Now 88 years old and with a likely diagnosis of dementia, he was previously found unfit to plead. #courts

The SA government is proposing abolishing the use of good character references during sentencing for all criminal offences, a move which advocates say will make a tangible difference for victim-survivors.
  #courts #sentencing #sexual #offences

Danish man faces trial over fatal punch at football event #courts #crime #denmark

A former South Australian MP accused of assaulting his former wife says he can "fully appreciate that people opt to go back to jail because it's easier" than complying with his onerous bail conditions. #courts #crime #domestic #violence #state #territory #parliament

Court rules in case of woman killed by speeding driver in bed #courts #denmark #roadsafety

Benjamin Wen is sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for sexually abusing boys he treated at his clinic in Perth's south. #child #sexual #abuse #courts #crime #offences #children #s #health

A senior police officer who helped investigate the alleged murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies tells a jury of the search for their bodies at a Bungonia farm and the discovery of two surfboard bags left near a monastery. #homicide #courts #domestic #violence

Sources have told the ABC that the phone of Reece Fakhr, who is accused of setting up murders, kidnappings and arsons, was found at the scene of the shooting of an 11-year-old boy at Norwest last month. #police #courts

A sentencing judge says Michelle Kathleen Lawson lived the high life, spending a quarter of a million dollars on clothing and shoes, while her employers battled natural disasters and a plant disease. #scams #fraud #courts

Once one of the most senior and long-serving Catholic clerics in the country, Christopher Saunders is sentenced to six and a half years in prison for sex offences against two young men. #sexual #offences #courts #crime #churches

The nephew of murdered Maffra jeweller Steve Curtis contemplated killing him in the days leading up to his death, the Victorian Supreme Court hears. #courts

The court has been told the accused man has schizophrenia. #courts

Australia's High Court rules in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could redraw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia.  #coal #climate #change #courts

Helsinki court to rule in father’s attempted murder case #courts #crime #Finland

A Miami federal judge ruled the 1996 US ban on noncitizen voting (18 U.S.C. § 611) unconstitutional as applied and dismissed a Jamaican woman's case: only states set voter qualifications. DOJ is appealing. www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-f... #VotingRights #Elections #DOJ #Florida #USNews #Courts

#Nebraska attorneys: If you haven't filed an appellate brief in a hot minute: the #formatting rules were massively changed in Jan 2022. If you're using an old template, be prepared to give it a good overhaul.

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Former bailiff gets 10-month suspended sentence for sexual offence #Austria #courts #sexualoffences

Serbian Student Targeted by #Spyware Attack Sues Authorities
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Serbian Student Targeted by #Spyware Attack Sues Authorities
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#Courts will likely be shaping #healthpolicy with so many different cases in pending #litigation. Covers AI, 340B, and much more. www.fiercehealthcare.com/special-repo...