LONDON (AP) — The British government will introduce legislation Wednesday to quash the wrongful convictions of hundreds of Post Office branch managers in England and Wales who were caught up in one of the United Kingdom’s biggest miscarriages of justice. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the legislation “marks an important step forward in finally clearing” […]
Governor Maura Healey plans to pardon simple possession cannabis convictions at the state level this week. “I think it’s great and I think it’s way past time,” said Devin Alexander, who grew up in Quincy. He says he was arrested for possession of marijuana in 2011 after getting pulled over while driving with friends. “It […]
An inmate held at Lansing Correctional Facility died Saturday, the Kansas Department of Corrections said. Officials identified the man as Eric Avila, 51, who was serving a prison sentence of more than 20 years for convictions on kidnapping and second-degree murder charges, according to a news release from prison officials. Avila was sentenced in January […]
Child serial killer Lucy Letby’s bid to challenge her convictions is due to be considered by the UK Court of Appeal at a hearing in April. Lawyers for Letby will ask senior judges for permission to bring an appeal against all her convictions at the hearing in London provisionally listed for April 25th, a judiciary […]
At the heart of P.G. Sittenfeld‘s appeal of his convictions for bribery and attempted extortion is the argument that his actions were typical of politics − that he was raising money for his then-impending run for mayor of Cincinnati. Sittenfeld, who is now two months into a 16-month prison sentence, has asked a federal appeals […]
The legal team of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday appealed his convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases, a defence lawyer said. Khan was sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison on charges of corruption, revealing official secrets and violation of marriage law. The appeals were filed on […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The legal team of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday appealed his convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases, a defense lawyer said. Khan was sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison on charges of corruption, revealing official secrets and violation of marriage law. The appeals […]
Child serial killer Lucy Letby is renewing her bid to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal. The nurse had an initial application for permission to appeal against all of her convictions refused by a judge without a hearing last month. Letby has since chosen to renew her efforts to take forward her appeal, a judicial […]
Actor Jussie Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in his yearslong legal battle stemming from charges that he staged a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lied about it to Chicago police. His petition, filed on Monday, asks the state’s highest court to hear the case two months after an […]
Judges in the UK should not be implicated in the hundreds of wrongful convictions which make up the Horizon scandal, the most senior judge in England and Wales has said. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, the Lady Chief Justice Lady Carr also said she is prepared to “speak out” to defend the rule […]
Plans in the UK to clear the names of hundreds of Post Office branch managers wrongly convicted in the Horizon IT scandal are to be announced “imminently”. UK prime minister Rishi Sunak will face British MPs for Prime Minister’s Questions and is under pressure to set out how his government will exonerate hundreds of subpostmasters […]
The British justice secretary is holding crunch talks with judges on Tuesday on expediting clearing the names of hundreds of subpostmasters who were wrongfully convicted in the Horizon scandal. Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said the discussions are under way as the British government considers ways to overturn the convictions, including possible legislation. Ministers […]