GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba—The behavior of the five defendants charged with orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks during their arraignment Saturday was a form of “peaceful resistance to an unjust system,” according to one of their lawyers who spoke at a press conference Sunday. Read full article > >
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9/11 detainee’s lawyer promises long, hard fight
Footballer Ched Evans is to appeal against his conviction for rape, his lawyers confirm.
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Evans in rape conviction appeal
The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered a new hearing for an Alabama death-row inmate who missed a critical appeals deadline because his lawyers at a prestigious New York law firm ceased to represent him without telling him or court officials. Read full article > >
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Supreme Court: Alabama death-row inmate Cory Maples should get new hearing
BEIJING — A Chinese court sentenced a veteran activist Friday to nine years in prison for inciting subversion, in what appears to be the most severe punishment handed down in a crackdown to prevent the spread of Arab Spring-style democratic uprisings. Chen Wei was convicted of incitement to subversion over four essays he wrote and published online, said one of his lawyers. He was detained in February amid an extensive government crackdown in response to anonymous online calls urging Chinese to imitate protests in North Africa and the Middle East. Read full article > >
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Chinese court sentences veteran rights activist to 9 years in prison for inciting subversion
The question of what rights criminal defendants have to confront those testifying against them has divided the Supreme Court so deeply and for so long that the justices hardly need the lawyers arguing before them. That was apparent Tuesday, when the court again considered whether those who conduct forensic tests for law enforcement must be available for questioning at trial. It is ground so familiar that at one point, Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen G. Breyer simply debated the point themselves , rather than asking questions of a lawyer representing the defendant. Read full article > >
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Each weeknight, after the lawyers and financial planners have gone home, Walter Ramirez enters a 1980s-vintage glass office tower in Alexandria to begin his race against the clock. He and eight other cleaners have four hours to do the same amount of vacuuming, trash collection and other janitorial tasks that just a few years ago took 14 people. He would happily work more hours if he could, he said; as a part-timer, he is paid $9 an hour and has scant health-care benefits. Read full article > >
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D.C. area office cleaners fight for better pay and benefits
Former gold miners in South Africa are suing industry giant Anglo American for millions of dollars in the London High Court for allegedly damaging their health, their lawyers say.
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SA gold miners sue Anglo American
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution Thursday of a black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago after his lawyers contended his sentence was unfair because of a question asked about race during his trial. Duane Buck, 48, was spared from lethal injection when the justices, without extensive comment, said they would review an appeal in his case. Two appeals, both related to a psychologist’s testimony that black people were more likely to commit violence, were before the court. One was granted; the other was denied. Read full article > >
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Hope Julian Assange has his lawyers on retainer, after the week he’s had. U.S. prosecutors are reportedly trying to build a case against the WikiLeaks founder for his role in releasing thousands of classified government documents. Justice Department…
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Feds Build Case Against Assange
The bankers, not the lawyers, are the ones to blame for the foreclosure mess.
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Lawyers got it right on the foreclosure mess
A court hearing Thursday for Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab will be the first one since the suspect, accused of a Christmas attempted terror attack, decided to fire his lawyers and represent himself.
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‘Underwear bomber’ to be own lawyer
A woman sentenced to death told Iranian TV she knew of a plot to kill her husband but thought it was a joke. One of her lawyers said the remarks were coerced.
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Condemned woman goes on Iranian TV, denounces lawyer
Actress Jennifer Aniston is granted a restraining order against a man her lawyers said planned to abduct her.
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Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and his wife Sarah are to separate, their lawyers confirm.
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Charles Kennedy and wife separate
Supreme Court: Alabama death-row inmate Cory Maples should get new hearing
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012Chinese court sentences veteran rights activist to 9 years in prison for inciting subversion
Friday, December 23rd, 2011Supreme Court again considers defendants’ right to confront their accusers
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011US Supreme Court halts execution of Texas man whose lawyers say race was factor in sentence
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