Amanda Knox will appeal her slander conviction in Italy. Knox’s attorney has filed the appropriate documents abroad. What many may not realize is that slander in Italy is often prosecuted as a crime. Knox currently resides in Seattle. She spent several…
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Authorities in Madison, Wis. have arrested the stepmother, stepbrother and father of a 15-year-old girl who weighs only 70 pounds. A neighbor found the barefoot teenager last week as she stumbled down the street wearing nothing but pajamas. The 70-poun…
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[JURIST] The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) [advocacy website] sent a letter [text, PDF] to US officials Tuesday urging an investigation into the crackdown against protesters by forces loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Sal…
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[JURIST] The New Jersey Superior Court [official website] on Tuesday reinstated one count [opinion, PDF] of a marriage equality lawsuit [complaint text, PDF; case materials] against the state’s civil union system, reversing the court’s own decision to dismiss the count on a motion by the state Attorney General [official website]. Judge Linda Feinberg in November had allowed the case to continue on the premise that civil unions were unconstitutional under state law [state constitution, text], but dismissed three counts [JURIST…
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[JURIST] Proponents of Proposition 8 [text; JURIST news archive], California’s same-sex marriage ban, on Tuesday requested a new hearing [petition, PDF] before the full US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website]. The request comes after a three-judge panel voted 2-1 to overturn the law [JURIST report], finding that it violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment [Cornell II backgrounder]. The Protect Marriage Coalition [advocacy website] has alleged [news release] that the decision was at odds…
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[JURIST] Judge Clark Waddoups of the US District Court for the District of Utah [official website] said Tuesday that he would delay his ruling [order, PDF] on Utah’s immigration law [HB 497, PDF] until the US Supreme Court rules on the similar Arizona Immigration Law. Waddoups believes that it is in the best interest of the state and the court to wait until the Supreme Court offers more guidance [Salt Lake Tribune report] on the issue. The immigration bill was…
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[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Tuesday affirmed [opinion, PDF] the dismissal of wrongful death claims by the families of two former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder] detainees, Yasser Al-Z…
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February 22, 2012 Andrew Chow, JD
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A New York woman’s lies to get on a jury may lead to a new trial, in a case that sheds light on what constitutes juror misconduct. Catherine Conrad of Bronx, N.Y., admits she lied to “seem more juror-marketable” in a tax-fraud case in 2011, the New Yor…
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[JURIST] The Maryland State Senate [official website] Judicial Proceedings Committee [official website] approved a bill [SB241 text] on Tuesday that would permit the legal marriage of same-sex couples within the state. This bill is a cross-filing of HB…
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[JURIST] The Maryland State Senate [official website] Judicial Proceedings Committee [official website] approved a bill [SB241 text] on Tuesday that would permit the legal marriage of same-sex couples within the state. This bill is a cross-filing of HB…
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