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Zimbabwe opposition trio charged with lying over torture denied bail

A Zimbabwean court on Monday denied bail to an opposition lawmaker and two activists accused of lying to police about being abducted and tortured last month, a lawyers' group

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Public Protector removal: Mkhwebane's application for leave to appeal dismissed | News24

The Western Cape High Court has found Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application for leave to appeal the court for not halting the National Assembly's removal proceedings against her has no prospects of success.

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Appeals court reinstates $38m to family of Black woman killed by Baltimore police - Face2Face Africa

Korryn Gaines was 23 when she was fatally shot by Baltimore County Police during a six-hour standoff in Randallstown in 2016. Gaines’ five-year-old son, Kodi, was with her in the apartment during the standoff and was also struck across the cheek by one of the bullets. He had to undergo several

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‘Molested’ MDC Alliance official arrested for reporting abuse

BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE An MDC Alliance official was arrested at the Harare Magistrates Courts on Tuesday for accusing police officers of fondling her breasts. Vongai Tome was allegedly fondled by a police officer who was trying to disperse party youths who had come to court in solidarity with

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Supreme Court Judge among several arrested in alleged plot to oust Haitian president

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 8, CMC – A Supreme Court judge was among several people arrested on Sunday for their role in an alleged plot to oust President Jovenel Moise . According to Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe a senior...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

After delay, associate judges are approved

After a few weeks’ delay, newly elected Chief Magistrate Judge Cynthia Kelley has had her associate judges approved by the Superior Court Judges of the Augusta Judicial Circuit. Judge Kelley received word that her three appointments had been approved Tuesday afternoon. Chief Judge Carl

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Source: The True Citizen

Zimbabwe: Harare Mayor Charged With Contempt of Court

[The Herald] Harare mayor Jacob Mafume today appeared in court on obstruction of course of justice or alternatively contempt of court for allegedly interfering with a key witness, Edgar Dzehonye, in another matter where he is facing criminal abuse of office.

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Judge Denies Bail for Ed Buck - Los Angeles Sentinel

A request for bail was denied last Friday for Democratic Party fundraiser Ed Buck, who is accused of giving drugs to a man who died at his West Hollywood apartment after allegedly being lured across state lines for

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Long wait for justice - Destitute claimants forced to start legal battle all over after judges retire without delivering judgment

Cindy Robinson was 22 years old when she visited the Morant Bay Health Centre, located in St Thomas, for a routine tooth extraction in April 2007. The government-run clinic has disputed her claim of negligence during the procedure, but Robinson...

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New guidelines to tackle racism in gun crime sentencing - Voice Online

FROM JANUARY 1st, new guidance will remind judges and magistrates that ethnic minorities receive harsher... The post New guidelines to tackle racism in gun crime sentencing appeared first on Voice Online.

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We can't just suspend a judge, says JSC after calls for action against Judge Hlophe | News24

In response to unhappiness about rulings, and other issues, surrounding Western Cape Judge John Hlope, the Judicial Service Commission has made it clear that it falls outside their ambit to suspend judges.

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Mnangagwa fires Justice Bere

BY CHARLES LAITON/VANESSA GONYE President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday fired Supreme Court judge Justice Francis Bere, who has been under tribunal investigation for alleged misconduct. Justice Bere was accused of having interfered in a civil case involving the Zimbabwe National Road Administration

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Police leaked statements: MDC trio

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Judge sides with DPP in INDECOM counter

THE Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has failed to get the courts to review the lawfulness of a 2018 decision by the director of public prosecutions (DPP) not to prosecute two policemen for an incident that resulted in the fatal shooting of a man.

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Judiciary goes digital in line with new normal

It has automated case filing, courtroom hearings, issuance of legal summonses and court orders after years of reliance on the slow, inefficient manual

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Source: The East African

Kenya: Reprieve for Sonko as Court Suspends Debate on Impeachment

[Nation] The planned motion to impeach Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko could run into headwinds following the High Court's suspension of debate by MCAs.

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Source: allAfrica.com

'Covid-19 figures can't be trusted', says Liberty Fighters Network | News24

In a statement, the Liberty Fighters Network has threatened to approach the courts this week, following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address on the Alert Level 3 restrictions.

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Former pro rugby player accused of murder of top cop Charl Kinnear to remain behind bars | News24

Former professional rugby player Zane Kilian has become the first person to appear in court in connection with the murder of Cape Town detective Charl Kinnear.

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Rwanda: Musanze Court Quashes Lawsuit Filed Against Law-Enforcement Agencies

[New Times] Musanze Intermediate Court on Tuesday threw out a case filed against law-enforcement agencies that had been filed by four grassroots leaders and security personnel attached to District Administration Security Support Organ (DASSO), all operating in Musanze District.

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Concourt efficiency declining as judgments miss three month target | News24

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has decreed that all judges must attempt to hand down reserved judgments within three months. But an analysis of Constitutional Court judgments show a steady decline in efficiency.

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Uganda: DPP Withdraws Charges Against MP Zaake

[Monitor] Mityana -- The Director of Public prosecutions, Ms Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn charges of negligent act likely to cause spread of coronavirus and disobedience of lawful orders against Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament, Mr Francis Zaake.

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Kenya: Ojienda Loses Sh94m Claim for Legal Services

[Nation] Former Law Society of Kenya chairman Prof Tom Ojienda has lost a claim of Sh94 million from the Nairobi County Government for legal services he offered six years ago.

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Source: allAfrica.com

The impeachment verdict: A function of who voted, not facts! | New Pittsburgh Courier

by Jack L. Daniel The 53-47 Senate vote not to find P45 guilty is a shameful example of what happens when the presented evidence demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime in question, but the jury votes “guilty” or “not guilty” because of their

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AMHVoices: Courts bringing confusion to people

IT’S amazing one High Court judge rules that the MDC Alliance is a party and can sue or be sued, while another says it is not a party and, therefore, cannot sue or be

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Rwanda: UN Prosecutor Wants Kabuga Temporarily Transferred to the Hague Due to COVID-19

The Prosecutor of the of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT) has requested that genocide architect Felicien Kabuga is temporarily transferred to the The Hague in The

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High Court resolves Arcadia land row

HIGH Court judge Justice Owen Tagu has resolved a four-year-old land impasse between a Harare property developer, Sunshine Development (Pvt) Ltd and an invader, Phineas Molesen, who had taken over the firm’s land to develop residential stands. BY CHARLES LAITON The land in question is identified in

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Two local judges get prestigious spots with national law group

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Two local Birmingham judges have been named to the executive board of the Judicial Council of the National Bar Association. The Association was founded in 1925 and is the nation's oldest and largest national network of predominantly African-American attorneys

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Togo issues arrest warrant for ex-prime minister Agbéyomé Kodjo | Africanews

A Togolese court has issued an international arrest warrant for opposition figure Agbéyomé Kodjo, who came second in the February presidential election won by president Faure Gnassingbé, and who now lives in “hiding in Togo”, according to one of his lawyers on

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Hall and West take oaths of office

History was made in Evangeline Parish Wednesday afternoon when Pamela Hall, newly elected justice of the peace for Ward 3, was sworn in as the parish’s first African-American to serve in the position.

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Medical marijuana regulation: Fertile ground for controversy - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… permit applicants in Arkansas, particularly African-American applicants. Naturalis Health, one of …

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