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Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch drops all charges against Curtis Flowers, a black man who was tried six times for a 1990s quadruple murder.   Background Curtis Giovanni Flowers is an American man who was tried for murder six times in the State of Mississippi. Four of these trials resulted in

The French Court of Cassation upholds extradition order of Félicien Kabuga, a top sponsor of the Rwanda genocide of 1994. He is to face trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania.  Background Félicien Kabuga, 85, was once regarded as the richest man in Rwanda having made

The Permanent Court of Arbitration has ruled in favour of the UK based telecommunication company, the Vodafone Group over a retrospective tax dispute under an India-Netherlands Bilateral Investment Treaty.  Background In May 2007, Vodafone Group’s Dutch affiliate, Vodafone International Holdings BV (VIH) acquired a 67% stake in India based Hutchison

A Quebecer author and his publishers were charged with producing child pornography concerning fictional scenes in a horror novel. The Quebec Superior Court acquitted the author while declaring part of Canada’s Criminal Code.  Background In April 2019, the authorities charged Quebec author Yvan Godbout and his publisher Nycolas Doucetwith producing

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom was asked to determine a point of law of general public importance concerning the making of confiscation orders and the operation of s.160A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The Court held that there was no automatic right for a person with

Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, a serving soldier of the U.S. Marines was granted a presidential pardon concerning the murder of a transgender Filipino woman.  Background  On the 11th of October 2014, Jennifer Laude, 26, was killed by Lance Corporal Joseph Pemberton, 19 (at the time), in Olongapo, Philippines. Pemberton

The Saudi based Court convicted eight Saudi nationals concerning the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Five were given the maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, another individual was given 10 years’ imprisonment, and the other two were given 7 years’ imprisonment each.  Who was Jamal Khashoggi and why was he killed? 

In the recent case of People of the State of California v. Joseph J DeAngelo, the Sacramento County Superior Court has sentenced Joseph James DeAngelo – the infamous “Golden State Killer” to life imprisonment without parole; along with several more years added to additional charges. Background of the Case Since the

Christchurch High Court sentences Brenton Tarrant to life imprisonment without parole after having found him guilty in 51 murder charges, 40 charges of attempted murder, and one charge of committing a terrorist act. Background Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 29, is an Australian former fitness coach who moved to New Zealand in

The Kuala Lumpur High Court sentences former Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak to 12 years in prison on counts of financial fraud relating to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal. 1MDB – The Biggest Financial Scandal in History  1MDB was a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund that was set up