-bomb from the covering letter:
I have provided to you an additional chapter of the report which has not been included in the bound report and is sealed. It recommends the referral of individuals for civil action or criminal prosecution. I recommend that this additional chapter remain sealed and not be tabled with the rest of the report so as not to prejudice the conduct of any future civil action or criminal prosecution.
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Proud Boys fined over $1 Million for destroying property of a Black church
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Australian High Court throws out Russia's bid to stop Australian government taking control of embassy site
17 votes -
Australian Commonwealth government lodges High Court challenge to landmark native title compensation claim over Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory
6 votes -
Ex-Starbucks manager awarded $25.6 million in case tied to arrests of two Black men
14 votes -
Donald Trump finds no new lawyers in time for Mar-a-Lago documents arraignment: he is expected to be represented by existing lawyers Todd Blanche and Chris Kise
54 votes -
Traffic cop sues city over ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ cards for NYPD friends and family
52 votes -
Sweden's Supreme Court approves the extradition of a supporter of the Kurdistan Workers' Party to Türkiye, ahead of NATO membership talks with Ankara
8 votes -
Former US President Donald Trump is found liable for sexual abuse in civil trial
19 votes -
Fox settles Dominion defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million, avoiding US trial
15 votes -
Two journalists working for a large Finnish newspaper have been found guilty of revealing secret information on military intelligence
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Sweden's top court has prevented the extradition of exiled Turkish journalist Bulent Kenes, saying it was impossible under the circumstances
3 votes -
Alex Jones told to pay $965m damages to Sandy Hook victims' families
19 votes -
Baltimore prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed, subject of podcast Serial
7 votes -
'Shocking breach of faith' | Spectrum owes $7 billion in punitive damages for murder of Texas customer
17 votes -
Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik is once again suing the Norway government in a bid to force an end to his isolation
8 votes -
Journalists from Finland's largest newspaper accused of publishing classified defence intelligence – unprecedented case for the country renowned for its press freedom
6 votes -
Alex Jones must pay $50m for Sandy Hook hoax claim
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Father, son who murdered Ahmaud Arbery get life sentences for US hate crime
10 votes