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• Thousands sign petition against Ched Evans joining Oldham Athletic

  04-01-2015 21:40
  
  League One club are reportedly close to offering the convicted rapist a return to professional footballThousands of people have signed an online petition against the possibility of the League One club Oldham Athletic offering convicted rapist Ched Evans a contract, with the player potentially poised to make a return to professional football.Evans left prison in October last year after serving half of a five-year sentence for raping a 19-year-old woman in a Rhyl hotel room in May 2011. The 26-yea
  
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• Prison rape survivors fear changes to law delay solution to long-ignored problem

  04-01-2015 20:47
  
  Congress passed 2003 law to help end sexual assault in US prisons but advocates worry recent efforts to reduce financial penalties will damage effectivenessWhen Jan Lastocy was repeatedly raped by a Michigan state prison guard, she felt she had become invisible. There was no rape crisis centre hotline. She had been warned that inmates were never believed over guards.She was among roughly 216,000 prison rape victims not included in America’s national rape statistics. Continue reading...
  
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• Egypt defence lawyers challenge police in hammam case - Yahoo News UK

  04-01-2015 20:36
  
  Yahoo News UK
  Egypt defence lawyers challenge police in hammam case
  Yahoo News UK
  Defence lawyers for 26 Egyptians accused of "debauchery" at a Cairo bathhouse challenged police procedures in the case on Sunday. The men were arrested on December 7 in a night raid on a hammam in the Azbakeya district of the capital. Egyptian law ...
  Defense lawyers criticize Egypt gay raid trialDaily Mail
  
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• Lawyer says teacher Nicole McDonough having sex with student is 'not a crime' - Daily Mail

  04-01-2015 17:35
  
  Daily Mail
  Lawyer says teacher Nicole McDonough having sex with student is 'not a crime'
  Daily Mail
  A New Jersey attorney says it was 'not a crime' for his client, a married high school teacher, to have sex with an 18-year-old student student. English teacher Nicole McDonough, 32, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of second-degree official misconduct ...
  
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• Lawyers seek evidence of Prince Andrew's support for billionaire paedophile - The Guardian

  04-01-2015 12:42
  
  The Guardian
  Lawyers seek evidence of Prince Andrew's support for billionaire paedophile
  The Guardian
  The banker and the prince were photographed walking in New York's Central Park together shortly after Epstein was released from his open prison and the resultant furore over their friendship led to the prince stepping down as a UK trade envoy.
  Prince Andrew defended against 'false claims' by lawyer Alan Dershowitz named ...The Independent
  Prince Andrew sex claim: Alan Dershowitz
  
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• Robot brain could cut turnaround time

  04-01-2015 10:49
  
  Firm links up with university to explore the use of artificial intelligence in legal work.
  
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• Leading lawyer Cameron Fyfe launches new career as a talented watercolour ... - Scottish Daily Record

  04-01-2015 07:00
  
  Scottish Daily Record
  Leading lawyer Cameron Fyfe launches new career as a talented watercolour ...
  Scottish Daily Record
  But his secret passion for the outdoors is paving the way for a new sideline as a talented artist. His work has been highly praised and compared to one of Scotland's most sought-after watercolour artists, John Lowrie Morrison. Stuart Ford, of The ...
  
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• Prince Andrew sex case claim denied - BBC News

  04-01-2015 04:59
  
  The Guardian
  Prince Andrew sex case claim denied
  BBC News
  This is a long-running, complicated legal action which began in 2011 against an American businessman called Jeffrey Epstein who has served 18 months in prison for soliciting a minor for prostitution. Back in 2011 Prince Andrew had to apologise for his ...
  Prince Andrew named in US lawsuit over underage sex claimsThe Guardian
  Woman who accuses Prince Andrew of abusing her says she will 'not be ...Daily Mail
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• Lawyers seek evidence of prince's support for billionaire paedophile - The Guardian

  04-01-2015 01:12
  
  The Guardian
  Lawyers seek evidence of prince's support for billionaire paedophile
  The Guardian
  The banker and the prince were photographed walking in New York's Central Park together shortly after Epstein was released from his open prison and the resultant furore over their friendship led to the prince stepping down as a UK trade envoy.
  Prince Andrew sex claim: Alan Dershowitz threatens actionBBC News
  Prince Andrew defended against 'false claims' by lawyer Alan Dershowitz named
  
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• Ched Evans’s move to Maltese football club is blocked by UK government over rape conviction

  04-01-2015 01:05
  
  The convicted rapist’s spokesperson had dismissed reports of Hibernians’ offer as fabricationAttempts by Ched Evans to resurrect his football career were quashed last night after the British government stepped in to prevent the convicted rapist plying his trade overseas.The intervention by the Ministry of Justice followed an announcement on Friday by the Maltese side Hibernians that they had offered the former Sheffield United forward a deal for the remainder of the season. Continue reading.
  
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