Police Not Required to Probe Detention Assault Complaint
The New Zealand High Court rules police investigation duty does not extend to detention assault complaints, stopping victims from suing…
Courts minister backs community magistrates on category 2 offences
Courts Minister Nicole McKee confirms community magistrates will handle category 2 offences without imprisonment powers under planned justice reforms.
Court Rules Trustee Ignored Mother’s Home Wishes
Trustee eviction decision overturned as the Court ruled the trustee ignored the mother’s wishes for her Wellsford home, restoring the…
Court Upholds Refusal to Register ‘Freedom’ Name and Logo
New Zealand's highest court rules against a political party seeking to rebrand as 'Freedom,' upholding the Electoral Commission's decision to…
Fishhook law sparks decade-long estate dispute
Fishhook law sparks decade-long estate dispute over New Zealand's Property (Relationships) Act. Learn how s 21 and s 61 affect…
Lil Durk found not guilty of murder-for-hire plot
Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk is found not guilty of federal murder-for-hire charges in Los Angeles after a two-week trial.
Sheriff’s office ordered to stop racial profiling
Maricopa County resident Albert Rivera beats a drum outside a federal courthouse in Phoenix before an Oct. A federal judge has refused to allow the Maricopa County sheriff’s office to end its decade-old court orders aimed at eliminating racial profiling and systemic issues within the department. In a decision issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow denied the county’s request to shirk responsibility, stating that the office had failed…
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Syrian Ex-Prison Chief Gets 60 Years for Torture
Samir Ousman Alsheikh, who was the head of Adra Prison near Damascus, and former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in an undated photo. A former Syrian prison boss has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for torturing inmates at Damascus Central Prison between 2005 and 2008. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 74, was convicted in March of conspiracy to commit torture and three counts of torture. He was also convicted of immigration…
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