Orissa High Court Chief Justice Waghela transferred to Bombay High Court

Edit The Times of India 04 Feb 2016
Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Justice D H Waghela has been transferred to Bombay High Court in the same capacity ... court in October last year....

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Paripoornan Dies At 83

Edit NDTV 04 Feb 2016
Former Supreme Court Judge Justice K S Paripoornan died at a private hospital in Kochi on Wednesday, hospital sources said. ....

'Sophie's Law' push taken to Attorney-General

Edit Canberra Times 04 Feb 2016
Sarah Milosevic will on Thursday deliver a petition with 113,000 signatures to Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath calling for the introduction of "Sophie's Law", in honour of her daughter, which will enact tougher penalties for people who commit criminal acts that result in the death of unborn children....

If court tosses McDonnell convictions, Congress should rewrite bribery laws

Edit The Roanoke Times 04 Feb 2016
If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns former governor Bob McDonnell's corruption convictions, Congress ought to rewrite the federal bribery statutes ... ....

Former Anglicare SA chief executive failed to report abuse on solicitor's advice

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 04 Feb 2016
The former CEO of Anglicare South Australia did not report allegations about a notorious paedophile to police on advice of his lawyer, the royal commission into child sexual abuse hears ... ....

Burundi prosecution appeals coup sentences

Edit Topix 04 Feb 2016
Nairobi. Prosecution lawyers in Burundi have appealed the verdicts in the trial of leaders of a failed coup, demanding all should face life sentences including seven who were acquitted. They also released a list of 34 names of opposition chiefs, civil society leaders and journalists -- now in exile -- they want to face trial for their alleged role in the May 2015 coup bid ... ....

Pennsylvania officials can prosecute Cosby for sex assault -judge

Edit Reuters 04 Feb 2016
NORRISTOWN, Pa., Feb 3 (Reuters) - Pennsylvania prosecutors can put disgraced comedian Bill Cosby on trial for charges of sexually assaulting a woman more than a decade ago, Common Pleas Court Judge Steven O'Neill ruled on Wednesday. ....

Bill Cosby is not immune from prosecution in sex assault case, judge rules

Edit Canada Dot Com 04 Feb 2016
A judge refused to throw out the case against Cosby on Wednesday, sweeping aside claims that a previous DA granted the comedian immunity a decade ago ... ....

Bill to make prosecuting police killings easier has hearing

Edit The Roanoke Times 04 Feb 2016
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A House hearing on a bill that would make it easier to charge police officers with crimes for improper use of deadly force drew testimony that it's too difficult to prosecute law ... ....

Reaction mixed on bill aimed at prosecuting police shootings

Edit The Roanoke Times 04 Feb 2016
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A bill that would make it easier to charge police officers with crimes for improper use of deadly force received its first public hearing Wednesday, drawing testimony from many w ... ....

Outside Group Starts Spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary (Brennan Center for Justice at NYU ...

Edit Public Technologies 04 Feb 2016
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) ... The newly-created 501(c)(4) social welfare group, which is not required to disclose its donors, is running issue ads backing Justice Rebecca Bradley's bid for a full 10-year term on the court, according to media reports ... The Wisconsin Supreme Court's ruling reduced the legal barriers separating campaigns from supposedly independent groups....
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