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Kosovo’s war crime-charged ex-president briefly released to visit his ill father | World
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Hashim Thaci, the former president of Kosovo who is facing war crime charges, was briefly released from a European Union-backed court on Thursday to visit his ill father.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Judge urges radical rethink of NT's growing crime and prison problem
Presiding over the worst categories of offending in the NT Supreme Court, Judge Jenny Blokland is afforded a unique view of how justice is served. Her estimates are sobering.Laetitia Lemke (ABC News)
Judge urges radical rethink of NT's growing crime and prison problem
By Laetitia Lemke
Presiding over the worst categories of offending in the NT Supreme Court, Judge Jenny Blokland is afforded a unique view of how justice is served. Her estimates are sobering.
A little good news for the day:
"The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has UPHELD Florida’s law prohibiting 18-20-year-olds from purchasing long guns.
The facts are clear—most school shooters are 18-20 and use long guns. This law has made our communities safer, and the Court got it right."
-D Daley
#Courts #GunControl #Florida #USPol
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Why Harvey Weinstein was showing off a toothless grin in court
Why Harvey Weinstein was showing off a toothless grin in court - INBELLAINBELLA
Finland sentences Russian neo-Nazi mercenary Yan Petrovsky to life for war crimes in Ukraine
Yan Petrovsky, co-leader of the Rusich paramilitary unit, was convicted of war crimes in Luhansk Oblast on Sept. 5, 2014, during Russia's invasion of Donbas.Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
Iceland is now UK’s biggest recruiter of former offenders and is helping other businesses do the same
ICELAND is now the UK’s biggest recruiter of former offenders and is ramping up plans to help other major companies employ prison leavers.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Kosovo’s war crime-charged ex-president briefly released to visit his ill father
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Hashim Thaci, the former president of Kosovo who is facing war crime charges, was briefly released from a European Union-backed court on Thursday to visit his ill father.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Trump Ignoring Court Orders Is New Grounds for Impeachment, Says Pro-Democracy Group
"He, like all presidents, must abide by the rule of law—and because he has not, Congress must adhere to its own obligations to carry out an impeachment investigation."jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)
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ICC takes custody of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in crimes against humanity case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court took custody of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday on a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity for deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he oversaw while in office.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
"Less than a year later, St. Luke’s is the one major institution — other than advocacy groups — standing in the way of restrictions on emergency abortion care in Idaho, a state with one of the most absolute abortion bans in the country."
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#healthcare #hospitals #advocacy #courts #idaho #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #EMTALA #USlaw
Idaho’s Largest Health System Is Taking on the State’s Abortion Ban
It’s not the first controversial stance for St. Luke’s, which was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines during the pandemic.ProPublica
Trump doesn’t want ‘to hurt Ireland’ — but he might
Ireland’s visiting prime minister endures an excruciating 45 minutes in Trump’s live-TV star chamber as the U.S. leader swings at Brussels, not Dublin.Shawn Pogatchnik (POLITICO)
"Judge Howell issues a temp restraining order from the bench.
She finds Perkins Coie is likely to succeed on its 1A ARGs -order's unconstitutional -"retaliatory animus" is clear. The mention of "national security" as an interest is insufficient, she finds, in light of the facts of the order -the EO likely violates the due process rights of Perkins Coie, ref the order as creating a "badge of infamy," -previously cited in the SC law."
-C Geidner
#USPol #Courts #DueProcess
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Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. TheThe White House
Bosnia orders police to bring in Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik | Politics News
Prosecutors order detention of three top Bosnian Serb officials over alleged attack on constitutional order.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
A top Romanian court upholds the ban on far-right Georgescu’s presidential bid
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by far-right politician Calin Georgescu to lift a ban on his candidacy for the rerun in May of Romania’s presidential election, after the same court annulled last year’s ele…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Vet who checked phone before fatal collision with cyclist jailed
By Danielle Pope
Gippsland veterinarian Vivian Stockil is sentenced to more than two years in prison for dangerous driving causing the death of cyclist Leslie Camilleri.
