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Thaksin Shinawatra jailed by Thailand supreme court for one year in major blow to former prime minister
The Guardian
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September 9, 2025
Thailand’s most prominent political figure Thaksin Shinawatra has been jailed by the supreme court for one year, a major blow to the former leader. The case centred on claims that he had not properly served a sentence for corruption and abuse of...
Thai’s top court to deliver judgment on tycoon Thaksin dodging jail
SABC News
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September 9, 2025
Thailand’s Supreme Court will decide on Tuesday whether former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra should serve prison time that he skipped while in hospital detention, a high-profile ruling that could finally see the country’s most influential...
Thaksin arrives at Supreme Court for hospital stay ruling
Bangkok Post
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September 9, 2025
PUBLISHED : 9 Sep 2025 at 10:26 Thaksin Shinawatra arrived at the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning to hear the ruling on whether his prison sentence was properly enforced. Wearing suit and a yellow necktie, Thaksin arrived in his Mercedes-Maybach...
Dissent on SCOTUS ICE Ruling From Justice Sonia Sotomayor Makes Her Sound More Like an Activist Than a Judge
The Gateway Pundit
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September 9, 2025
Screencap of YouTube video. The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Trump a huge win today, ruling that ICE can continue to engage in illegal immigration raids in Los Angeles. The liberal justices on the court disagreed, naturally, but the dissent...
Appeals court hears from US military contractor ordered to pay $42M to former Abu Ghraib detainees
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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September 9, 2025
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court was scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday about an appeal from a U.S. military contractor ordered to pay $42 million for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of three former detainees at...
Chandigarh admn scales down high court expansion plan to win UNESCO nod
Hindustan Times
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September 9, 2025
In a bid to address heritage concerns, the Chandigarh administration has downsized the expansion plan for the Punjab and Haryana high court, slashing the proposed additional built-up area from several lakh square feet to just 2 lakh square feet....
Thailand court to deliver judgment on Thaksin dodging jail
BDNews24
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Thailand's Supreme Court will decide on Tuesday if former premier Thaksin Shinawatra should serve prison time that he skipped while in hospital detention, a high-profile ruling that could finally see the country's most influential tycoon jailed....
L.A. Area Cities Lose Bid to Overturn Affordable Housing Law
Metropolitan News-Enterprise - California
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Metropolitan News-Enterprise Monday, September 8, 2025 Page 1 Court of Appeal: L.A. Area Cities Lose Bid to Overturn Affordable Housing Law Opinion Says General Law Municipalities Failed to Allege Constitutional Violation in Litigation Seeking to...
Businessman in court for allegedly trafficking 5 Nigerians to Ghana
MyJoyOnline
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September 8, 2025
A 30-year-old businessman accused of trafficking five persons from Nigeria to Ghana under the pretext of securing them jobs has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Obasuyi Efosa Bright, charged with five counts of “Prohibition of Trafficking,”...
Trial date set in Pine Belt attorney Cory Ferraez’s embezzlement case
WDAM - Mississippi
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September 9, 2025
FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - A trial date has been set for Pine Belt attorney Cory Ferraez, who is accused of taking money from three bankruptcy cases dating back to 2019 and 2020. Ferraez was indicted in 2021 on four counts of embezzlement....
Florida attorney general challenges prosecutor over road rage shooting case
FOX 35 Orlando - Florida
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is urging State Attorney Monique Worrell to drop murder charges against a woman accused in a road rage shooting, saying the case is protected under the state’s "stand your ground" law. ORLANDO, Fla. -...
Mayor Eric Adams’ effort to re-open ICE office on Rikers Island declared ‘null and void’ by NYC judge
New York Post
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September 9, 2025
A Manhattan judge on Monday killed Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial executive order to reopen an ICE office on Rikers Island — declaring it “null and void,” according to a scathing decision. The searing ruling from State Supreme Court Justice Mary...
Seized allocations: Court hears Osun’s suit against CBN
Punch
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September 8, 2025
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed September 22 for the hearing of all applications in a suit filed by the Osun State Government against the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Accountant-General of the Federation over alleged plans to divert...
Immigration Appeals Court Expands Mandatory Detention for Millions
American Renaissance
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September 8, 2025
A powerful Justice Department appeals panel has declared that anyone in deportation proceedings who entered the U.S. without legal authorization is not entitled to be considered for release on bond by an immigration judge. The ruling upends a...
Habeas Corpus: Court can’t consider claims that were not raised in state court
Virginia Lawyers Weekly
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September 8, 2025
Where the inmate did not make a showing of actual innocence, the court could not consider claims that he failed to raise at the time and in the manner required under state law. The court, however, appointed separate and independent counsel to...
Suspect in deadly hit-and-run not old enough to drink, but had twice legal limit, prosecutors say
ABC 13 - Texas
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September 9, 2025
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man accused of leaving the scene of an accident after hitting and killing a pedestrian may not have had a driver's license, according to the prosecutors. The suspect, 20-year-old Yimy Ricardo Ulloa-Padilla, was in court...
Douglas County families fight in courthouse after judge denies bond for alleged serial rapist
11 Alive - Georgia
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DNA has linked Bobby Lee Hart Jr. to sexual assault cases spanning more than three decades. DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — A judge on Monday denied bond for a man accused of being a serial rapist, with some of his alleged crimes dating back decades....
Sotomayor rips Supreme Court's pro-Trump administration immigration raid ruling
AOL
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted the Trump administration’s operation of the Los Angeles immigration raids, vowing not to stand idly by while the United States' "constitutional freedoms are lost." On Sept. 8, the Supreme Court lifted...
Florida attorney criticizes Monique Worrell’s prosecution of woman in deadly Orlando road rage shooting
WKMG 6 - Florida
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September 8, 2025
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is urging the Orange-Osceola state attorney to withdraw the prosecution against a woman charged with murder after a deadly road rage incident, arguing that he believes she acted in...
Supreme Court clears path for Trump immigration raids in Los Angeles
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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September 8, 2025
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Sept. 8 to lift restrictions that blocked the Trump administration from conducting immigration raids in Los Angeles, allowing operations to resume while a legal challenge continues. The order set aside a lower court...