Zimmerman's attorney walks tight line in defense - KSLA-TV
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - George Zimmerman's lead attorney will be…
Prostitution laws hurt women, forum told in advance of landmark court hearing - Windsor Star
By Ian MacLeod, Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA — Prostitution laws force women to risk danger and…
Prostitution laws hurt women, forum told in advance of landmark court hearing - Calgary Herald
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Supreme Court tackles DOMA, Prop 8; legal experts lay odds on decisions - Deseret News
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington is seen on June 27, 2012, the eve of…
Chinese court sentences jailed Nobel winner's brother-in-law to 11 years in prison - Fox News
HUAIROU, China – A court sentenced the brother-in-law of China's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner…
Legal experts lay odds on gay marriage decision - Deseret News
In the next two weeks the U.S. Supreme Court will issue decisions on two cases…
Chinese court sentences jailed Nobel winner's brother-in-law to 11 years in prison - The Republic
HUAIROU, China — A court sentenced the brother-in-law of China's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner…
Prostitution laws hurt women, forum told in advance of landmark court hearing - Ottawa Citizen
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Zimmerman's attorney walks tight line in defense - KSLA-TV
By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - George Zimmerman's lead attorney will be walking a fine line as he tries to convince jurors that his client didn't murder Trayvon Martin: He needs to show why Zimmerman felt threatened by the African-American teenager while avoiding the appearance that either he or his client is racist.
Because there is no dispute that Zimmerman shot Martin, 17, during a fight on a rainy night in February 2012, Mark O'Mara must convince the jury that Zimmerman pulled his 9 mm handgun and fired a bullet into the Miami-area high school student's chest because he feared for his life and that the fear was caused by Martin's actions, not his race.
Jury selection begins Monday in the second-degree murder trial, which is expected to last about six weeks. Martin's killing drew worldwide attention as it sparked a national debate about race, equal justice
...Prostitution laws hurt women, forum told in advance of landmark court hearing - Windsor Star
By Ian MacLeod, Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — Prostitution laws force women to risk danger and even death in order to avoid arrest, a sex worker forum heard Saturday.
In advance of this week’s landmark Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of criminal laws against prostitution-related activities, a panel representing sex workers, missing and murdered aboriginal woman and illicit drug users called for decriminalization of the sex-for-money trade.
“People are dying because of these laws,” sex worker Lindsay Blewett told the downtown gathering, one of six across the country Saturday to support the repeal of the Criminal Code sanctions.
Prostitution itself is not illegal in Canada, though many of its key activities have been banned under the three sections of the Criminal Code. They include operating a common bawdy house, communicating in a public place (or place open to public view) for the purpose of engaging in prostitution or obtaining the
Prostitution laws hurt women, forum told in advance of landmark court hearing - Calgary Herald
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...Supreme Court tackles DOMA, Prop 8; legal experts lay odds on decisions - Deseret News
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington is seen on June 27, 2012, the eve of its expected ruling on whether the Affordable Care Act passes the test of constitutionality.
Alex Brandon, ASSOCIATED PRESS
In the next two weeks the U.S. Supreme Court will issue decisions on two cases that could fundamentally change what marriage means in the United States.
While no one can be sure what will happen, many experts think the court will strike down the section of the Defense of Marriage Act that defines marriage as between a man and a woman for purposes of federal law.
Most experts also expect the court to avoid making a decision on California's Proposition 8. If the court does sidestep a decision on that case, it will leave in place a lower federal court decision that effectively legalizes gay marriage in California.
But whatever the court decides on both cases, it
...Chinese court sentences jailed Nobel winner's brother-in-law to 11 years in prison - Fox News
HUAIROU, China – A court sentenced the brother-in-law of China's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison Sunday — an unusually harsh punishment for a business dispute that the activist's wife immediately decried as a warning to the whole family.
The court in suburban Beijing issued the sentence in a brief hearing after finding Liu Hui guilty of fraud in a real estate dispute, said lawyer Shang Baojun.
"This is damaging to my whole family," said Liu's sister and the wife of the imprisoned Nobel laureate, Liu Xia, who was allowed to leave the Beijing apartment where she has been confined to attend the hearing. Weeping, she criticized the authorities for being unscrupulous in persecuting the family.
"How can they give an 11-year sentence? That does not stand. I do not know perhaps this country has gone mad, or do they hate us
...Legal experts lay odds on gay marriage decision - Deseret News
In the next two weeks the U.S. Supreme Court will issue decisions on two cases that could fundamentally change what marriage means in the United States.
While no one can be sure what will happen, many experts think the court will strike down the section of the Defense of Marriage Act that defines marriage as between a man and a woman for purposes of federal law.
Most experts also expect the court to avoid making a decision on California's Proposition 8. If the court does sidestep a decision on that case, it will leave in place a lower federal court decision that effectively legalizes gay marriage in California.
But whatever the court decides on both cases, it will not be the final word. The festering conflict between the equality claims of gay marriage advocates and the religious liberty claims of traditionalists seem likely to only intensify.
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The
...Chinese court sentences jailed Nobel winner's brother-in-law to 11 years in prison - The Republic
HUAIROU, China — A court sentenced the brother-in-law of China's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison Sunday — an unusually harsh punishment for a business dispute that the activist's wife immediately decried as a warning to the whole family.
The court in suburban Beijing issued the sentence in a brief hearing after finding Liu Hui guilty of fraud in a real estate dispute, said lawyer Shang Baojun.
"This is damaging to my whole family," said Liu's sister and the wife of the imprisoned Nobel laureate, Liu Xia, who was allowed to leave the Beijing apartment where she has been confined to attend the hearing. Crying, she criticized the authorities for being unscrupulous in persecuting the family: "Look at this situation. There's no bottom line."
Family members and their supporters have said the prosecution of Liu Hui is meant as further punishment of the Nobel
...Prostitution laws hurt women, forum told in advance of landmark court hearing - Ottawa Citizen
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...Oil, gas and mining law strongly defended by Oxfam in court - Oxfam America
WASHINGTON, DC – Lawyers for international relief and development organization Oxfam America strongly defended a landmark oil, gas and mining transparency law today in arguments before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia today. In an effort to overturn the law, the American Petroleum Institute (API) and US Chamber of Commerce have sued the US government after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to approve final regulations last August.
Known as Section 1504 or the “Cardin-Lugar” provision of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the law requires oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments to governments in countries where they do business. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed the industry lawsuit in April on jurisdictional grounds – an argument only Oxfam America, an intervenor in the case, made to the court. Now the case is moving forward in the US District
...Local gang suspect in Mexico City mass kidnapping
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mysterious disappearance of 12 people from a Mexico City after-hours bar nearly two weeks ago was the work of a local gang, authorities said, with the possible motive being a dispute between rival groups over drug dealing. There... Full Article at FindLaw: AP News
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