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An attorney for Hunter Biden has come out swinging against Justice Department (DOJ) prosecutors, who he blames for the collapse of a plea deal that resulted in his client’s case taking yet another bizarre turn. Biden was set to plead guilty to tax charges and settle a gun charge during a July 26 hearing in…

An attorney for Hunter Biden has come out swinging against Justice Department (DOJ) prosecutors, who he blames for the collapse of a plea deal that resulted in his client’s case taking yet another bizarre turn. Biden was set to plead guilty to tax charges and settle a gun charge during a July 26 hearing in […]

A lawsuit against San Francisco Superior Court over its routine failure to uphold defendants’ right to a speedy trial is now in the hands of California’s Supreme Court. San Francisco has more than 1,100 cases past statutory time limits, and 115 of those defendants are languishing in jail without a conviction.

At 17, Terence Smith faced two charges for his role in an armed robbery. After turning down a plea deal, he stood charged with five more crimes and was sentenced to more than 50 years in prison.

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KUALA LUMPUR: A bid by the government to continue with the powers to detain suspects for up to 28 days without trial under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) failed after the Dewan Rakyat voted against it.

Prosecutors thought they had come up with an iron-clad deal to put Ahmaud Arbery’s killers away. But for his family, it wasn’t enough.

Buy someone you love these books for the holidays and destroy their faith in humanity.

Coming to four decades later, that vision was clearly an illusion