Tag: Courts
Lawyers ask that ex-NC Rep. Lewis receive no prison time
<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A longtime North Carolina state lawmaker should not receive active prison time for his guilty plea to charges involving his scheme...
Ex-Pilot president wants Black judge replaced for 2nd trial
<p>KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The white former president of Pilot Co., the nation’s largest fuel retailer, wants a Black federal judge to recuse himself from...
‘Let’s Make a Slave’ lesson lawsuit dismissed in Tennessee
<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed last fall against the Metro Nashville Public Schools and a teacher over an...
Apple CEO Tim Cook to testify Friday as Epic trial nears end
<p>SAN RAMON, Calif — Apple CEO Tim Cook will take the witness stand this Friday in a high-stakes courtroom battle over the lucrative commissions...
Brazil police investigate top Environment Ministry officials
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's Federal Police on Wednesday carried out searches to investigate whether key figures within the Environment Ministry, including Minister Ricardo...
Wisconsin judge jailed after appearing on child porn charges
<p>MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin juvenile court judge accused of possessing and distributing child pornography was taken into federal custody after making his initial appearance...
Down syndrome abortion bans gain traction after court ruling
It’s a ban that even supporters acknowledge will be hard to enforce. Yet 2021 has been a breakthrough year for legislation in several states...
White supremacist leader sentenced to 35 years in prison
<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The leader of a violent white supremacist gang that began in Arkansas’ prisons was sentenced to 35 years in prison...
Kenya’s president names country’s first female chief justice
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Court of Appeal Judge Martha Koome as the East African country's first woman chief justice...
Convictions in baby’s death tossed; couple freed from prison
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Ashley and Albert Debelbot were sitting in the same courtroom where, more than a decade earlier, they were convicted of murdering...