Category Archives: Justice
Final court dates set in Meng Wanzhou’s case as her lawyers ask to bring new evidence
VANCOUVER — Lawyers for Huawei's chief financial officer say they will apply to introduce new evidence in her extradition case next month. A B.C. Supreme Court judge set June 29 and 30 for a hearing over whether the evidence will be
Crown seeks life sentence for youth in terrorism case
OTTAWA — The Crown is seeking a life sentence for a teenager who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges including possession of explosive material and counselling someone to detonate a bomb. The youth admitted to the charges, as well as violating ...
Law to police doping in horse races not in play ’til 2022
For five years, a bill that would place the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in charge of fighting illicit drug use in horse racing went nowhere in Congress. In 2020, it finally passed — but that milestone came too late to resolve
Judge rejects plea deal for darknet child porn purveyor
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A federal judge rejected a plea agreement on Wednesday that called for 15 to 21 years in prison for a man authorities described as the world’s largest purveyor of child pornography.
The Latest: Hearing on Capitol riot wraps; little new info
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on congressional testimony about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot (all times local): 3:20 p.m.
Funerals held for 9 victims of Russian school attack
MOSCOW (AP) — Relatives wept and hugged as the nine people killed in a school shooting in the Russian city of Kazan were buried Wednesday, which was declared a day of mourning in the predominantly Muslim republic of Tatarstan.
Canada must not extradite Diab regardless of coming French court decision: lawyer
OTTAWA — The Canadian government should not be part of any further wrongful extradition of Hassan Diab regardless of the outcome of a looming French Supreme Court ruling, his lawyer said Wednesday. Donald Bayne told a virtual news conference the govern...
Bosnian Serb ex-leader Karadzic to spend life in UK prison
LONDON (AP) — Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, sentenced to life for war crimes and genocide, will serve his sentence in a U.K. prison, the British government said Wednesday.
Former detective sentenced for role in wrongful convictions
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky detective has been sentenced to a year in prison for his role in the wrongful convictions of two men, one of whom spent nearly a decade behind bars before being exonerated.
German government makes hate-motivated insults a crime
BERLIN (AP) — The German government passed a new law on Wednesday making hate-motivated insults a criminal offence that can be punished with a monetary fine or prison of up to two years.
