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Judge reversed Hylton’s conviction, sentence - Case for breach of anti-corruption law lost in the system awaiting retrial
Member of Parliament for St Andrew Western Anthony Hylton had both his conviction and sentence for two breaches of Jamaica’s anti-corruption law reversed by a judge in 2011, court documents have revealed. Just over three years after the reversal,...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Zimbabwe: Former Zesa Boss Acquitted for Abuse of Office
Former ZESA Holdings Group Chief Executive Josh Chifamba has been acquitted at the High Court in an appeal where he was challenging his conviction of abusing powers as a public
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Source: allAfrica.com
Judge recuses himself, rules Reid, Pinnock, et al have cases to answer
Chief Parish Court Judge Chester Crooks, who yesterday ruled that former Education Minister Ruel Reid and Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Professor Fritz Pinnock and their co-accused should go to trial on corruption charges laid from 2019, has recused himself from trying the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
New Prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery Case | Dallas Weekly
In a recent report published by Law.com, Cobb Judicial Circuit District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes, the fourth DA to be assigned the Ahmaud Arbery case, said that questions had been raised about a possible conflict of interest for her – although she made it clear she will proceed with the
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Source: Dallas Weekly
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New Prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery Case Refutes Complaint of Conflict of Interest
In a recent report published by Law.com, Cobb Judicial Circuit District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes, the fourth DA to be assigned the Ahmaud Arbery case, said that questions had been raised about a possible conflict of interest for her – although she made it clear she will proceed with the
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Source: The Washington Informer
Covid-19 reaches 'doorstep of the judiciary' - Eastern Cape judge dies after testing positive | News24
Eastern Cape High Court Judge Patrick Jaji has died of Covid-19, the Office of the Chief Justice said on Monday.
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Chasi wants reprieve for Chivayo
ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi has given Intratrek exactly six months to feed 10 megawatts into the national grid, adding intrigue to the raging court case against the company after the Supreme Court this week ruled that its owner Wicknell Chivayo should stand
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Appeals court reinstates $38m to family of Black woman killed by Baltimore police - Face2Face Africa
Korryn Gaines was 23 when she was fatally shot by Baltimore County Police during a six-hour standoff in Randallstown in 2016. Gaines’ five-year-old son, Kodi, was with her in the apartment during the standoff and was also struck across the cheek by one of the bullets. He had to undergo several
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Judiciary goes digital in line with new normal
It has automated case filing, courtroom hearings, issuance of legal summonses and court orders after years of reliance on the slow, inefficient manual
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Source: The East African
Zimbabwe: UZ Student Languishes in Prison After Calling for Revolution Against Mnangagwa
[New Zimbabwe] UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) student Allan Moyo, arrested early last December after calling for a revolt against President Emmerson Mnangagwa remains in prison as his court records were incorrectly recorded at the Harare Magistrates' Courts.
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Former pro rugby player accused of murder of top cop Charl Kinnear to remain behind bars | News24
Former professional rugby player Zane Kilian has become the first person to appear in court in connection with the murder of Cape Town detective Charl Kinnear.
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Man hacks off rival suitor’s 3 fingers
BY KENNETH NYANGANI A MUTARE man was yesterday arraigned before the courts after he chopped off three fingers of his wife’s lover in a case of alleged infidelity. The accused, Emmanuel Matemba, appeared before Mutare magistrate Richard Ramaboea facing assault charges. Matemba denied the allegations
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Virtual court hearings to continue - Stabroek News
With the Coronavirus pandemic still persisting, court hearings will continue to largely be conducted virtually, which the judiciary says is part of its efforts to mitigate community spread and other serious public health threats associated
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Battle over rejected ballots
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Lawyers representing the Member of Parliament (MP)-elect for Westmoreland Eastern Luther Buchanan are expected to make a second attempt at getting the Westmoreland Parish Court to accept ballots previously ruled as rejected.