EPA alleges maintenance failure to blame for fish kill near power station
By Giselle Wakatama
The NSW EPA said it was the sight and stench of dead fish, and not machinery sensors, that prompted their investigation that landed a power station company in court.
Ten of 12 men found guilty of murdering Brisbane teen in mass brawl
By Talissa Siganto
Ten of 12 men accused of killing teenager Girum Mekonnen in a Brisbane park in a "revenge" attack have been found guilty of murder.
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#Courts #Homicide #Prisons #TalissaSiganto
Ten of 12 men found guilty of murdering Girum Mekonnen in 2020 stabbing attack
Ten of 12 men accused of killing teenager Girum Mekonnen in a Brisbane park in a "revenge" attack have been found guilty of murder.Talissa Siganto (ABC News)
Georgia's ex-President Saakashvili sentenced to 9 more years in prison on embezzlement charges
The judge found Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili guilty of misappropriating 9 million lari (about $5.4 million at the time) from the state budget for personal expenses, including luxury hotels, cosmetic procedures, and designer clothing.Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
Ten of 12 men found guilty of murdering Girum Mekonnen
By Talissa Siganto
Ten of 12 men accused of killing teenager Girum Mekonnen in a Brisbane park in a "revenge" attack have been found guilty of murder.
abc.net.au/news/2025-03-12/ten…
#Courts #Homicide #Prisons #TalissaSiganto
Ten of 12 men found guilty of murdering Girum Mekonnen in 2020 stabbing attack
Ten of 12 men accused of killing teenager Girum Mekonnen in a Brisbane park in a "revenge" attack have been found guilty of murder.Talissa Siganto (ABC News)
EPA alleges maintenance failure to blame for fish kill near NSW power station
By Giselle Wakatama
The NSW EPA said it was the sight and stench of dead fish, and not machinery sensors, that prompted their investigation that landed a power station company in court.
A win: "The State Department has paid out $97M to the National Endowment for Democracy and is putting another $72M out the door imminently.
It appears this will head off a lawsuit that would have been a test of President Trump's impoundment authority."
-K Cheney
#Courts #StateDepartment #NED #DOGE #USPol
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A win: "The State Department has paid out $97M to the National Endowment for Democracy and is putting another $72M out the door imminently.
It appears this will head off a lawsuit that would have been a test of President Trump's impoundment authority."
-K Cheney
#Courts #StateDepartment #NED #DOGE #USPol
"DOGE is again moving faster than the courts. While emergency lawsuits are pending over DOGE detailees to govt agencies, the Trump administration abruptly ended the details.
Now they say there's no need for discovery bc there are no more detailees."
-K Cheney
#Discovery #Courts #Fascism #Lawless #Musk #Trump #DOGE #Constitution #USPol
"Sent to USAID essential personnel this morning."
-E Higgins
The Trump-Musk admin is operating like the mob, but in the open, defying the law. Democratic leaders should be informing the public as to their brazenness & contempt for the #Constitution.
What's more, #Musk & others in the admin are proud to defund an agency that saves lives around the world. They're sadists. Children are dying💔 bc med treatments, meds, food... are being withheld, intentionally.
Belgian satirist who wanted to ‘ram’ knife down Jews’ throats not guilty of antisemitism
“Polemical” writing style of Herman Brusselmans does not constitute criminal conduct, court rules, in verdict condemned by Jewish groups.Ketrin Jochecová (POLITICO)
Woman lives in 'constant fear' from ex-partner's violence, court hears
By Jade Toomey
A woman who received threatening photos of bullets and a suspected pipe bomb from her former partner details how she fled their home with their young children just weeks after giving birth.
A hopeful sign tonight:
“A federal judge has ordered the urgent release of DOGE records, citing the office's "unprecedented" power and "unusual secrecy."
Judge Cooper wants "rolling" productions of records to begin within weeks.
-K Cheney