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• Proud Boys member pleads guilty for role in US Capitol attack

  27-04-2022 23:59
  
  Plea agreement filed in federal court calls for Louis Enrique Colon to admit to a single felony charge and cooperate with prosecutorsA member of the far-right Proud Boys group on Wednesday pleaded guilty to obstructing police officers when he joined the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol by supporters of then-president Donald Trump, in their attempt to overturn his election defeat.The plea agreement filed in federal court in Washington, DC, calls for Louis Enrique Colon of Missouri
  
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• Woman Pleads Guilty to Laundering More Than $700,000 | OPA - Department of Justice

  27-04-2022 22:21 via justice.gov
  Woman Pleads Guilty to Laundering More Than $700,000 | OPA  Department of Justice
  
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• Protesters shut down city meeting demanding justice for Patrick Lyoya - ABC News

  27-04-2022 22:08 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Protesters shut down city meeting demanding justice for Patrick Lyoya  ABC News
  
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• The Justice League is dead but DC may have already revealed how they come back - Gamesradar

  27-04-2022 21:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Justice League is dead but DC may have already revealed how they come back  Gamesradar
  
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• What Happened During Justice Breyer's Final Oral Argument - Law & Crime

  27-04-2022 20:17 via lawandcrime.com
  What Happened During Justice Breyer's Final Oral Argument  Law & Crime
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Hears Last Case Before Retirement - Forbes

  27-04-2022 19:16 via forbes.com
  
  Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Hears Last Case Before Retirement  Forbes
  
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• Legal framework and justice system | RSF - RSF

  27-04-2022 17:29 via rsf.org
  Legal framework and justice system | RSF  RSF
  
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• Legal framework and justice system | RSF - Reporters sans frontières

  27-04-2022 17:29 via rsf.org
  Legal framework and justice system | RSF  Reporters sans frontières
  
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• Serious Fraud Office seizes documents at Gupta-linked firms

  27-04-2022 17:20
  
  UK offices of companies owned by industrialist targeted as part of money laundering inquiryInvestigators from the Serious Fraud Office have seized documents and questioned executives at the British offices of companies owned by the industrialist Sanjeev Gupta, in a sign of deepening legal difficulties for GFG Alliance, his metals and energy group.The fraud agency attended several addresses in England, Scotland and Wales on Wednesday as part of the investigations, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) s
  
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• Serious Fraud Office requests documents at Gupta-linked firms

  27-04-2022 17:20
  
  UK offices of companies owned by industrialist targeted as part of money laundering inquiryInvestigators from the Serious Fraud Office have requested documents and questioned executives at the British offices of companies owned by the industrialist Sanjeev Gupta, in a sign of deepening legal difficulties for GFG Alliance, his metals and energy group.The fraud agency attended several addresses in England, Scotland and Wales on Wednesday as part of the investigations, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO
  
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• 'Recommit to your childhood dreams of justice' - Harvard Law Today - Harvard University

  27-04-2022 17:08 via today.law.harvard.edu
  
  'Recommit to your childhood dreams of justice' - Harvard Law Today  Harvard University
  
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• EU announces plans to protect journalists from vexatious lawsuits

  27-04-2022 16:26
  
  Anti-Slapp directive would also enable EU states to refuse to recognise judgments passed in UKThe EU executive has proposed measures to protect journalists and campaigners working to expose corruption and wrongdoing from vexatious lawsuits.In the first proposal of its kind in Europe, the European Commission is targeting so-called “strategic lawsuits against public participation”, or Slapps, where wealthy individuals and companies attempt to use the law to intimidate or silence invest
  
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• Joint enterprise ruling has not led to fewer homicide charges, report finds

  27-04-2022 15:00
  
  Exclusive: Research suggests prosecutions and convictions of secondary suspects have actually risen since 2016 judgmentA landmark judgment that was expected to lead to a reduction in joint enterprise prosecutions and convictions for homicide has had no discernible effect, while the number of Black people convicted of murder under the controversial doctrine has actually risen, research suggests.A 2016 ruling by the supreme court in relation to joint enterprise – where two or more defendants
  
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• Department of Justice Launches Law Enforcement Knowledge Lab - Department of Justice

  27-04-2022 14:50 via justice.gov
  Department of Justice Launches Law Enforcement Knowledge Lab  Department of Justice
  
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• Council paid £60k a week for ‘wholly unsuitable’ place for vulnerable girl

  27-04-2022 14:40
  
  Court of protection orders education secretary to explain ‘national crisis’ in secure placements for children with complex needsA council in England has paid £60,000 a week – the equivalent of £3.12m a year – for a “wholly unsuitable” children’s home placement for an autistic teenager with a mild learning disability.The judge hearing the girl’s case was so appalled that he ordered the education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, to explain the g
  
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• Council paid £3m a year for ‘wholly unsuitable’ place for vulnerable girl

