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  • Ohio court sets 2022 execution date for Cleveland killer

    Ohio court sets 2022 execution date for Cleveland killer

    Political and Legal News 09/22/2017

    The Ohio Supreme Court has set a 2022 execution date for a man sentenced to die for fatally shooting a man in an argument over a sewing machine.Death row inmate Percy Hutton, of Cleveland, was sentenced to die for the 1985 slaying of Derek Mitchell.H...

  • Indiana high court hearing appeal in children's fire deaths

    Indiana high court hearing appeal in children's fire deaths

    Political and Legal News 09/01/2017

    The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments in the appeal of a man sentenced to death for setting a fire that killed his fiancee's two children.A Clark County jury convicted 41-year-old Jeffrey Weisheit on murder and arson charges in 2013 for the 2...

  • Prosecutors ask court to imprison Samsung heir for 12 years

    Prosecutors ask court to imprison Samsung heir for 12 years

    Political and Legal News 08/17/2017

    South Korean prosecutors have recommended a 12-year jail term for Lee Jae-yong, 49-year-old billionaire heir of the Samsung business empire, urging a court to convict him of bribery and other crimes.Lee, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, became e...

  •  Federal court's agenda has topics that draw Trump's ire

    Federal court's agenda has topics that draw Trump's ire

    Political and Legal News 07/20/2017

    The nation’s largest federal court circuit has clashed repeatedly with President Trump over the past six months, and the agenda for its annual meeting is not shying away from topics that have stoked the president’s ire.Immigration, fake news and medd...

  • Pakistan's opposition calls on court to oust prime minister

    Pakistan's opposition calls on court to oust prime minister

    Political and Legal News 07/20/2017

    Opposition parties in Pakistan on Monday called on the Supreme Court to remove Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office after an investigation found that he and his family possess wealth exceeding their known sources of income.The investigation is lin...

  • Idaho Supreme Court to hear veto challenge arguments

    Idaho Supreme Court to hear veto challenge arguments

    Political and Legal News 06/15/2017

    Proponents of a lawsuit challenging Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's veto of a contentious grocery tax repeal bill will present arguments in front of the Idaho Supreme Court on Thursday.State GOP Reps. Ron Nate and Bryan Zollinger, both from eastern Idaho, ...

  • South Dakota and Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe clash in court

    South Dakota and Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe clash in court

    Political and Legal News 05/17/2017

    The Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe is suing South Dakota over the state's interpretation that contractors working on an expansion of the Royal River Casino are required to pay contractor excise taxes to the state.The Argus Leader reported that the laws...

  • High court could soon signal view on Trump immigration plans

    High court could soon signal view on Trump immigration plans

    Political and Legal News 05/17/2017

    Supreme Court decisions in a half-dozen cases dealing with immigration over the next two months could reveal how the justices might evaluate Trump administration actions on immigration, especially stepped-up deportations.Some of those cases could be ...

  • Court revives black TV network's discrimination lawsuit

    Court revives black TV network's discrimination lawsuit

    Political and Legal News 05/07/2017

    A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit claiming that a North Carolina city discriminated against an African-American-owned television network.A divided three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday reversed a lower court...

  • Court: Gay couple's suit against Kentucky clerk can proceed

    Court: Gay couple's suit against Kentucky clerk can proceed

    Political and Legal News 05/07/2017

    A federal appeals court says a gay couple's lawsuit seeking damages from a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue them a marriage license can proceed. The ruling revives an issue that pulled the state into the center of a national debate over sam...

  • Fresno killings suspect shouts out during 1st court hearing

    Fresno killings suspect shouts out during 1st court hearing

    Political and Legal News 04/23/2017

    increasingly hit the United States as he was ushered into a cramped courtroom for his first appearance before a judge.Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, was supposed to be officially informed about the first-degree murder charge he is accused of in the shooting ...

  • White officer headed to court ahead of civil rights trial

    White officer headed to court ahead of civil rights trial

    Political and Legal News 04/23/2017

    A white former South Carolina police officer charged in the death of an unarmed black motorist is expected in court as his federal trial approaches.A motions hearing is scheduled Friday in the case against 35-year-old Michael Slager.Slager's federal ...