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President confers silk on Nandlall, Jonas and Ali - Stabroek News
President Irfaan Ali today elevated three attorneys to the status of Senior Counsel. The article President confers silk on Nandlall, Jonas and Ali appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Illinois Public Defender Becomes First Black Woman Judge in 11th Circuit
Public defender Carla Barnes has broken barriers after being appointed the first Black woman judge to serve the 11th Circuit District Court.
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Court reserves judgment on Gukurahundi exhumations
By NQOBANI NDLOVU BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese yesterday reserved judgment in a case where Gukurahundi survivors were seeking an interdict order to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s plans to fast-track the exhumation and reburial of victims of the 1980s mass killings. On
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
New guidelines to tackle racism in gun crime sentencing - Voice Online
FROM JANUARY 1st, new guidance will remind judges and magistrates that ethnic minorities receive harsher... The post New guidelines to tackle racism in gun crime sentencing appeared first on Voice Online.
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True concern for the children of Marcus Smith - Carolina Peacemaker
Being honestly concerned about taking care of Marcus Smith’s children is reasonable but in reality, the Greensboro City Council has no legal say on whether they can legally receive any settlement or judgment proceeds. Smith was a 38 year old African American man who was killed in September 2018
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Incarcerating children for cannabis possession ruled unconstitutional
The Johannesburg High Court has determined on Monday 3 August that children found guilty of cannabis possession cannot be incarcerated
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Zimbabwe magistrates fear granting bail
guest column:Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa Time and again, magistrates have been lambasted and ridiculed by High Court judges for denying bail in the lower court. The phrase “magistrate misdirected himself” is now a daily routine. Why does one misdirect himself in almost every case brought before him? The
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono granted $10 000 bail
BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has granted a $10,000 bail to investigative freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and ordered him to report twice a week to the nearest police station. Chin'ono was also ordered to surrender his passport and title deeds to his home, to
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Josey-Herring Sworn in as D.C. Superior Court’s First Female Chief Judge
In a historic ceremony, conducted virtually on Oct. 16, D.C. Superior Court Associate Judge Anita Josey-Herring became the first African American woman to lead the court as chief judge.
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Source: The Washington Informer
School Desegregation Suit
In 1972 a suit was filed by the Boston Branch NAACP against the Boston School Committee for maintaining a segregated school district and low quality education for its mostly Black student population. When Federal Court Judge W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., ordered a school desegregation plan in Boston in
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
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Tunisia: Detention Order Against Businessman and Senior Civil Servant
Tunis/Tunisia — The examining magistrate at the economic and financial judicial pole issued, on Wednesday, a Detention order against a businessman operating in the tourism sector and a high-ranking civil servant official, after their hearing, in the presence of their lawyers, Deputy Public
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Intratrek's Gwanda solar project ready to roll
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo owned-Intratrek says it is awaiting the finalisation of the financial closure phase of the 100 megawatt Gwanda solar project by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) to resume its work following a tumultuous court battle with the parent
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Drax saga clouded by mist: Judge
HIGH Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda yesterday said the infamous Drax International COVID-19 tender scam, which has led to the arrest of Health minister Obadiah Moyo for criminal abuse of office, was too hazy and suspected the company’s local representative Delish Nguwaya was withholding
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Redwing contract cancellation application dismissed
BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE THE High Court has dismissed an application filed by Probadek Investments to stop Redwing Mining Company from cancelling a mining contract between the two parties. Probadek had approached the High Court saying it entered into a joint venture agreement with Redwing Mining on
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Chief Justice denies allegation of interfering in the Palo Conteh treason trial
Sierra Leone’s social media rumour mill went into overdrive three days ago, when a post was circulated by an unknown author alleging that the country’s Chief Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards “tries to interfere with Palo Treason trial
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
LSK cancels senior counsel honour for Kalonzo, Karua
The drastic decision by the new LSK council comes almost a year after the Committee on Senior Counsel chaired by Supreme Court judge Justice Mohamed Ibrahim completed the process of identifying the
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