Category Archives: Justice
Biden’s pledge on media freedom may be easier said than done
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the Biden Justice Department's first big moves has been to alert reporters at three major news organizations that their phone records were seized as part of leak investigations under the Trump administration, with President Joe...
Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey dead at 87
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two states, has died, a former colleague said Thursday.
Videos show disputed police shooting of Kansas City man
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A group of Christian ministers is questioning the fatal police shooting of a Kansas City man after they said videos released this week contradicted the law enforcement version of what happened.
Ontario judge made mistakes but can keep job, judicial council decides
TORONTO — A judge accused of lying about his activities with a Black activist group made mistakes but should face no sanction, the Ontario Judicial Council has concluded. In its decision, a council disciplinary panel found Ontario court Judge Donald Mc...
A look at the residential-school system in Canada
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced last week that ground-penetrating radar had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children in an unmarked burial site on the grounds of a former residential school
What people are saying about the MMIWG national action plan
A national action plan to implement the calls to justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was released on Thursday. Here is what people are saying: "For decades, Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people...
Underlying factors for Inuit highlighted in separate plan to address MMIWG
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Two national Inuit organizations have released their own plan on how to right social, legal and cultural failings identified by a national inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women. The federal government on Thursday releas...
Ex-Treasury worker sentenced to 6 months in ‘leak’ case
NEW YORK (AP) — A former U.S. Treasury Department worker was sentenced to six months in prison Thursday for leaking confidential financial reports to a journalist at BuzzFeed.
Russian police release opposition figure held for 2 days
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police on Thursday released a well-known opposition politician from custody after holding him for two days. Dmitry
Utah man sentenced to 30 years in death of wife on cruise
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Utah man was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska cruise in 2017, with a federal judge describing the crime as violent and brutal.
