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US death row inmate survives execution attempt after two lethal injections
Killer Christa Pike's lawyer says she is being given "life-saving measures" in hospital after two syringes of pentobarbital.
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French court sentences 13 men over deadliest small-boat crossing to UK
Six people smugglers are found guilty of involuntary homicide after 31 migrants died in the English Channel in 2021.
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US appeals court halts Tennessee execution of Christa Pike
Christa Pike was set to become the first woman executed by Tennessee in more than 200 years.
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US Supreme Court clears way for Tennessee execution of woman for murder
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for Tennessee to execute Christa Pike, 50, the state's first woman put to death in 200 years. The ruling came hours after a federal appeals court temporarily halted the lethal injection to consider claims that Pike's childhood sexual abuse was not adequately weighed at sentencing.
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US Supreme Court denies Christa Pike's last-ditch bid to halt execution
The Tennessee inmate has been awaiting execution since she was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of a teenage classmate.
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US Supreme Court lifts restrictions on third-country deportations
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own while it considers the legality of the practice. The court’s conservative majority temporarily blocked safeguards requiring deportees to receive notice of where they would be sent and time to raise persecution concerns.
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US Supreme Court allows Trump to continue third-country deportations
The high court grants an emergency petition ahead of expected arguments in the case, slated for December.
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How Lindsay Clancy's return to court after mistrial unfolded
The BBC's Ione Wells describes what happened in court, as the US mother's defence for the first time argued there was not enough evidence to prove Clancy killed her children.
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Lindsay Clancy appears in court as her lawyer pushes for murder case dismissal
Clancy's defence lawyer wants her to be cleared of murdering her three children in 2023 but prosecutors say the state proved guilt.
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Supreme Court Justice Alito will not participate in big climate change case next week
Environmental groups had called for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from the case involving ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy.
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Italian court convicts three Egyptian agents for kidnap of Giulio Regeni
Defendants were sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison over the 2016 fatal abduction of the Cambridge scholar.
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Paris court finds Swiftair guilty over 2014 Mali crash that killed 116
Spain's Swiftair was fined 225,000 euros in France for corporate manslaughter over 2014 Air Algerie disaster in Mali.
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Iran court upholds lashes sentence for singer who performed without hijab
Parastoo Ahmadi was convicted of "offending public decency" after singing while wearing a sleeveless dress during a livestreamed concert.
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Florida authorities ask court to block OpenAI’s ChatGPT over safety issues
The Republican-led US state says the AI should be blocked from development until safeguards are put in place.
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Northern Ireland protesters block Orange Order march in Portadown
Crowd gathered on Garvaghy Road on Sunday to protest against a court ruling allowing the march.
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US court rules against Kalshi, says states can regulate prediction markets
US appeals courts have varied on regulation of prediction markets, opening the door to US Supreme Court debate.
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Appeals court rules that states can regulate Kalshi’s sports prediction markets, dealing another legal blow to platforms
The decision is the second in less than a month by an appeals court that states have a role in regulating sports-related event contracts.
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US top court allows Trump to use controversial voter verification system
Voting rights groups have warned system may falsely identify voters as non-citizens, leading to disenfranchisement.
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US court upholds Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic
Conflict began in February when Anthropic refused to remove restrictions on use of Claude for fully autonomous weapons.
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Supreme Court allows Trump to use controversial database to check voter citizenship
Critics have questioned the reliability of the data, warning it could result in US citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls.