Recent Updates
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Indiana high court rejects appeal in malnourished teen case
Court Alerts 05/05/2017The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a central Indiana woman who pleaded guilty to neglecting her 15-year-old granddaughter, who was found covered in feces and weighing only 52 pounds. The court ruled unanimously last week not...
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Top Kansas Court to Revisit Death Penalty in Wichita Murders
Court Alerts 05/05/2017The Kansas Supreme Court is considering for a second time whether to spare two brothers from being executed for four murders in what became known as "the Wichita massacre" after earlier rulings in the men's favor sparked a political backlash. The jus...
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4th Arkansas inmate executed in 8 days lurches on gurney
Court Alerts 04/27/2017Arkansas executed its fourth inmate in eight days Thursday night, wrapping up an accelerated schedule with a lethal injection that left the prisoner lurching and convulsing 20 times before he died. Kenneth Williams, 38, was pronounced dead at 11:05 p...
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Pakistan court to decide on accusations against PM's family
Court Alerts 04/20/2017Under tight security, Pakistan's top court is to deliver a much-awaited decision on Thursday on corruption allegations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's family which could determine his political future. If the Supreme Court announces punitive me...
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2 inmates seek execution stays from Arkansas high court
Court Alerts 04/13/2017The first two inmates facing lethal injection under Arkansas' unprecedented multiple execution plan are seeking a stay from the state Supreme Court. Attorneys for Don Davis and Bruce Ward asked justices Wednesday to block their executions, scheduled ...
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Senate GOP 'goes nuclear,' clearing way for Trump court pick
Court Alerts 04/09/2017Republicans invoked the "nuclear option" in the Senate Thursday, unilaterally rewriting the chamber's rules to allow President Donald Trump's nominee to ascend to the Supreme Court. Furious Democrats objected until the end, but their efforts to block...
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Arkansas asks court to block order on execution drugs
Court Alerts 04/02/2017Arkansas prison officials asked the state's highest court Friday to stay a judge's order that they must disclose more information about one of the drugs they plan to use in the executions of eight men over a 10-day period in April. The attorney gener...
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Bangladesh High Court upholds death for 2 in blogger killing
Court Alerts 04/02/2017Bangladesh's High Court on Sunday confirmed the death penalty for two people tied to a banned Islamist militant group for the killing of an atheist blogger critical of radical Islam. The court also upheld jail sentences for six others after appeals w...
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S Korea's Park questioned at court hearing on arrest request
Court Alerts 03/30/2017South Korea's disgraced ex-President Park Geun-hye was being questioned Thursday by a court that will decide if she should be arrested over corruption allegations that have already toppled her from power. Live TV footage earlier showed a stern-lookin...
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Nicaragua high court denies farmers' appeal of canal project
Court Alerts 03/27/2017Nicaragua's Supreme Court has rejected a farmer group's appeal seeking to block a proposed $50 billion interoceanic canal. The legal challenge had sought to overturn a 2013 law under which the canal concession was granted to a Chinese company. The co...
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Court won’t hear appeal in senator’s corruption case
Court Alerts 03/20/2017The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s appeal of his corruption indictment, setting the stage for a federal trial in the fall. The justices let stand a lower court ruling that refused to dismiss charges inclu...
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Kansas Chief Justice Pitches Lawmakers on Court Pay Hikes
Court Alerts 03/18/2017Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss is trying to persuade legislators to increase salaries for judges and pay for judicial branch employees. Nuss devoted much of his annual State of the Judiciary address Wednesday to what he described as t...