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‘Can you spell lynching?’: lawyer’s shocking note in Texas execution case | Texas

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In April 1999, John Balentine, a Black man on trial for murder in Amarillo, Texas, sat before an all-white jury as they deliberated whether he should live or die. Should he be given a life sentence, in which case he would probably end his days behind prison bars? Or should they send him to death row to await execution? Balentine had been convicted days earlier of murdering three white teenagers who had threatened to kill him because he was romantically engaged with one of the teenagers’ white sisters – an interracial liaison widely frowned upon in heavily segregated Amarillo. Now…
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Profile of Cho Seung Woo Drakor Player Divorce Attorney Shin, from a Family of Artists, Wealth in Billions

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TRIBUNTRENDS.COM – Don’t miss the latest Korean drama entitled Divorce Attorney Shin. The Drakor entitled Divorce Attorney Shin stars a number of well-known stars, including Cho Seung Woo. What is the profile of Cho Seung Woo, the Drakor Divorce Attorney Shin? Before watching his comeback act, the audience should first pay attention to the profile of the Korean drama actor Divorce Attorney Shin, Cho Seung Woo. Who knows, by reading the profile of the Korean drama actor Divorce Attorney Shin, the audience will fall in love with Cho Seung Woo. That is not impossible because there are many interesting things…
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Circulating Issues, Suddenly Discussed at Baleg

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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Member of Commission IX DPR from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction Netty Prasetiyani Aher criticized the drafting of the Health Bill (RUU) which took place in the Legislative Body (Baleg) of the DPR. Because, he considered, the preparation was said to be carried out by the method omnibus law such as the Job Creation Law (Ciptaker), which received a lot of public criticism. “Related to the bill on the health omnibus law, if I’m not mistaken we ask back and forth in the meeting, the answer is always unclear, sir, where is the draft? Or what…
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Kazakhstan Law News Digest for December 2022 – January 2023

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Key Kazakhstan legal developments for the last two months and clarifications from the state authorities, case law news and legal publications have been discussed by our team. I. Legislative News Environment The Parliament has amended the Administrative Offences Code to strengthen administrative liability for environmental offenses. Most notably, a new corpus of administrative offence was introduced in Article 380 1. Violation of protection regime of specially protected natural territories. This shall be effective from 5 March 2023. Subsoil Use The Ministry of Energy has approved the Rules and Requirements for Equipping Production Facilities of Petroleum Supply Points with Control Metering…
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Andrew Tate served legal papers after allegations of rape and sexual assault | UK news

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Andrew Tate has been served with legal papers by lawyers representing four of his alleged victims who have accused him of rape and sexual assault. The four women, in their late 20s and early 30s, were pursuing civil proceedings against the social media influencer and former kickboxer over alleged offenses between 2013 and 2016 while he was still living in the UK. A Crowdjustice campaign to support legal action against Tate has raised more than £18,500. Lawyers from McCue Jury & Partners, who are representing the claimants, said they had delivered the letter to Tate in person on Wednesday at…
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Attorney for billionaire at center of Clarence Thomas controversy offers to meet with Judiciary staff

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An attorney for GOP megadonor Harlan Crow offered to meet with Senate Judiciary Committee staff as Democrats push to investigate undisclosed, luxury trips that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted from the real estate developer. Crow’s attorney, Michael Bopp, has rebuffed the committee’s demands for information, but in a Monday letter, Bopp offered to meet with the committee staff to discuss their request. “While the concerns we expressed in our Response about the Committee’s investigation remain, we respect the Senate Judiciary Committee’s important role in formulating legislation concerning our federal courts system, and would welcome a discussion with your staff,”…
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‘Devastating’: Transgender adults forced to flee Florida as law strips their health care

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The debate surrounding Florida’s new restrictions on gender-affirming care focused largely on transgender children. But a new law that Republican presidential candidate and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed last month also made it difficult — even impossible — for many transgender adults to get treatment. Eli and Lucas, trans men who are a couple, followed the discussions in the Legislature, where Democrats warned that trans children would be more prone to suicide under a ban on gender-affirming care for minors and Republicans responded with misplaced tales of mutilated kids. Eli said he and his partner felt “blindsided” when…
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Government Control Over the Flow of Information: Lord Sumption Speaks Out Against the Online Safety Bill in the Latest Episode of Law Pod UK

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Author: Rosalind English The Online Safety Bill is currently making its way through the House of Commons, having reached the report stage in July. The bill’s concept of “legal but harmful” is controversial, and has attracted criticism from high places, not least of all former Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption. Lord Sumption joins Rosalind English in this episode to discuss the problems involved in defining this kind of harm and the concepts of “misinformation and disinformation” in the Bill. Lord Sumption worries about the “sheer randomness” of the process for identifying legal but harmful material, and points out that the…