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Judge hears arguments on bail for Bozeman man charged in 2021 homicide
KXLF 4 - Montana
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August 28, 2025
BOZEMAN — Judge John Brown heard arguments Thursday morning on bail for Austin Clowes, the man accused of killing Steven Kilwein in 2021. Both the Kilwein and Clowes families filled the Gallatin County courtroom for the hearing. Defense attorneys...
Court strikes Pa. rule that dumped 10K votes in 2022
Legal Newsline - Illinois
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PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania’s election officials can’t toss mail-in ballots just because they have the wrong date on them, a federal appeals court has ruled in striking a state rule that cost 10,000 citizens their vote in 2022. The U.S. Court of...
Legal cannabis dispensaries face hurdles on Long Island
Long Island Business News - New York
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August 28, 2025
In Brief: Planet Nugg in Farmingdale offers a modern dispensary experience Operators face high real estate costs and strict regulations Lack of banking access and federal tax rules strain profits Unlicensed cannabis shops undercut legal...
Court hears Home Office bid to appeal against Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling
STV News
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August 28, 2025
After weeks of protests across the country, ITV News Political Correspondent Harry Horton reports on the Court of Appeal hearing over a decision to keep asylum seekers out of the now infamous Bell Hotel A bid by the Home Office to appeal the...
Attorney of ex-Manheim Township police chief calls firing a 'rush to judgment'
Lancaster Online - Pennsylvania
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The Manheim Township board of commissioners in June acted with limited and incomplete information when they voted unanimously to fire their police chief, an attorney representing the former chief wrote in a letter last month. Dated July 18, the...
Judge blocks Kari Lake from removing Voice of America director
The Arizona Daily Star
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A federal judge on Thursday blocked Kari Lake and the Trump administration from removing the director of Voice of America, the government-run news outlet that the White House has targeted for deep staffing cuts. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth,...
Court to rule Friday on whether to commit Jonathan Lehrer double murder case to High Court
Dominica News Online
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August 28, 2025
Dominica News Online - Thursday, August 28th, 2025 at 8:56 AM Jonathan Lehrer being taken to court earlier this yearThe Magistrate’s Court in Dominica is set to deliver a pivotal ruling on Friday, August 29, 2025, determining whether there is...
Judge gives life sentence for FSU-area attacks, SAO says
Tallahassee Democrat - Florida
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A Leon County judge on Aug. 27 sentenced a Tallahassee man to life imprisonment for two attacks near Florida State University, according to the 2nd Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office. Judge J. Lee Marsh found Travis J. Gibson guilty on all...
Judge sentences Warsaw, Mo., man to 165 years for firing shots at U.S. Border Patrol agents
KY3 - Missouri
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August 28, 2025
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Edited News Release) – A judge sentenced two members of the 2nd American Militia in federal court for their roles in a 2022 conspiracy to murder U.S. Border Patrol agents and, related to their shooting at FBI agents during the...
Court wants to prevent Kohberger witnesses from threats
Idaho County Free Press
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The judge who handed Bryan Kohberger four life sentences in prison has asked for more information before documents related to the case are released publicly. Both Latah County prosecutors and Kohberger’s attorneys are concerned that the people...
Court of BiH replaces dozens of prison sentences with fines
Xinhua News Agency
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SARAJEVO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has issued more than 70 rulings replacing prison sentences with fines from 2024 until mid-2025, which have collected a total of 201,000 convertible marks (KM)(about 119,580...
Court records reveal troubling past for mother of missing boy
WDSU 6 - Louisiana
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August 28, 2025
WDSU Investigates has uncovered court documents detailing a troubling past for Hilda Vasquez, 34, the mother of Bryan Vasquez, a 12-year-old nonverbal boy with autism whose body was recovered this week from a lagoon near the area where he went...
Judge overturns assault, robbery conviction for SC man who maintained innocence after 15 years
WIS 10 - South Carolina
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August 28, 2025
CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - A South Carolina man who has served 15 years behind bars for a 2010 assault and robbery he insists he did not commit has been released. A judge ruled Thursday at a hearing in Clarendon County to vacate Michael...
Judge Rejects Penn Law Prof Amy Wax's Discrimination Claims Against University
The Legal Intelligencer
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August 28, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday dismissed sanctioned Penn Carey School of Law Professor Amy Wax’s discrimination complaint against the University of Pennsylvania, finding that Wax’s speech denigrating minority students was not protected...
Court nullifies $1 land transfer, awards $150K to widow in Lawaqa Park fraud case
The Fiji Times
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August 28, 2025
The High Court in Suva has ruled in favour of Chellammal, the widow of the late Venkat Naidu, in a civil dispute over a Sigatoka property fraud that dates back nearly three decades. Justice Vishwa Datt Sharma found on August 20 that Venkat Naidu...
Court order prohibits over a dozen agencies from commenting on Devil's Den murder case
KTHV - Arkansas
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August 28, 2025
The order, which was agreed upon by all parties in the case, said that comments made by some agencies could affect McGann's right to a fair trial. WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — A Washington County judge has signed an order limiting over a...
Court Papers Reveal Josh Duggar’s Pitiful Bank Balance
TV Shows Ace
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August 28, 2025
Josh Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting fame has made headlines in recent years due to various legal concerns after his 2021 arrest. Since then, surprising news has come out about Josh’s finances during his time in prison. This also comes out as Josh...
Court dismisses disqualified APP aspirant bid to halt Akwati...
Modern Ghana
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The High Court in Accra has thrown out an application by the Action People’s Party (APP) seeking to suspend the upcoming Akwatia by-election until the determination of a case challenging the Electoral Commission’s (EC) disqualification of its...
Judge denies early release for convicted Outfit boss Mike Sarno, who says he’s a ‘pathetic shadow’ of former self
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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August 28, 2025
Convicted mobster Michael “The Large Guy” Sarno has lost his latest bid for early release from prison after a judge ruled the onetime leader of the Outfit’s Cicero faction was still a danger to continue with mob activities despite his declining...
Judge rescinds state’s suspension of home detention monitoring company
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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August 28, 2025
Maryland’s bid to shut down a home detention monitoring company on Aug. 30 was thwarted Thursday when a Baltimore County judge agreed to pause a state-ordered suspension. Originally Published: August 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM EDT