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• Justice Department's independence is threatened as Trump's team asserts power over cases and staff - The Associated Press

  16-02-2025 23:30
  Justice Department's independence is threatened as Trump's team asserts power over cases and staff  The Associated Press
  
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• Jubilee: From prison to peacemaker – A life transformed by restorative justice - Vatican News

  16-02-2025 20:18
  Jubilee: From prison to peacemaker – A life transformed by restorative justice  Vatican News
  
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• The punishment doesn’t fit the crime in Britain. That’s why our jails are overflowing | Samira Shackle

  16-02-2025 15:00
  
  For 20 years, the UK has been inflating sentences despite little evidence it deters crime. But a new review offers a glimmer of hopeWe’ve heard a lot about prisons in recent months; specifically, the fact that they were full when the new government took office last summer. Labour introduced emergency measures to release thousands of prisoners early, which eased the immediate pressure. The government has committed to building four new prisons as well as adding blocks to existing prisons, cr
  
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• The courts separate democracy from autocracy. Will Trump defy them? | Amrit Singh and David Cole

  16-02-2025 13:00
  
  Thus far, the administration has pursued appeals. But remarks from JD Vance and Elon Musk echo authoritarians worldwideWill the Trump administration defy the courts?JD Vance’s tweet last weekend that “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power” has sparked widespread concern that the Trump administration might become the first in US history to do so. At least at this stage, it is not clear that it will come to that, notwithstanding the preside
  
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• The courts separate democracy from autocracy. Will Trump defy them?

  16-02-2025 13:00
  
  Thus far, the administration has pursued appeals. But remarks from JD Vance and Elon Musk echo authoritarians worldwideWill the Trump administration defy the courts?JD Vance’s tweet last weekend that “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power” has sparked widespread concern that the Trump administration might become the first in US history to do so. At least at this stage, it is not clear that it will come to that, notwithstanding the preside
  
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• Climate and Environmental Justice Programs Stalled by Trump Freeze, Despite Court Orders - InsideClimate News

  16-02-2025 11:00
  Climate and Environmental Justice Programs Stalled by Trump Freeze, Despite Court Orders  InsideClimate News
  
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• Voices that oppose the assisted dying bill aren’t ‘noise’. They are vital scrutiny | Sonia Sodha

  16-02-2025 09:30
  
  Rather than rush through such a high-stakes law, it’s essential to listen to all sides of the debateYou can glean a lot from the way someone characterises their opponents in a debate. Do they engage with them constructively, assuming the best about their motives? Or imply they are acting out of bad faith? It’s telling that Kim Leadbeater, the MP who’s brought forward the bill to legalise assisted dying, seems to have gone for the latter approach.There could not be more at stake
  
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• Mahama backs AU’s call for Reparatory Justice - GBC Ghana Online

  16-02-2025 09:20
  Mahama backs AU’s call for Reparatory Justice  GBC Ghana Online
  
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• Reality Check: Where’s the climate justice movement at? – Report back from Portugal – Sinan Eden - climaximo.pt

  16-02-2025 09:10
  Reality Check: Where’s the climate justice movement at? – Report back from Portugal – Sinan Eden  climaximo.pt
  
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• Why are women still being sent to prison as ‘a place of safety’? | Eva Wiseman

  16-02-2025 09:00
  
  Reports reveal the true harm done by incarcerating women under the guise of protecting themEvery now and then I learn something about the world today that sticks into me like a fish hook and I find myself asking friends, colleagues, “Wait, did you know this? Did you know this was happening?” The most recent felt like a horror-movie trope. It’s the part of the film, about a third of the way in, where a woman is locked up with the lie that the incarceration is for her own good.It
  
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• When it’s illegal to cause distress to believers, call it for what it is: a secular version of blasphemy | Kenan Malik

  16-02-2025 09:00
  
  Language can ‘open eyes’, Salman Rushdie wrote, yet still ideas of profanity are being used to silence dissenting voices‘Whatever the attack was about, it wasn’t about The Satanic Verses.” So insists Salman Rushdie in Knife, his “Meditations After an Attempted Murder”, written after he almost lost his life in a ferocious assault in Chautauqua, a small town in upstate New York, where he had gone to give a talk in August 2022.As Rushdie rose to speak, a yo
  
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• Richmond Sheriff’s Office hosts regional Justice Summit focused on community engagement - CBS 6 News Richmond WTVR

  16-02-2025 08:46
  Richmond Sheriff’s Office hosts regional Justice Summit focused on community engagement  CBS 6 News Richmond WTVR
  
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• Slain Anambra lawmaker buried amid tears, Soludo vows justice - Businessday

  16-02-2025 08:34
  Slain Anambra lawmaker buried amid tears, Soludo vows justice  Businessday
  
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• ‘DIY swab kits? It’s better than doing nothing’: the controversial scheme to tackle rape on campus

  16-02-2025 08:00
  
  We join volunteers in Bristol as they hand out DNA test kits they say can empower victims and deter perpetrators … and hear from critics who call the project recklessOn a bitingly cold Tuesday, ambassadors dressed in bright orange sweatshirts hand out self-swab rape kits and packets of chocolates from a paddling pool to fellow Bristol University students moving between lectures. “Can I take one for my daughter?” asks a middle-aged woman.The ambassadors are volunteers for Enoug
  
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• 38th AU summit opens in Addis Ababa, focuses on justice, leadership elections - bastillepost.com

  16-02-2025 07:47
  38th AU summit opens in Addis Ababa, focuses on justice, leadership elections  bastillepost.com
  
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• Mother seeks justice after daughter dies in hotel with Chinese tourist - Nation Thailand

  16-02-2025 07:23
  Mother seeks justice after daughter dies in hotel with Chinese tourist  Nation Thailand
  
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• Project Mend calls for justice reform, celebrates 3rd issue - The Daily Orange

  16-02-2025 07:05
  Project Mend calls for justice reform, celebrates 3rd issue  The Daily Orange
  
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• Justice Rajesh calls for judicial training in new criminal laws - The Tribune India

  16-02-2025 04:23
  Justice Rajesh calls for judicial training in new criminal laws  The Tribune India
  
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• Justice Department fires 20 immigration judges: Report - The Hill

  16-02-2025 03:43
  Justice Department fires 20 immigration judges: Report  The Hill
  
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• Justice for Amie Harwick - CBS News

  16-02-2025 03:00
  Justice for Amie Harwick  CBS News
  
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• Thousands march through Serbia demanding justice after deadly train disaster - Firstpost

  16-02-2025 02:17
  Thousands march through Serbia demanding justice after deadly train disaster  Firstpost
  
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• You Definitely Missed DC's New Justice League Unlimited Easter Egg But I'm Obsessed - Screen Rant

  16-02-2025 01:51
  You Definitely Missed DC's New Justice League Unlimited Easter Egg But I'm Obsessed  Screen Rant
  
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• ‘Constitution’s key purpose is to prevent power abuses’ - St Vincent Times

  16-02-2025 01:01
  ‘Constitution’s key purpose is to prevent power abuses’  St Vincent Times
  
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• Ex-Husband Pleads Guilty to Strip Hotel Murder: Justice Served or Too Lenient? - Nevada Globe

  16-02-2025 00:30
  Ex-Husband Pleads Guilty to Strip Hotel Murder: Justice Served or Too Lenient?  Nevada Globe
  
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