#War crimes court orders M compensation for Congo victims

#War crimes court orders $30M compensation for Congo victims

“#War crimes court orders $30M compensation for Congo victims” THE HAGUE – Child soldiers and other victims of convicted Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda should get a total of $30 million compensation, International Criminal Court judges ruled on Monday, in their highest ever reparation order. The judges said Ntaganda did not have the resources to…

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#Court-packing would destroy our system of impartial justice

#Court-packing would destroy our system of impartial justice

“#Court-packing would destroy our system of impartial justice” President Biden recently announced the creation of a commission to recommend “reforms” to the judicial system. The commission will likely provide cover for the ­unpopular, divisive idea of court-packing. In a few months, no doubt, it will churn out a prepackaged recommendation to legitimize court-packing, while laying…

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#Suspect had loaded gun inside Brooklyn court

#Suspect had loaded gun inside Brooklyn court

“#Suspect had loaded gun inside Brooklyn court” A suspect who was arrested earlier this week was still carrying his loaded gun when he was taken to a Brooklyn court, law enforcement sources told The Post. The suspect had been arrested in Williamsburg Wednesday night and then taken to the 90th Precinct, where he was placed…

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#Man confesses to killing grandfather with machete in Brooklyn

#Man confesses to killing grandfather with machete in Brooklyn

“#Man confesses to killing grandfather with machete in Brooklyn” The crazed Brooklyn man accused of murdering his grandfather with a machete and injuring two family members –including his 4-year-old sister– allegedly confessed to the heinous attack, new court papers reveal. “I did what I did and there is nothing to talk about,” Dayquan Dubose told…

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#NY courts plan to clear COVID-induced backlog of cases

#NY courts plan to clear COVID-induced backlog of cases

“#NY courts plan to clear COVID-induced backlog of cases” The state’s top judge wants to reduce a huge, pandemic-related backlog of criminal cases across the city — leading cops to fear that cut-rate justice will embolden criminals, The Post has learned. The unprecedented plan would bring to the Big Apple a concept known as the…

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#Manhattan appeals court blocks Cuomo’s religious gathering limits

#Manhattan appeals court blocks Cuomo’s religious gathering limits

“#Manhattan appeals court blocks Cuomo’s religious gathering limits” The federal appeals court in Manhattan on Monday struck down New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pandemic-related executive order setting capacity limits at houses of worship –because it “discriminates against religion on its face.” The three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously…

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#NYC’s becoming an even nastier ‘judicial hellhole’

#NYC’s becoming an even nastier ‘judicial hellhole’

“#NYC’s becoming an even nastier ‘judicial hellhole’” Even though the pandemic delayed much litigation for most of 2020, New York City managed to qualify as one of the nation’s top “judicial hellholes” for the third year in a row, and actually got worse.  The American Tort Reform Foundation’s annual Judicial Hellhole report ranks the jur­isdictions…

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