Coroner condemns ‘inhumane’ imprisonment for public protection sentences that have no end date for release A senior coroner has condemned the “inhumane” and “indefensible” treatment of a man who killed himself 17 years into an indefinite prison sentence. Tom Osborne, the senior coroner for Milton Keynes, said Scott Rider had given up all hope of […]
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction in New York has been overturned, on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial. The New York Court of Appeals said prosecutors in the pivotal #MeToo case called witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. The court said that meant
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A football fan banned by her club from its grounds has raised more than £15,000 to take legal action. Newcastle United (NUFC) supporter Linzi Smith was investigated by the Premier League after the club received a complaint about comments she made on social media. Her lawyer claims the club’s actions were a “huge overreach” in
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Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s Rwanda bill Rights commissioner expresses grave concern after Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy passes parliamentary stages The Council of Europe’s human rights watchdog has condemned Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda scheme, saying it raises “major issues about the human rights of asylum seekers and the rule of law.” The body’s
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Offenders could face jail if image is widely shared under proposed amendment to criminal justice bill Creating a sexually explicit “deepfake” image is to be made an offence under a new law, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Under the legislation, anyone who creates such an image without consent will face a criminal record and
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Ex-president becomes first US leader to face a criminal trial, in this case, for paying Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal for a cover up Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial involving adult movie actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal is scheduled to start on this morning, with jury selection in Manhattan supreme court. The
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Popular Nigerian crossdresser, Bobrisky has been sentenced to six months in prison for abusing and tampering with the Naira by a Federal High Court in Lagos. In the West African country’s laws, a person who tampers with the Naira note or coin is guilty of an offence, punishable by law. Vanguard Nigeria reported that the
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Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and his law professor wife Catherine Fisk hosted a dinner for graduating law students at their home this week and the rest of us were all unintentionally invited when a video went viral of Fisk trying to eject a protesting student, Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine leader Malak Afaneh,
Robert McKinley, a former partner at now-defunct Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis and the former intellectual property practice leader at Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, was hit with an invasion-of-privacy suit in New Jersey state court on Tuesday over allegedly hiding cameras in bathrooms at his residences and secretly recording guests. McKinley was arrested in April
Nigerian music star Davido has instructed his lawyers to sue over an April Fool’s joke that has spectacularly backfired. The prank story alleged that Afrobeats singer had been arrested in Kenya after cocaine was found on his private jet. The 31-year-old, who has just finished an East African tour, said the fake report was “extremely
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