  27-04-2022 14:18
  
  Court of protection orders education secretary to explain ‘national crisis’ in secure placements for children with complex needsA council in England has paid £60,000 a week – the equivalent of £3.12m a year – for a “wholly unsuitable” children’s home placement for an autistic teenager with a mild learning disability.The judge hearing the girl’s case was so appalled that he ordered the education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, to explain the g
  
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• Covid care home discharge policy was unlawful, says court

  27-04-2022 13:31
  
  High court judgment deals blow to claim government threw ‘protective ring’ around vulnerable residents in EnglandThe government’s policy towards care homes in England at the start of the Covid pandemic has been ruled illegal, in a significant blow to ministers’ claim to have thrown a “protective ring” around the vulnerable residents.The high court said the policy not to isolate people discharged from hospitals to care homes in the first weeks of the pandemic i
  
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• The supreme court’s coming abortion ruling may spark a new era of US unrest | Stephen Marche

  27-04-2022 12:22
  
  There’s a strong risk that the case will spark anger and violence – whether the court overturns Roe v Wade or notCivil wars don’t always begin with gunfire. Sometimes civil wars begin with learned arguments. In April 1861, Confederate forces shot on Fort Sumter, but at the time even Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, had doubts about whether the event mattered all that much. It was, he claimed, “either the beginning of a fearful war, or the end of a political con
  
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• Covid: discharging untested patients into care homes was unlawful, says court

  27-04-2022 11:44
  
  High court judgment deals blow to claim government threw ‘protective ring’ around vulnerable residents in EnglandThe government policy towards care homes in England at the start of the Covid pandemic has been ruled illegal, in a significant blow to ministers’ claim to have thrown a “protective ring” around the vulnerable residents.The high court judgment was sought by two grieving daughters, Dr Cathy Gardner and Fay Harris, who lost their fathers to the virus in car
  
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• Terrorism offenders ‘enjoy high status’ in prison, QC’s official report says

  27-04-2022 10:26
  
  Independent reviewer of terrorist legislation, Jonathan Hall, says staffing cuts in England and Wales jail have exacerbated problemSome terrorists in prison enjoy status and celebrity among their fellow inmates amid a culture of fear and violence in jails in England and Wales that is being exacerbated by staffing cuts, an official review has concluded.Jonathan Hall QC, the government’s independent reviewer of terrorist legislation, found that a pecking order of terror offenders can develop
  
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• Liberia: INCHR Petitions Supreme Court Compel Justice Ministry and the LNP to Charge and Turn Over Officer Joshua During for Prosecution for Alleged Rape - AllAfrica - Top Africa News

  27-04-2022 09:50 via allafrica.com
  
  Liberia: INCHR Petitions Supreme Court Compel Justice Ministry and the LNP to Charge and Turn Over Officer Joshua During for Prosecution for Alleged Rape  AllAfrica - Top Africa News
  
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• Asia Justice Coalition Submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Impact of Arms Transfer on Human Rights in Myanmar - Myanmar - ReliefWeb

  27-04-2022 07:58 via reliefweb.int
  
  Asia Justice Coalition Submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Impact of Arms Transfer on Human Rights in Myanmar - Myanmar  ReliefWeb
  
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• Bringing murderers to justice - Times of Malta

  27-04-2022 07:30 via timesofmalta.com
  
  Bringing murderers to justice  Times of Malta
  
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• Eight criminals brought to justice at Grimsby Magistrates' Court - Grimsby Live

  27-04-2022 07:00 via grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eight criminals brought to justice at Grimsby Magistrates' Court  Grimsby Live
  
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• The Batman Bests Zack Snyder's Justice League on HBO Max - CBR - Comic Book Resources

  27-04-2022 06:31 via cbr.com
  The Batman Bests Zack Snyder's Justice League on HBO Max  CBR - Comic Book Resources
  
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• This week's not-to-miss social justice events, April 27 to May 3 - Los Angeles Loyolan

  27-04-2022 06:30 via laloyolan.com
  This week's not-to-miss social justice events, April 27 to May 3  Los Angeles Loyolan
  
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• UN: Support Impartial Justice for War Crimes in Ukraine - Human Rights Watch

  27-04-2022 06:00 via hrw.org
  
  UN: Support Impartial Justice for War Crimes in Ukraine  Human Rights Watch
  
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• Dorset youth justice rates - Dorset Echo

  27-04-2022 06:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Dorset youth justice rates  Dorset Echo
  
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• Miss Headland: Emotional family vow never to give up fighting for justice after 'fatal DV attack' - The West Australian

  27-04-2022 05:48 via thewest.com.au
  
  Miss Headland: Emotional family vow never to give up fighting for justice after 'fatal DV attack'  The West Australian
  
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• Justin Bieber adds Bangkok show to 'Justice' world tour slate - NME

