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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. An appeals court on Friday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction in California, but ordered the trial …
Read More »Norway crown princess’s son sentenced to 4 years in prison after rape conviction
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Marius Borg Høiby, the eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, was sentenced to four years …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein weighing plea on unresolved charge after judge declines to overturn conviction
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Harvey Weinstein is weighing a potential guilty plea to resolve an undecided rape charge and avoid …
Read More »Judge allows testing of George Floyd tissue samples as officer seeks new trial on civil rights conviction
A judge has granted permission to Derek Chauvin’s lawyers to have tissue samples from George Floyd’s body examined. It’s part of the former Minneapolis police officer’s efforts to challenge his federal conviction of violating Floyd’s civil rights after he was also convicted in Floyd’s 2020 killing. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson granted the order Monday, agreeing to …
Read More »Hoggard to seek bail pending attempt to appeal sexual assault conviction at top court
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 10, 2024 6:29 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is expected to seek bail at a court hearing today, weeks after beginning to serve his sentence for a sexual assault conviction. The Hedley …
Read More »Jacob Hoggard seeking leave to appeal sex assault conviction to Canada’s top court – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 6, 2024 10:47 am Updated September 6, 2024 11:03 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is seeking leave to appeal his sexual assault conviction before Canada’s top court. The Supreme Court of Canada …
Read More »Decision expected in Jacob Hoggard’s appeal of sexual assault conviction
Ontario’s top court is expected to deliver its ruling today in the case of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, who is challenging his sexual assault conviction. Hoggard was found guilty in June 2022 of sexual assault causing bodily harm against an Ottawa woman, and later sentenced to five years behind bars. …
Read More »Manitoba murder conviction deemed likely a miscarriage of justice by federal minister – Winnipeg
A Manitoba man convicted of murder 50 years ago is getting another court date and a chance to clear his name. Clarence Woodhouse was found guilty in 1974 of fatally beating and stabbing a restaurant worker in downtown Winnipeg. Woodhouse was granted parole in 1983 and filed last year for a ministerial …
Read More »Saskatchewan Court of Appeal overturns conviction for man who responded to overdose
Saskatchewan’s top court has overturned the conviction of a man sent to jail for weapons possession after it found his rights were violated under a federal law that prevents someone from being arrested for drug possession while reporting an overdose. Paul Wilson was sentenced to eight years in jail after …
Read More »Conviction for murder 10-year-old Toronto girl in 1989 sent back to court of appeal – Toronto
Innocence Canada says Tim Rees, a man convicted of the murder of a 10-year-old Toronto girl more than three decades ago, will have his case reviewed by Ontario’s highest court. On March 16, 1989, Darla Thurott was strangled to death in her bed at her Etobicoke home. She was found …
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