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• ‘Racial justice demands collective action’, says UN rights chief, ushering in new decade for African diaspora - UN News

  17-12-2024 23:15
  ‘Racial justice demands collective action’, says UN rights chief, ushering in new decade for African diaspora  UN News
  
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• Our children are not safe under a justice system routinely freeing leering paedophiles... - The Sun

  17-12-2024 23:00
  Our children are not safe under a justice system routinely freeing leering paedophiles...  The Sun
  
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• Trump rails against judge who refused to overturn hush-money conviction

  17-12-2024 20:26
  
  President-elect went on tirade against Juan Merchan on his Truth Social platform posting baseless claimsDonald Trump has launched a vitriolic and factually baseless attack on a New York judge who refused to overturn his conviction on a hush money case that made him the first sitting or former US president to carry the status of a convicted felon.The president-elect on his Truth Social platform condemned Juan Merchan as “psychotic” and “corrupt” after he rejected Trump&rsq
  
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• Expert witness condemns claims by Lucy Letby’s lawyer

  17-12-2024 20:02
  
  Dr Dewi Evans says allegations made by former nurse’s barrister are ‘unsubstantiated’ and ‘inaccurate’A doctor has said claims he has changed his mind over the cause of death for three of Lucy Letby’s victims are “unsubstantiated” and “inaccurate”.Retired consultant paediatrician Dr Dewi Evans responded to the assertions of Letby’s barrister, Mark McDonald, who said the prosecution’s lead medical witness had altered his view
  
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• Justice for the victims of Assad’s atrocities in Syria - Financial Times

  17-12-2024 19:45
  Justice for the victims of Assad’s atrocities in Syria  Financial Times
  
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• Justice committee: Lord chancellor pledges extra 2,000 court sitting days - as it happened - Law Gazette

  17-12-2024 18:35
  Justice committee: Lord chancellor pledges extra 2,000 court sitting days - as it happened  Law Gazette
  
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• The role of courts in tackling addiction - The Guardian

  17-12-2024 18:31
  The role of courts in tackling addiction  The Guardian
  
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• Reducing jury trials will imperil confidence in the justice system - The Guardian

  17-12-2024 18:31
  Reducing jury trials will imperil confidence in the justice system  The Guardian
  
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• The role of courts in tackling addiction | Letters

  17-12-2024 18:28
  
  Stuart Harrington says decriminalising drugs would be more productive than specialist courts, while Jane Lawson remembers a pioneering court that kept families togetherHaving specialist courts that can impose treatment orders rather than prison sentences for those whose offending is related to substance addiction may be a cheaper option than a custodial sentence, but they will not address the issue of why so many desperate addicts are forced into criminal activity (Specialist courts proposed to
  
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• Reducing jury trials will imperil confidence in the justice system | Letters

  17-12-2024 18:28
  
  Readers respond to Labour plans to set up a new tier of court without juries to clear the backlog of casesSo the remedy for the problems in the criminal justice system is to create a third tier of criminal court to dispense quicker but, inevitably, second-rate justice (Some jury trials may be scrapped in England and Wales as court backlog hits record high, 12 December). Crown court, magistrates court and kangaroo court. Who will have confidence in a court that has the power to impose substantial
  
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• Prisons crisis will test Labour’s mettle | Letters

  17-12-2024 18:27
  Prof Rod Morgan says the last thing we should be doing is expanding the prison system as the government intends to doNothing will better test the honesty and mettle of this government than the prisons crisis (Editorial, 12 December). Administrations of left and right have engaged in penal populism to capture the high “law and order” electoral ground since the 1990s. The result has been the steady lengthening of prison sentences such that we now have the longest in western Europe and
  
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• Lochgilphead Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court - Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service

  17-12-2024 18:02
  Lochgilphead Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court  Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
  
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• Lochgilphead Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court - Scottish Courts

  17-12-2024 18:02
  Lochgilphead Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court  Scottish Courts
  
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• Mali’s gold mining disputes and the fight for economic justice - Al Jazeera English

  17-12-2024 17:30
  Mali’s gold mining disputes and the fight for economic justice  Al Jazeera English
  
