A judge describes a former union leader as “greedy” as he jails him for four years for stealing almost £150,000 from a miners’ charity.

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Ex-union leader jailed for theft

A judge in the Netherlands upholds a new ban on foreign tourists entering Dutch cannabis cafes, in a bid to cut cross-border crime.

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Netherlands to restrict cannabis

Four senior judges in Kenya are declared unfit for office in a landmark ruling by a new committee investigating the impartiality of the judiciary.

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Four top Kenyan judges dismissed

Ballet star Darcey Bussell is confirmed as the new judge on BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing.

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Bussell hired as Strictly judge

Israeli judge says claim “does not hold water.”

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Court Orders Hebron Settlers Out

A North Carolina judge concluded that racial bias played a significant factor when Marcus Reymond Robinson was sentenced to death 18 years ago, the first such decision under the Racial Justice Act.

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North Carolina Law Used to Set Aside a Death Sentence

Convicted US killer Marcus Robinson is ordered off death row after a judge determines that racial bias was evident during jury selection in his 1994 trial.

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Racial bias saves death row man

George Zimmerman, charged in the slaying of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, goes before a Florida judge Friday morning to request bond as he awaits trial.

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Zimmerman to seek freedom amid fears for his safety

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch and his son James will give evidence to a judge-led inquiry into press ethics in London next week, the inquiry confirmed Thursday. James Murdoch, News Corp.’s deputy chief operating officer, was head of News International, News Corp.’s British newspaper arm, until he resigned in February. He will give evidence on Tuesday. Read full article > >

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Rupert and James Murdoch to testify once more

BET unveiled its programming plans for the new season on Wednesday in New York, a slate that includes a scripted comedy about how hard it is to break into the entertainment industry when you’re a Wayans family member; a “house husbands” spoof of Bravo’s “Housewives” franchise; an “America’s Most Wanted”-ish reality series starring Judge Greg Mathis; and a late-night show starring T.J. Holmes. Read full article > >

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BET unveils new lineup, featuring T.J. Holmes on late-night show

George Zimmerman’s defense team requested that the judge assigned to the Trayvon Martin case be removed because her husband works with a CNN legal analyst.

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Zimmerman’s lawyer asks to have judge removed

A Scot who spent two decades on death row could be sent back to jail in America after admitting threatening a judge.

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Death row Scot threatened judge

The films of the Three Stooges are populated with character actors who played dames and gangsters, judges and jurors, cops and nurses and shopkeepers and mad scientists.

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Three Stooges Had Their Own Stooges, Like Vernon Dent

The government on Monday will begin to retry Roger Clemens in his perjury case, after a critical gaffe by the prosecution last summer irritated the judge and led to a mistrial.

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Roger Clemens Retrial Set to Begin With Strike 1 on Prosecutors

The lawyer may ask a judge today to let his client post bond. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the controversial shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

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George Zimmerman’s attorney to ask for bail