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China convicts 99% of defendants in criminal trials. Reversing a conviction is hard
WLRN Miami· 7 hours agoChina is trying to reduce the number of wrongful convictions in its legal system. One man's more than two decades-long fight on death row shows why that's so difficult.
German court jails a man who set off an 18-hour hostage standoff at Hamburg Airport
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 hours agoThe Hamburg state court also convicted the 35-year-old defendant, whose name wasn't released in line with German privacy rules, of removal of a child, intentional bodily harm ...
Cops said they smashed drug ring funneling fentanyl from North Jersey to Monmouth
Gannett via AOL· 14 hours agoPolice uncovered some 450 grams of fentanyl — enough to kill more than 200,000 people — during raids in Long Branch and Neptune, part of a broad investigation that drew in nearly two dozen & ...
Landmark trial for 47 Hong Kong democrats enters final stretch before sentencing
AOL· 6 hours agoHONG KONG (Reuters) -Mitigation pleas for Hong Kong's biggest ever national security trial against the city's democratic opposition kicked off on Tuesday, in what is expected to be the final ...
Hong Kong court edges closer to sentencing democracy activists involved in unofficial primary
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 hours agoA Hong Kong court on Tuesday began mitigation hearings for prominent pro-democracy activists who...
Defendant in Vatican trial takes case to UN, accuses pope of violating his rights with surveillance
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoOne of the defendants in the Vatican’s big financial trial has filed a formal complaint with the...
Julian Assange Cuts Deal to Plead Guilty, Gain Freedom
The Wall Street Journal· 2 hours agoTo enter a felony plea, defendants generally have to show up in person in court. Assange’s team had...
Woman accused of fraud with ex-husband of Steve Harvey’s co-host says she’s a victim
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 15 hours agoThe co-defendant in a fraud case involving the ex-husband of a popular radio show host spoke only to...
Judge denies Burnsville defendant's request to be released from jail in Feeding Our Future case
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoU.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel on Monday denied Mukhtar Shariff's request to be released from jail...
Sarasota judge denies increasing bond for man accused in fatal 2021 hotel shooting
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoA Sarasota judge ruled against increasing a Sarasota man's bond in connection to a fatal 2021 hotel shooting, despite the prosecutor's arguments that the defendant's circumstances ...