Recent Updates
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Confessed killer who wants freed after 20 years due in court
U.S. Court News 06/01/2018A man who confessed to a string of rapes and murders with his brother and now wants to be released from an Ohio prison is due back in court.Attorneys for Nathaniel Cook say a plea deal signed nearly 20 years ago forces the court to order his release ...
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Daugaard to name circuit judge to SD Supreme Court
U.S. Court News 05/21/2018Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he will appoint circuit court Judge Mark Salter to the South Dakota Supreme Court.The governor said Thursday he will name Salter, of Sioux Falls, to replace Justice Glen Severson, who will retire in June after nine years as ...
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Suspect charged after California explosion due in court
U.S. Court News 05/12/2018A Southern California man who was arrested on an explosives charge after a blast killed his former girlfriend last week at her day spa is scheduled to appear in court.Fifty-nine-year-old Stephen Beal is set to appear in federal court in Santa Ana Mon...
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Supreme Court sends land dispute back to Wash. top court
U.S. Court News 05/11/2018The Supreme Court is asking Washington state's highest court to take another look at a land dispute between a Native American tribe and its neighbors.The dispute concerns a roughly 40-acre plot of land purchased by the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe in 20...
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Australian cardinal back in court on sex abuse charges
U.S. Court News 05/02/2018Australian Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis, arrived Wednesday for an appearance in a Melbourne court where he will eventually stand trial on sexual abuse charges spanning de...
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Supreme Court to hear appeal of Missouri death row inmate
U.S. Court News 04/30/2018The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review the case of a Missouri death row inmate who says his rare medical condition could cause him to choke on his own blood during an execution.The justices said they would hear the appeal of inmate Russell Bucklew...
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Taxpayer tab for law firm overseeing Atlantic City hits $4.8M
U.S. Court News 04/21/2018New Jersey taxpayers' tab for the takeover of Atlantic City has reached about $5 million in fees from the law firm former Gov. Chris Christie picked to oversee the gambling resort.Records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press show the firm of Chi...
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Cosby defense team lobs attacks in court of public opinion
U.S. Court News 04/21/2018Jurors weren't allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby's chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn't stopped the defense from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Co...
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Michigan's top court hearing cases over guns, schools
U.S. Court News 04/06/2018A gun openly carried by a spectator at a school concert in 2015 has turned into a major legal case as the Michigan Supreme Court considers whether the state's public schools can trump the Legislature and adopt their own restrictions on firearms.The c...
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Budget bill likely would end Supreme Court email search case
U.S. Court News 03/16/2018The budget bill before Congress includes an update to federal law that makes clear that authorities with a warrant can obtain emails and other data held by American technology companies but stored on servers overseas.Passage of the Cloud Act probably...
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Supreme Court asked to review 'Making a Murderer' confession
U.S. Court News 02/17/2018Lawyers for a Wisconsin inmate featured in the "Making a Murderer" series on Netflix asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to review a federal appeals court decision that held his confession was voluntary.Brendan Dassey's legal team told the high c...
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Delay in Nevada gun buyer law draws protests at court debate
U.S. Court News 02/16/2018A lawyer seeking a court order to enforce a Nevada gun buyer screening law that has not been enacted despite voter approval in November 2016 blamed the state's Republican governor and attorney general on Friday for stalling the law."For either person...