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• Liam Payne fans march for justice over star’s death in Argentina - NME

  17-12-2024 16:56
  Liam Payne fans march for justice over star’s death in Argentina  NME
  
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• Road safety campaigners lose high court challenge against Tower Hamlets mayor

  17-12-2024 15:03
  
  Save Our Safer Streets ‘extremely disappointed’ judge finds against them over removal of low traffic neighbourhoodsRoad safety campaigners in east London have lost a high court challenge against the mayor of Tower Hamlets over his decision to remove three low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Bethnal Green.The campaign group Save Our Safer Streets (SOSS) raised nearly £80,000 through a crowdfunder to bring judicial review proceedings. After a two-day hearing last month a judge r
  
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• Climate Justice Proceedings at the ICJ: Top Arguments to Watch For in the Written Submissions (December 2024) - Center for International Environmental Law

  17-12-2024 12:28
  Climate Justice Proceedings at the ICJ: Top Arguments to Watch For in the Written Submissions (December 2024)  Center for International Environmental Law
  
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• UK proposes letting tech firms use copyrighted work to train AI

  17-12-2024 12:10
  
  Consultation suggests opt-out scheme for creatives who don’t want their work used by Google, OpenAI and othersTech companies will be allowed to freely use copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence models unless creative professionals and companies opt out of the process, under UK government proposals.The proposed changes are seeking to resolve a standoff between AI firms and creatives. Sir Paul McCartney has warned the technology “could just take over” without new l
  
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• "Justice needs to provide protection": Cyclist close passed by wife of ex-Scotland footballer, before filming driver use phone and run red light, criticises Scottish courts' "very obvious issues" after "ludicrously lenient" punishment - road.cc

  17-12-2024 11:40
  "Justice needs to provide protection": Cyclist close passed by wife of ex-Scotland footballer, before filming driver use phone and run red light, criticises Scottish courts' "very obvious issues" after "ludicrously lenient" punishment  road.cc
  
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• Government promises redress and justice to Post Office Capture system users - ComputerWeekly.com

  17-12-2024 10:48
  Government promises redress and justice to Post Office Capture system users  ComputerWeekly.com
  
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• Justice Committee launches new inquiry into tackling drugs in prisons - Committees

  17-12-2024 09:00
  Justice Committee launches new inquiry into tackling drugs in prisons  Committees
  
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• JUSTICE AND CONSUMERS - New calls for proposals under the CERV and Justice programmes! - European Commission

  17-12-2024 09:00
  JUSTICE AND CONSUMERS - New calls for proposals under the CERV and Justice programmes!  European Commission
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Broadway debut goes viral: everyone's saying same thing - Daily Mail

  17-12-2024 06:14
  Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Broadway debut goes viral: everyone's saying same thing  Daily Mail
  
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• How a young Dutch woman’s life began when she was allowed to die

  17-12-2024 06:00
  
  At the last minute, Zoë decided to call off her euthanasia. But how do you start over after you’ve said all of your goodbyes?It was a sunny summer morning when Zoë opened the countdown calendar on her phone. There it was: zero days, seven hours.Another seven hours. That’s the downside of desperately wanting something: the wait seems to take for ever. To kill some time, she went for a stroll along the canals of Leiden. This will be my last time here, she thought to herself.
  
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• Creative Justice Celebrates 10 Years of Investing in Youth Through Art and Activism - South Seattle Emerald

  17-12-2024 01:41
  Creative Justice Celebrates 10 Years of Investing in Youth Through Art and Activism  South Seattle Emerald
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes Broadway history - CBS News

  17-12-2024 01:27
  Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes Broadway history  CBS News
  
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• Courts reform to see quicker justice - Solicitors Journal

  17-12-2024 01:01
  Courts reform to see quicker justice  Solicitors Journal
  
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• Why Christmas Needs the King of Justice - Patheos

  17-12-2024 00:55
  Why Christmas Needs the King of Justice  Patheos
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson debuts in queer Broadway musical knockoff of 'Romeo and Juliet' - New York Post

  17-12-2024 00:18
  Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson debuts in queer Broadway musical knockoff of 'Romeo and Juliet'  New York Post
  
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