  27-04-2022 05:17 via nme.com
  
  Justin Bieber adds Bangkok show to 'Justice' world tour slate  NME
  
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• Justice minister invokes cabinet secrecy around use of Emergencies Act - Coast Reporter

  27-04-2022 04:37 via coastreporter.net
  
  Justice minister invokes cabinet secrecy around use of Emergencies Act  Coast Reporter
  
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• NYC's March for Justice: The fight continues - Armenian Weekly

  27-04-2022 04:14 via armenianweekly.com
  
  NYC's March for Justice: The fight continues  Armenian Weekly
  
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• Prostesters shut down Grand Rapids city meeting, demand justice for Patrick Lyoya - MLive.com

  27-04-2022 03:58 via mlive.com
  
  Prostesters shut down Grand Rapids city meeting, demand justice for Patrick Lyoya  MLive.com
  
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• Justice ‘finally served’ for woman abused years ago; abuser sentenced to 30+ years - KGET 17

  27-04-2022 03:33 via kget.com
  Justice ‘finally served’ for woman abused years ago; abuser sentenced to 30+ years  KGET 17
  
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• Review dismissed: Posterity will judge us – Justice Abdulai speaks after Supreme Court ruling - GhanaWeb

  27-04-2022 03:31 via ghanaweb.com
  Review dismissed: Posterity will judge us – Justice Abdulai speaks after Supreme Court ruling  GhanaWeb
  
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• Shine Justice sells subsidiary Emanate back to founder - Business News Australia

  27-04-2022 02:41 via businessnewsaustralia.com
  
  Shine Justice sells subsidiary Emanate back to founder  Business News Australia
  
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• Justice of the Peace swears in County Constable for Precinct One - KGNS

  27-04-2022 02:20 via kgns.tv
  
  Justice of the Peace swears in County Constable for Precinct One  KGNS
  
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• Justice Committee calls for renewed focus to tackle endemic capacity issues in courts - Committees

  27-04-2022 02:09 via committees.parliament.uk
  Justice Committee calls for renewed focus to tackle endemic capacity issues in courts  Committees
  
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• Family pushes for juvenile to be tried as adult in Dallas slaying - The Dallas Morning News

  27-04-2022 02:02 via dallasnews.com
  
  Family pushes for juvenile to be tried as adult in Dallas slaying  The Dallas Morning News
  
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• Young Justice: Top 10 Heroes, According to Reddit | Screen Rant - Screen Rant

  27-04-2022 02:00 via screenrant.com
  Young Justice: Top 10 Heroes, According to Reddit | Screen Rant  Screen Rant
  
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• Justice for judges, too | Free Malaysia Today - Free Malaysia Today

  27-04-2022 02:00 via freemalaysiatoday.com
  Justice for judges, too | Free Malaysia Today  Free Malaysia Today
  
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• Justice-to-be inspires Baltimore business - WTOP

  27-04-2022 01:48 via wtop.com
  
  Justice-to-be inspires Baltimore business  WTOP
  
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• Justice Center tower dedicated to Lee County's first Black judge - Wink News

  27-04-2022 01:47 via winknews.com
  Justice Center tower dedicated to Lee County's first Black judge  Wink News
  
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• Derrick Choice sworn in as Smith County interim Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace - KETK | FOX51 | EastTexasMatters.com

  27-04-2022 01:16 via ketk.com
  Derrick Choice sworn in as Smith County interim Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace  KETK | FOX51 | EastTexasMatters.com
  
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• Cambrian students create social justice series - The Sudbury Star

  27-04-2022 01:06 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Cambrian students create social justice series  The Sudbury Star
  
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• ‘Crumbling’ criminal justice system hampered by £1bn repair bill and lack of judges - MPs - Evening Standard

  27-04-2022 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘Crumbling’ criminal justice system hampered by £1bn repair bill and lack of judges - MPs  Evening Standard£1bn courts repair bill is threat to justice system, MPs report  Law GazetteEngland: Justice Committee calls on government to tackle endemic capacity issues in courts  Scottish Legal NewsCourt system is 'creaking' warns Justice Committee as a host of recommendation are revealed in new report  The Yorkshire PostView Full coverag
  
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• Acquittal in murder of Daisy Hayes a travesty of justice, family says - WGN TV Chicago

  27-04-2022 00:39 via wgntv.com
  Acquittal in murder of Daisy Hayes a travesty of justice, family says  WGN TV Chicago
  
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• Mother calls for justice after man pleads not guilty to charges in connection with serious crash - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

  27-04-2022 00:33 via whdh.com
  
  Mother calls for justice after man pleads not guilty to charges in connection with serious crash  Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
  
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• Taunton Man Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking | USAO-MA - Department of Justice

  27-04-2022 00:18 via justice.gov
  Taunton Man Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking | USAO-MA  Department of Justice
  
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