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News / World by Press Association 05/04/2018, 6:26 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Brazil’s top court has voted narrowly to turn down an attempt by former president Luiz Inacio da Silva to stay out of jail while he appeals a corruption conviction. After nearly 11 hours of often heated debate, the justices of the Supreme Federal Tribunal voted 6-5 to deny da Silva’s preventative habeas corpus request to stave off a 12-year jail sentence while he fights a conviction in a case that he argues was nothing more than a ploy to keep him off of October’s presidential ballot. Despite the conviction and several other corruption charges pending against him, da Silva leads all preference polls for the election. The decision means he will likely be jailed soon, though probably not until at least next week thanks to various technicalities. Within minutes of the decision, da Silva’s Workers’ Party, … [Read more...] about Brazil’s top court rules against da Silva’s bid to avoid prison

SAO PAULO (AP) — The head of Brazil's Workers' Party on Thursday warned that jailing former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva would turn Latin America's largest nation into a "banana republic," while the former leader's lawyers said they were filing injunctions in hopes of keeping him out of prison. The comments came just hours after the Supreme Federal Tribunal, by a 6-5 vote, denied a petition by da Silva to stave off a 12-year sentence while he appeals a corruption conviction that he and supporters say is a ploy to keep him off October's presidential ballot. Despite the conviction and several other charges against him, da Silva leads preference polls ahead of the election. Without an unforeseen successful legal maneuver, which up until now has eluded da Silva, he will likely be jailed within the next several weeks. When exactly is unclear, as the appeals court that upheld his conviction in January still has to complete some technicalities. "We consider this to be a political … [Read more...] about As jail looms for Brazil’s da Silva, his party vows to fight

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Prabhati Nayak Mishra April 11, 2018 10:40 am Change Font Size After spending more than eight months in jail, RTI activist Jayant Kumar Das, on whose complaint two sitting judges of Orissa High Court are facing in-house inquiry for committing irregularities, is set to come out as the Supreme Court has granted bail to him. This is the second case in which he was arrested by the Lalbagh police in Cuttack on 8 August last year for allegedly posting defamatory remarks against Lord Jagannath and Gajapati King Dibyasingha Deb on Facebook. Last month, the Orissa High Court had granted him bail in a cyberstalking case in which Das was convicted and sentenced to six-year jail. Das is presently lodged in a jail in Puri. His appeal against the conviction order is pending in a sessions court. On Monday, the Supreme Court bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta granted bail to Das after finding that nobody … [Read more...] about SC Grants Bail to RTI Activist Jayant Kumar Das Who Complained Against Two Orissa HC Judges [Read Order]

Meagan Flynn, The Washington Post Published 3:08 am, Wednesday, May 16, 2018 Minutes after his friend was shot outside a corner grocery store in Philadelphia, 17-year-old Dontia Patterson was at his side. Patterson lived just down the street, and on that day - Jan. 11, 2007 - he told police that he ran outside into his front yard after he heard three or four shots ring out. His neighbor pointed to the body lying on the ground outside the store and asked Patterson if that was his friend. Running closer, Patterson could see that it was, he told police. He started yelling, "Oh, my God! Is he dead? Is he dead?" as a witness soon described to police, according to court documents. Within hours, Patterson would be in the back of a police car. Within months, he would be charged with his friend Antwine Jackson's murder. And within two years - after two trials, due to a hung jury in the first - he would be convicted and sentenced to life without parole. He was convicted based largely on … [Read more...] about Philly prosecutors ‘in all likelihood’ sent innocent man to prison for murder, DA says

District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert speaks at the League of Women Voters candidates forum in Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert speaks at the League of Women Voters candidates forum in Sacramento Randall Benton × SHARE District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert speaks at the League of Women Voters candidates forum in Sacramento Randall Benton District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert speaks at the League of Women Voters candidates forum in Sacramento Randall Benton Elections Retired judges back Schubert in Sacramento DA's race By Darrell Smith [email protected] LinkedIn Google+ Pinterest Reddit Print Order Reprint of this Story June 01, 2018 10:07 AM Add another endorsement to Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert’s ledger: A list of 18 retired Sacramento, federal and appellate judges have cast their support for the incumbent Schubert, who is seeking reelection June 5 in a contentious … [Read more...] about Retired judges back Schubert in Sacramento DA’s race