You may also like
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. 
Read more
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Rwanda: UN Prosecutor Wants Kabuga Temporarily Transferred to the Hague Due to COVID-19
The Prosecutor of the of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT) has requested that genocide architect Felicien Kabuga is temporarily transferred to the The Hague in The
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Sponsored by National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP) Boston Chapter
Zimbabwe: Justice Bere Hearing to Go Ahead
[The Herald] The disciplinary tribunal hearing of misconduct allegations against suspended Supreme Court judge Justice Francis Bere will now go ahead, after it decided not to stop proceedings until the High Court rules on whether or not it was proper to convoke a tribunal.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Sponsored by APEX Museum
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.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Eastern Bank
Nov
26
1872
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
Read more
Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
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
Read more
Source: http://www.peacemakeronline.com
Zimbabwe: MP Fights Land Ruling
High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi gave ownership of residential stand no 702, Lot J, measuring 2 100 square metres in Crowhill Farm that is owned by Bvute under his company, Crowhill Farm (Pvt) (Ltd), to Florence Behane
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
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.
Read more
Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Malawi Electoral Body Commissioners Contract Ends Today
Chairperson of the commission Jane Ansah tendered her resignation a week ago amid stormy criticisms from the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal and parliament of the way they handled the May 19, 2019 presidential election which handed down president Peter Mutharika a second and last
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
South Africa: Charges Dropped Against Ex-Girlfriend of Wife Killer Jason Rohde
Jolene Alterskye faced charges of crimen injuria for comments she made about the
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
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.
Read more
Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Sponsored by Intellitech
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
Read more
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
Uganda: UPDF Soldier Sentenced to 90 Years for Killing Mother, Son
[Monitor] Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) Court Martial has sentenced a soldier to 90 years for killing two people.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Kemp names DA to become judge in circuit east of Atlanta | The Atlanta Voice
Gov. Brian Kemp is appointing a district attorney to the bench in a two-county judicial circuit east of
Read more
Source: The Atlanta Voice
Attorney in spat with Chuck vows to press for justice
Attorney-at-law Captain Paul Beswick has vowed to continue fighting for significant improvements in the justice system amid a tiff that has seemingly developed with the Justice Minister Delroy Chuck.
Read more
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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.
Read more
Source: https://www.news24.com
Nigeria: Ondo Court Sentences Pastor to Death By Hanging for Murder
An Ondo State High Court has sentenced a Pastor, Kolawole Samson to death by hanging by for the murder of Ayo Olaniyi in Okeigbo council area of the state four years
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Sponsored by Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies
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.
Read more
Source: Local Boston breaking news, sports, weather and events | Boston.com
Zimbabwe: Mtetwa Banned From Representing Chin'ono Over Facebook Page
[New Zimbabwe] Beatrice Mtetwa has been permanently barred from representing Hopewell Chin'ono after a Harare court found the top rights lawyer to have abandoned professional conduct but developed personal interest in the journalist's case.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
British woman gets $1 million fine in Jamaica for crash that killed two - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) A Britain-born woman who went on a high-speed joyride through two parishes, ending in a spectacular crash that killed two persons, has been sentenced to a fine of just under
Read more
Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
White Nationalist’s Lawyer Wants Out of Rally Violence Case
A leading white nationalist told a judge on Thursday that his notoriety has made it difficult for him to raise money for his defense against a “financially crippling” lawsuit that names him as an organizer of a rally in Virginia that erupted into violence in
Read more
Source: Black America Web
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.
Read more
Source: Britain's Favourite Black Newspaper - Voice Online
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
Read more
Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME
Sponsored by New York University
Kabuga lawyers fighting extradition
The court on Thursday May 21, decided to delay until next week the hearing on whether to hand Kabuga to the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals based at The
Read more
Source: The East African
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,...
Read more
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Zimbabwe: Gomba Freed On U. S.$10 000 Bail, Barred From Town House
