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Kenya: I'm My Own Man, Ngatia Tells JSC Amid Concerns Over Kenyatta Links
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Senior Counsel Fred Ngatia on Tuesday allayed fears his past attorney-client relationship with President Uhuru Kenyatta could impair his ability to act independently as Chief Justice and judge of the Supreme Court should his candidature sail through.
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Thomas P. Johnson: Politician & Served in the Union Army During the Civil War
Thomas P. Johnson arrived in Arkansas as a slave from North Carolina in 1859. He was a bout 38 years old. He became a well-known politician who served in the Union Army during the civil war. After the war, Johnson was elected one of eight Black members of the 1868 Arkansas Constitutional
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The Judicial Friends Association, Inc. announces the release of its Report re: Systemic Racism | New York Carib News
Today, an association of Black and other minority judges officially released a comprehensive Report to the New York State Court's Commission on Equal Justice in the Courts ("Report").
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Uganda: Political Cases That Will Define CJ Katureebes Tenure
[Monitor] Political cases are always used to define the careers of judges and so will it be for retiring Chief Justice Bart Katureebe.
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Gag order imposed in case of soldier who allegedly shot cop in Portmore love triangle
A judge today ordered that details about the case of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier who reportedly shot a policeman he caught in his home in a compromising position with his wife should not be shared with the media. 
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Nigeria: Police Confirm Abduction of Shari'ah Court Judge in Katsina
[Vanguard] The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a Shari'ah Court Judge by unknown gunmen on Tuesday evening.
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Supreme Court tears into KwaZulu-Natal judge: Here's why
In the ruling, penned by Acting Judge Glenn Goosen, the court says it was 'an unconscionable dereliction of duty'.
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Zimbabwe: 2020 - Two Judges Up for Misconduct, Five Magistrates Fired - Malaba
[New Zimbabwe] Two judges in 2020 appeared before the Judiciary Services Commission (JSC) which was investigating the question of their removal from office while five magistrates were dismissed on charges of corruption and incompetence.
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Rhode Island Supreme Court now has its first Black justice and a female majority - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
With Judge Melissa A. Long, the high court has a female majority for the first time in its history.
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Civil suit brought by Colwyn Harding against cops thrown out for want of prosecution - Stabroek News
As his lawyer was absent from court on Monday for the commencement of trial, High Court Judge Navindra Singh threw out the $80.5 million civil suit brought by Colwyn Harding who back in 2013 had alleged that police officers had raped him by inserting a baton into his
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House team to vet Koome for Chief Justice position
The committee chaired by Muturi Kigano will cross-examine Martha Koome at the National Assembly to assess her suitability to head the Judiciary.
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Language barrier stalls court cases
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi on Monday urged Zimbabweans to learn local languages in order to solve communication barriers in court, after a case was postponed because the litigants spoke Ndebele, and the interpreter conversant with the language was off duty. Chitapi
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Tunisia: Nabil Karoui Observes Sit-in At Office of Investigative Judge - UPD1
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Head of Qalb Tounès Nabil Karoui decided Monday to observe a sit-in at the office of the investigative judge at the Judicial Financial Division in protest over the extension of his pre-trial detention since last May 5, said Nezih Souiî, one of his lawyers.
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Justice Bere challenges tribunal again
SUSPENDED Supreme Court judge Justice Francis Bere wants the High Court to expedite the hearing of his previous court application, which sought an interdict to restrain President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tribunal from commencing an inquiry into his alleged misconduct in the performance
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Judge sides with DPP in INDECOM counter
THE Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has failed to get the courts to review the lawfulness of a 2018 decision by the director of public prosecutions (DPP) not to prosecute two policemen for an incident that resulted in the fatal shooting of a man.
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Two Lawyers Accused Of Throwing Molotov Cocktail At Empty Cop Car During Protest Could Face Life In Prison - Blavity
Two New York lawyers of color are facing the possibility of life in prison after being federally charged for throwing a Molotov cocktail at an empty police car, reports
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State must prove Nguwaya case: Judge
DRAX International representative Delish Nguwaya, who has been languishing in remand prison since his arrest last month on allegations of defrauding the government in a US$60 million drug supply deal, was yesterday released on $50 000 bail after the High Court ruled that he played no major role
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Head of T&T police unit to be charged with misbehaviour in public office - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) Leader of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), Inspector Mark Hernandez, is set to be charged with misbehaviour in public office in relation to an investigation into the treatment of the suspects in the abduction and murder of Andrea
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Camp court grants bail to murder suspects | Malawi 24 - Malawi news
A camp court sitting at Mulanje Prison has granted bail to over ten remandees who are answering charges of murder. The camp court was last month set by the community of Sant' Egidio, a lay movement of the Catholic Church with an aim of bringing the much-needed justice especially to suspects who has
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Relief for Sikhala, Hwende
BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-chair Job Sikhala yesterday walked out of the tall walls of Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison after he was granted $50 000 bail by High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere, who blasted the State for bringing unsubstantiated allegations to court. The
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Public Protector removal: Mkhwebane's application for leave to appeal dismissed | News24
The Western Cape High Court has found Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application for leave to appeal the court for not halting the National Assembly's removal proceedings against her has no prospects of success.
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Macon B. Allen, first black lawyer
Macon B. Allen was elected judge of the Inferior Court of Charleston. Allen, the first Black lawyer, thus became the second Black to hold a major judicial position and the first Black with a major judicial position on the municipal level.
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Man sentenced to 120 years in prison for raping three children | Malawi 24 - Malawi news
A 39-year-old man who raped three children in Mzimba has been sentenced to 120 years in prison. High Court Judge Chimwemwe Kamowa has handed Stanford Phiri a 40-year sentence for each rape case but the sentences will run concurrently which means he will spend 40 years in prison. Phiri raped the
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Candidate judge withdraws application, says JSC interview process unfair | News24
A magistrate who was interviewed for a permanent position as a judge of the Limpopo Division of the High Court this week, withdrew her application for a post in the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court, saying the interview process had been "unfair".
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Court snubs Malawi Law Society on paralegals
The Lilongwe High court has dismissed an application by the Malawi Law Society (MLS) for judicial review on a proposal to allow paralegals to represent people in the country's magistrate courts. The development follows MLS's objection to the proposed amendment of the Legal Aid Bureau to allow legal
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A professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, a federal appeals court judge, a restauranteur and a child advocate will be inducted into the Wall of Fame

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Don’t lead us into constitutional crises but deliver us from contempt of court - NewsDay Zimbabwe
Your Excellency, while the past week has been eventful and historic in several respects because of the High Court judgment that effectively “retired” Chief Justice Luke Malaba, for some of us it has been a déjà vu moment as we have been plunged into a constitutional crisis on two fronts.
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Alleged cop killer Zane Kilian no longer charged with attempted murder of lawyer William Booth | News24
Former rugby player Zane Kilian is no longer formally charged with the attempted murder of lawyer William Booth. This emerged during his bail appeal application in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
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Lawyer bashes returning officer for high number of rejected ballots
THE work of the returning officer for Clarendon North Western in the September 3 General Election came in for sharp criticism at the end of the counting yesterday in the ongoing judicial (magisterial) recount.
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Powell, Spencer sworn in as magistrates
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