A lawyer for Beth Holloway, the mother of the Alabama teenager whose 2005 disappearance remains unsolved, said the suspect, Joran van der Sloot, had accepted a plea deal.
Tag: Decisions and Verdicts
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Supreme Court to Hear Another Broad Challenge to Agency Power
The justices apparently added the new case to ensure that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson could take part in deciding whether to overrule a major precedent.
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Oklahoma Judge Exchanged 500 Text Messages During Murder Trial
The state’s top jurist recommended that Traci Soderstrom, a district judge in Lincoln County, be removed from the bench after she and a bailiff mocked lawyers, jurors and witnesses.
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Trump’s Claim of ‘Absolute Immunity’ Collides With Supreme Court Precedents
The former president says he has “absolute immunity.” But an array of Supreme Court decisions tells a different story.
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Justices Split on South Carolina Voting Map Said to Be Racial Gerrymander
Members of the Supreme Court struggled to disentangle race and politics in the voting districts drawn by state lawmakers.