Court keeps Kuršėnai head exempt from criminal liability #courts #drunkdriving #Kuršėnai

Prosecutors withdrew charges after conceding they could not prove the boy was criminally liable following the death of Sunshine man Van Viet Truong in August. #courts

A Melbourne magistrate has granted bail to 65-year-old Mohamed Bakit, telling a court he has a significant neurological disability.  #courts

Supreme Court upholds prison terms in fatal home birth case #courts #homebirth #latvia

Police allege Mr Wood became involved in a family argument in Noosa on Saturday night before he assaulted and choked his wife. #courts #domestic #violence

Activists, politicians and the resources sector are fired up about a High Court ruling over a planning statute.   #coal #climate #change #courts

An attempted murder trial in the ACT Supreme Court, which was set to begin this week, has been abandoned after one of the accused pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. #courts

A NSW woman loses a medical negligence claim over the amputation of part of her left leg. #courts #medical #procedures

A NSW court has released more CCTV compilations showing the movements of accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon following the deaths of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. #homicide #courts #domestic #violence

A court is read extensive correspondences Alan Jones had with a 17-year-old boy after he asked for help with his family's financial struggles. #courts #media #industry

Snowtown murderer James Spyridon Vlassakis has been filmed leaving the Adelaide Pre-release Centre after having his parole confirmed almost a month ago.  #prisons #courts #homicide #crime

Mental health services in Tasmania's north-west were severely impacted after part of a public hospital was damaged in a fire. The government says most of those services will be restored next month. #fires #mental #health #administration #courts #healthcare #facilities

Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are being held in a New York prison on drug trafficking charges, with their trial expected to begin in June.  #crime #courts

A man who approached a four-year-old girl playing in the front yard of a house at a Darwin town camp and lured her away to violently rape her has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. #courts

On the day of 73-year-old Trevero Fleet's funeral, a Bega Valley woman was charged with manslaughter over the alleged road rage hit-and-run incident that led to his death. #courts #crime

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The Queensland lawsuits are being brought to an end in the Federal Court due to a lack of funding. First Nations families who signed up to the action years ago say the system has failed them once again. #indigenous #australians #courts

A court orders Tennessee authorities to preserve "anything that was in the actual room" during the failed execution of Christa Pike, as well as recordings and witness accounts. #courts #homicide

Fury is growing around the Catholic Church's handling of jailed outback bishop Christopher Saunders, who remains a senior cleric despite being convicted of sexually assaulting young Aboriginal men.
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Self-exiled Catalan leader Puigdemont delays return to Spain - Courthouse News Service

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