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Executive gets 15 months in prison in doomed nuclear project
Law Firm News 03/08/2023A former executive utility who gave rosy projections on the progress of two nuclear power plants in South Carolina while they were hopelessly behind will spend 15 months in prison for the doomed project that cost ratepayers billions of dollars.Ex-SCA...
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Hobbs doesn’t plan to carry out execution scheduled by court
Featured Articles 03/03/2023Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says corrections officials will not carry out an execution even though the state Supreme Court scheduled it over the objections of the state’s new attorney general.The Democratic governor’s vow not to execute Aaro...
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Judge OK’s Arizona rancher trial in Mexican migrant killing
National News 02/26/2023An Arizona rancher accused of shooting at a group of migrants on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one man, will face trial on charges including second-degree murder and aggravated assault, a judge ruled Friday.Santa Cruz County Justi...
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Supreme Court won’t upset Arkansas anti-Israel boycott law
Headline Legal News 02/21/2023The justices rejected an appeal on behalf of an alternative weekly newspaper in Little Rock, Arkansas, that objected to a state law that reduces fees paid to contractors that refuse to sign the pledge.The full federal appeals court in St. Louis uphel...
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Pakistani court acquits parents of activist in treason case
United States Courts 02/16/2023A Pakistani court on Wednesday acquitted the parents of an exiled female human rights activist, a defense lawyer said, three years after the couple was arrested on charges of terror financing and sedition.The 2019 arrests of Gulalai Ismail’s pa...
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Alabama prison staff shortage worsens despite court order
Civil Rights 02/11/2023A federal judge said Friday Alabama prisons remain critically understaffed, with court filings showing the number of officers in state lockups has continued to drop despite a court order to increase numbers.The prison system has lost more than 500 se...
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Pence subpoenaed by special counsel probing Trump
Headline Legal News 02/07/2023Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing investigations into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a person with direct knowled...
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Interior: $580M headed to 15 tribes to fulfill water rights
Civil Rights 02/03/2023Fifteen Native American tribes will get a total of $580 million in federal money this year for water rights settlements, the Biden administration announced Thursday.The money will help carry out the agreements that define the tribes’ rights to ...
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President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11
Recent Cases 01/30/2023President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.The move to end t...
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California Supreme Court dumps triple-slaying death sentence
Civil Rights 01/25/2023The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the murder convictions and death sentence for a man who killed three people and committed a series of other crimes in San Diego in 1985.The court ordered a new trial for Billy Ray Waldon, ruling unani...
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Supreme Court has failed to find leaker of abortion opinion
Civil Rights 01/20/2023The Supreme Court said Thursday an eight-month investigation that included more than 120 interviews and revealed shortcomings in how sensitive documents are secured has failed to find who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning aborti...
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Top Brazil court greenlights probe of Bolsonaro for riot
Headline Legal News 01/14/2023A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday authorized adding former President Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation into who incited the Jan. 8 riot in the nation’s capital, as part of a broader crackdown to hold responsible parties to account.A...