The Supreme Court today granted leave to prisoner Clayton Robinson to challenge the decision of the Parole Board to deny his release. The case is set for hearing on January 7 next […]
Jamaica: St Ann Prisoner Takes Parole Board To Court
Jamaica: Rastas Condemn ‘Junjo’, Lice Stigma
Using the controversial July 31 Supreme Court ruling in a case that centred on the wearing of dreadlocks and the right to self-expression, Rastafarians charged on Tuesday that religious adherents continue to […]
Belize: Churches condemn appointment of UNIBAM attorneys to Supreme Court
The National Evangelical Association of Belize (NEAB) has expressed deep concern over the appointment of two UNIBAM attorneys to the Supreme Court of Belize. The release, which represents the collective viewpoint of […]
This new aerial sculpture in Florida is gorgeous. It’s also a haunting reminder of an ugly past
More than a million knots—1,662,528, to be exact. One hundred and eighty miles of twine. One Supreme Court ruling. A lot went into the making of artist Janet Echelman’s latest work, but […]
US: Daniel Lewis Lee executed after Supreme Court clears the way for first federal execution in 17 years
Daniel Lewis Lee, a convicted killer, was executed Tuesday morning in the first federal execution in 17 years after the Supreme Court issued an overnight ruling that it could proceed. Lee was […]
Byron Allen: Supreme Court Decision ‘Very Bad’ for Black Civil Rights in This Country
Byron Allen is furious over a U.S. Supreme Court decision in his discrimination lawsuit against cable TV giant Comcast. The billionaire TV mogul criticized the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Monday that […]
Bahamas: No New Trials
ALL new trials have been suspended as the judiciary expands its coronavirus mitigation protocols. Members of the jury pool for each criminal court will be contacted by the respective bailiff to inform […]
US Supreme Court to hear high-stakes abortion case
The future of abortion in the United States could be at stake when the Supreme Court on Wednesday hears what may be its most significant case on the controversial subject in decades. […]
Another Court Throws Out PragerU’s Preposterous YouTube Lawsuit
Dennis Prager, founder of the right-wing propaganda outlet Prager University, has a First Amendment right to lie about climate change, deny that straight people get HIV, viciously vilify Muslims, and declare that “men get turned on by any sight […]
UK Court: Sharia Marriages Not Valid Under English Law
The Court of Appeal, the second-highest court in England and Wales after the Supreme Court, has ruled that the Islamic marriage contract, known as nikah in Arabic, is not valid under English law. The […]
