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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Authorities in central China executed a former Communist Party official for raping 11 underage girls, state media said on Wednesday, following an online uproar about the latest case of abuse of power. Li Xingong, who was the party’s deputy head in Yongcheng city in Henan province, was found guilty of assaulting the girls during police interrogations starting from the second half of 2011, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Li appealed against the guilty verdict, but was rejected by the Supreme Court, Xinhua said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Richard L. Hasen, on June 17th, 2013 What looks like a victory for the federal government may give states new powers to resist Washington’s control over elections, writes Richard L. Hasen.
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By By ADAM LIPTAK, on June 17th, 2013 In a 7-to-2 ruling Monday, the Supreme Court said an Arizona law requiring prospective voters to give proof of their citizenship was displaced by legislation at the federal level.
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By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A landmark ruling in Britain, in which the Supreme Court found that company assets held by a spouse can be handed over as part of settlement claims, is likely to affect divorce proceedings in Hong Kong. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Sam Kean, on June 14th, 2013 Yesterday the Supreme Court surprised all by delivering a sane, scientifically and morally sound decision on gene patenting. Sam Kean on the implications of their ruling.
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By By ANDREW POLLACK, on June 14th, 2013 The Supreme Court’s decision in effect ends a nearly two-decade monopoly by Myriad Genetics on genes that correlate with increased risk of some cancers.
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By Josh Dzieza, on June 13th, 2013 The Supreme Court’s ruling that genes can’t be patented is a huge win for researchers, scientists—and anyone at risk for cancer.
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By Megan McArdle, on June 13th, 2013 The Supreme Court rules that you can’t hold a patent on natural DNA. What now?
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By Ben Jacobs, on June 13th, 2013 The Supreme Court justice made a sly reference to the ’80s pop hit in a decision released Thursday.
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By , on June 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain’s top court yesterday handed an oil tycoon a costly setback in a divorce case, ruling he must give his ex-wife assets held by an offshore company he owns as part of a £17.5 million (HK$212 million) settlement. In a case with significant implications for wealthy divorcing couples, the Supreme Court ruled that Nigeria-born Michael Prest should surrender seven properties to his English former wife, Yasmin. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A Taliban suicide bomber struck outside Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, killing 17 people in the deadliest attack in Kabul in over a year and a half. It was also the second consecutive day of attacks in the Afghan capital, undermining the ability of Afghan forces to keep security without help from NATO troops. The attacker rammed his SUV into buses carrying court employees at the end of the day’s work. All of the dead were civilians, including women and children, police said, and at least 39 people were wounded. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Josh Dzieza, on June 9th, 2013 Every week this month, the Supreme Court will hand down rulings. Josh Dzieza on what’s at stake.
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By , on June 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two young men received death sentences on Friday over a fatal shooting that exposed class divisions in Pakistan and led to an unusual social media campaign demanding that the country’s rich and powerful be held accountable. The suspects, Shahrukh Jatoi and Nawab Siraj Talpur, come from two of the wealthiest families in Karachi, a violent metropolis of 18 million people on Pakistan’s southern coast. They were convicted of killing 20-year-old Shahzeb Khan one late night in December after the university student had an argument with one of Talpur’s servants. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and DALIA SUSSMAN, on June 7th, 2013 The latest New York Times/CBS News poll comes as the Supreme Court prepares to issue decisions on two high-profile same-sex marriage cases.
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By , on June 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A decision to reinstate Chen may prove to be too difficult to make for the pro-independence party, given that any misstep could intensify the rift in the party between pro- and anti-Chen forces and affect its chances in next year’s local government polls and the 2016 presidential election. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By ADAM LIPTAK, on June 3rd, 2013 In a 5-to-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said DNA samples were similar to the photographs and fingerprints taken while booking criminal suspects.
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By By ADAM LIPTAK, on May 28th, 2013 The Supreme Court said a one-year filing deadline for prisoners seeking federal review of their state court convictions under a 1996 law may be relaxed if they present compelling evidence of their innocence.
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By By ADAM LIPTAK, on May 27th, 2013 Of the seven decisions issued by the Supreme Court in the last two weeks, six were unanimous, and there have been no dissents in more than 60 percent of the 46 cases decided so far this term.
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By , on May 27th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A Jilin man has been sentenced to death for strangling a two-month-old baby after stealing a vehicle with the infant inside. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 25th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A telephone call on Friday has again delayed a decision in a murder trial in coastal China, which the nation’s highest court called flawed, and has exposed the worrying consequences of a hasty high-profile crime investigation. In the summer of 2008, Nian Bin, then 30, worked as a food stall owner in Woqian village in Pingtan county, an island in Fujian province. On August 1, he was arrested for the murder of two children, who had died after eating rice porridge containing rat poison only six days earlier. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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China executes party official for child rapes after online uproar
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Authorities in central China executed a former Communist Party official for raping 11 underage girls, state media said on Wednesday, following an online uproar about the latest case of abuse of power. Li Xingong, who was the party’s deputy head in Yongcheng city in Henan province, was found guilty of assaulting the girls during police interrogations starting from the second half of 2011, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Li appealed against the guilty verdict, but was rejected by the Supreme Court, Xinhua said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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