Category Archives: Justice
Texas attorney general says bar probe is unconstitutional
DALLAS (AP) — Lawyers for Texas' embattled attorney general have asked the state bar association to drop its investigation into whether the Republican's failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct, argu...
Hundreds greet Aristide on return to troubled Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti on Friday after a nearly a month in Cuba, thrilling hundreds of supporters who gathered at the airport at a time of tensions over the recent assassination of the
Cuomo faces questioning, other fallout from harassment probe
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — With New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo set to be questioned Saturday, investigators appear close to finishing an investigation into the sexual harassment and misconduct allegations that have shadowed him for months.
Lawyer in Vatican abuse trial says no evidence of misconduct
ROME (AP) — The lawyer for a former altar boy accused of sexually abusing a younger boy at the Vatican’s youth seminary asked a Vatican court to absolve her client Friday, saying there was no evidence of misconduct and that
N.S. police officer, wife launching complaint for ‘driving while Black’ stop by RCMP
HALIFAX — A Halifax police superintendent and his wife, a lawyer, said Friday they were launching a complaint alleging the RCMP stopped their vehicle and ordered the officer out at gunpoint based on racial profiling. The RCMP, however, issued a stateme...
Ramaphosa vows army will return order to South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Standing at the entrance to a looted mall and surrounded by soldiers, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed Friday to restore order to the country after a week of violence set off by the imprisonment of former
Iraqi officials claim killer of prominent analyst arrested
BAGHDAD (AP) — A year later, Iraqi police arrested the shooter in the killing of a prominent public commentator whose slaying sent shockwaves through the country, officials said Friday. Iraq's prime minister declared that with the arrest, his governmen...
Sending former defence chief’s case to civilian courts the only option, says expert
OTTAWA — The decision to send former chief of the defence staff Jonathan Vance’s criminal case to a civilian court highlights what experts say is a serious problem with the military’s justice system: its inability to hold Canada’s top commander
Prosecutor opposes officer’s motion to move Andre Hill trial
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state attorney prosecuting the December police killing of Andre Hill opposed the former officer's request for the trial to be moved.
Ex-St. Louis officer gets probation in colleague’s beating
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis police officer has been sentenced to three years of probation for her role in the beating of a Black, undercover police officer during a 2017 protest.