[The Herald] HARARE Mayor Herbert Gomba, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges, was on Thursday granted $10 000 bail by the Anti-Corruption Court of the High Court, but has been banned from setting foot at Town House and dealing with municipal officials, meaning he will find it almost
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Sponsored by Pride Academy
Threats to judges rile chief justice - Warns lawyers against misleading public
Danae Hyman/Staff Reporter The Jamaican public has been urged to desist from threatening the Supreme Court who delivered the judgment in a controversial constitutional matter sparked by the 2018 decision to bar a girl from school because of her...
Read more
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Sponsored by BARBinc
Howard T Ward becomes Georgia's first Black Superior Court Judge
Howard T Ward becomes Georgias first Black Superior Court Judge
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jan
24
1977
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
Read more
Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Sponsored by Diversity In Action
High Court halts Marova, Chimbiri trial
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA HIGH Court judge Justice Happias Zhou has stayed trial of MDC MDC Alliance activists Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri which was set for yesterday, pending determination of their application to challenge separation of trial. Chimbiri and Marova were separated from
Read more
Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
More from allAfrica.com
Africa: Could Kenyan Research Point Towards Malaria Breakthrough? - allAfrica.com
Africa: Artemisia - Madagascar's Coronavirus Cure or COVID-19 Quackery? - allAfrica.com
Africa: COVID-19 Cases in Africa Rise to 44,000 - WHO - allAfrica.com
Africa: China - COVID-19 Discrimination Against Africans - allAfrica.com
Africa: Closing Remarks by President von der Leyen at the Coronavirus Global Response International Pledging Event - allAfrica.com
Africa: WHO Supports Scientifically-Proven Traditional Medicine - allAfrica.com
Africa: The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed Education Forever. This is How - allAfrica.com
Africa: EAC Promotes Build, Buy East Africa - allAfrica.com
Africa: AfCFTA Postpones Launch Date as Focus Turns to Curbing Virus - allAfrica.com
Africa: Safaricom Sees Ethiopia Deal Opening Gateway to Africa - allAfrica.com
Africa: Why the Development State Model Has Worked in Asia, but Not in Nation and the Rest of Africa - allAfrica.com
Africa: The Age of Complexity - a New World (Dis)order Has Dawned - allAfrica.com
Africa: There Are No Winners in the Illegal Trade in Wildlife - allAfrica.com
Africa: COVID-19 Exposes Failure of Governance in Africa - Goodluck Jonathan Foundation - allAfrica.com
Africa: COVID-19 Deaths Before a Vaccine? - allAfrica.com
African Elections and COVID-19 - a Crisis of Legitimacy - allAfrica.com
Africa: The African Agri Council On Top of the Game Revolutionizing Engagement - allAfrica.com
Africa: Radio New Frame Mixtape - allAfrica.com
Africa: When It Rains It Pours - COVID-19 Exacerbates Poverty Risks in Poorest Countries - allAfrica.com
Africa: Lockdown and Listen - Classic African Albums to Discover, Old and New - allAfrica.com
Africa: U.S. Asks China to Consider Debt Relief to the Continent During Pandemic - allAfrica.com
Africa: Global Health Expertise in the Time of Coronavirus - allAfrica.com
Africa: Icipe Scientists Discover Malaria Transmission-Blocking Microbe in Mosquitoes - allAfrica.com
Africa: COVID-19 Responses in Africa - Ok, One Size Doesn't Fit All. Now What? - allAfrica.com
Africa: COVID-19 Could Stall Africa's Integration Agenda - allAfrica.com
Africa: Leveraging the African Union's Role in the Time of COVID-19 - allAfrica.com
Africa: Is COVID-19 Enabling Debt-Trap Diplomacy? - allAfrica.com
Africa Needs Debt Relief to Fight COVID-19 - allAfrica.com
Africa: Relieving Africa's Bedridden Debt Servicing Capacity From COVID-19-Induced Economic Debility - allAfrica.com
African Presidents Exert Pressure On Loan Waivers, Debt Relief - allAfrica.com
South Africa: SA Man Stranded in Cameroon Reunited With Son Battling Cancer - allAfrica.com
Cameroon Military Denies Civilian Deaths in 'Successful' Raids on Rebels - allAfrica.com
Central African Republic: In the News - At Least 25 Dead in Central African Republic Clashes - allAfrica.com
Angola: Curoca Population Needs Over 400 Tons of Food - allAfrica.com
Cameroon: Prisons At Risk of 'Becoming Epicentres of the Pandemic' - allAfrica.com
Cameroon: North West - BIR Leads COVID-19 Prevention Crusade in Bangolan, Ndop - allAfrica.com
Angola: Minister Advises Companies to Use Economic Relief Package - allAfrica.com
Angola Intends to Ratify Orthographic Agreement - allAfrica.com
Angola: Parliament Approves Draft Law On Inter-Local Power Cooperation - allAfrica.com
Angola: Police Chief Wants Reinforced Preventive Measures - allAfrica.com
Angola: Moxico Governor Hands Over Tractors to Support Agriculture - allAfrica.com
Angola: Entrepreneur Produces 50 Masks/Day in Kwanza Norte - allAfrica.com
Angola: Over 20 Commercial Establishments Closed - allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Ngoma-Bugesera Road Inaccessible as Flood Washes Away Bridge - allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Public Urged to Abide By New Directives as Lockdown is Eased - allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Fablab Rwanda Builds COVID-19 Spray Door Frame - allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Consumers to Dig Deeper Into Pockets for Goods - allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Rwamagana - Man Arrested for Murder, Desecration of Body - allAfrica.com
Rwanda: New Measures to Ensure Social Distancing on Public Buses - allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Fuel Prices Reduce By Over Rwf100 - allAfrica.com

Southern United States Facts

Lifestyle Facts

Politics Facts

Washington DC Facts

Cuisine Facts

New York City Facts