MLB Star Mariano Rivera and Wife Clara Added as Defendants in Child Sex Abuse Suit https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/2079/ #AdamHorowitz #Baseball #ChildSexAbuse #ClaraRivera #defendants #HopeChurch #JaneDoe #MarianoRivera #MLB #NewYorkYankees #RefugeOfHope #SexualAbuse #TheRiveras
#Defendants
#NewYork politicians are creating a new #crime panic to get public buy-in for denying #defendants their constitutional rights. We must remember #KaliefBrowder!
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #DNC #RepublicanParty #RNC #GOP #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist
#Petersburgh town #judge resigns amid #misconduct allegations
#RichardSnyder got out of #juryduty in 2023 by claiming that he couldn’t be impartial because he thought everyone brought before a #court is #guilty.
Snyder acknowledged that #defendants are supposed to be considered #innocent until proven guilty but stated that he still felt that people wouldn’t be in court if they didn’t commit #crimes.
#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump #lawyers to ask #appealscourt to toss $489 million #civilfraud #ruling
Not only did the #Ejudge #conclude Trump violated #civil #statutes, but also "that #defendants had engaged in #criminal, #illegal #conduct."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fraud-appeals-court-489-million/
'I am a #rapist', admits #husband in #French mass #rape #trial
"They all knew, they cannot say the contrary," he said. Only 15 of the 50 #defendants #admit to #rape, with most saying they only took part in #sexualacts.
Warning: This story contains distressing details from the start.
#Gronk takes another hit... this time in the pocketbook from top attorney David Boies who filed #ClassAction in #Miami on behalf of victims that lost money in a shady #crypto collapse ...ex-NFL star Rob #Gronkowski was one of the jock pitchmen fingered by defendants and is now on the hook for the the first $2.4 million resolution settlement, with more expected coming down the road that will affect fellow remaining #defendants including #MarkCuban , the #DallasMavericks and the entire #NBA league.
Fascinating. Don Henley says the documents were stolen, but he doesn't want them back. Defendants say the Manhattan DA is star-struck, Henley should file a civil suit... 80+ pages of famous Eagles lyrics!
#Eagles #DonHenley #Don #Henley #music #lyrics #lyricist #composer #songwriter #document #court #case #defendants #prosecutor #pop #music #chart #topper #top #hit #song https://apnews.com/article/hotel-california-lyrics-manuscript-trial-eagles-henley-973e74e795416821e6f022895b47b78e
A good step toward #minimizing #false #imprisonment: Giving #defendants #access to #algorithms used #against them: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24074214/justice-in-forensic-algorithms-act-democrats-mark-takano-dwight-evans
Protecting #Activists from #AbusiveLitigation
#SLAPPs in the #GlobalSouth and How to Respond
PUBLISHED: JULY 2020
"In #Thailand, an agricultural company files more than a dozen suits against at least 20 #defendants, targeting #workers, #journalists, and #activists who had spoken out against alleged #LaborAbuses at the company’s chicken farm. In #India, an association of #pesticide manufacturers brings a civil defamation suit against #journalists that had reported on the harmful #health and #environmental effects of pesticide use. In the #Philippines, a #mining company files suit against 85 defendants who had conducted a #PeacefulProtest near the company’s mining site, after the company’s own security forces used #lethal violence against the #protesters. In #SouthAfrica, an #Australian mining company files suit against environmental activists who had criticized a company mine during a lecture at a local university.
What do these suits have in common? They are all “#SLAPPs,” or “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation”: suits filed not to secure relief, but to use the risks and costs of litigation to defuse criticism and opposition and discourage the exercise of fundamental freedoms. SLAPPs have long been prevalent in the #Globa North, but SLAPPs are also being used in the Global South to silence activism.
"In Protecting Activists from Abusive Litigation: SLAPPs in the Global South and How to Respond, ICNL presents the first cross-regional survey of SLAPPs in the Global South, along with the first rigorous comparative analysis of anti-SLAPP policy responses undertaken in the Global North and the Global South. Our survey shows that SLAPPs pose a serious threat to the exercise of fundamental freedoms in the Global South, particularly for activists, civil society organizations, journalists, and community members who dare to criticize powerful entities.
"Our survey, which is far from comprehensive, has identified 82 reported SLAPPs filed in Thailand, India, the Philippines, and South Africa – the most fertile fields for Southern SLAPPs – as well as #Indonesia, #Malaysia, #Armenia, #SierraLeone, and #Honduras. Key features of SLAPPs in our sample include:
- Half of the cases in our sample (41 cases) involved criminal proceedings.
- The most frequent SLAPP targets in our sample were activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) (38 cases, or 46%); journalists and publishers (17 cases, or 21%); and leaders and members of local communities (15 cases, or 18%).
- Nearly all of the cases in our sample – 75 cases, or 91% – were brought by private companies or company officials, with 34 of these cases (41%) brought by mining companies and 28 cases (34%) brought by companies associated with agricultural operations.
"Where the cause of action or charge was reported, the suit was based at least in part on a defamation charge, either civil or criminal, in 66 of 75 cases (88%).
"Of the 33 suits in our sample brought as civil actions, claims in 17 cases (52%) exceeded 1 million USD, with the average claim exceeding 10 million USD."
Full article:
https://www.icnl.org/post/report/slapps-in-the-global-south-report
#HumanRights #Whistleblowing #DigitalFreeSpeech #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent #WaterProtectors #ForestDefenders #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #RightToProtest #SlowMarch #BigOilAndGas
'No doubt' #teens #killed #BriannaGhey #together, #jury told. "It's all there in black and white. These are the #defendants' own #words," she said.
The 16-year-old #Trans #Teen was #stabbed 28 times in a #Cheshire #park in February.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #BriannaGhey #Tories #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #TERFIsland #SayHerName
3 #GangMembers in #Arizona are Accused of #torturing, #killing, and then #Mutilating #BernardoPantaleon, a #Gay #Man.
They sent #Photos of Pantaleon's #body to his #Family: #Police. #Defendants are #positioning to use a #gaypanic #defense.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #SayHisName
#Russia's Top #Court Starts #LGBTQ #Ban #Hearing Without any #Defendants, defense, evidence, or justification of any kind, and was heard #behindcloseddoors.
The “#extremist” #label would mean that #gay, #lesbian, #transgender or #queer #people #living in #Russia could be put in #prison, and cements a long and painful #crackdown on the #community.
#Russia's top #court #bans #LGBTQ #activism as '#extremist' — which is total #Hogwash.
The Russian #SupremeCourt ruled in favor of #designating the "the #international #LGBT #socialmovement" as #extremist in a #lawsuit that had no #defendants, and was #heard behind #closeddoors.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Russia #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #FuckRussia #FuckPutin
https://www.dw.com/en/russias-top-court-bans-lgbtq-activism-as-extremist/a-67594926
The #Trial of #BriannaGhey's Accused #Murderers Has Begun. Here's What We Know So Far.
The #defendants are 16 years old and #prosecutors say they had planned Ghey’s #murder for months.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #SayHerName #Media #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes #Tories #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Transphobia #TERFIsland
https://www.them.us/story/brianna-ghey-murder-trial-killers-evidence-what-we-know-so-far
'Big Trouble for #Trump' as #BigLie #Lawyer #SidneyPowell #Pleads #Guilty in #Georgia #Rico #Election #Case.
One #reporter said the #PleaDeal shows the #prosecution is "working... up the proverbial food chain when it comes to #flipping lower-level #defendants and trying to get to the #king at the top."
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Georgia #Courts #Rico #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism
#Moulton’s ruling will remain in place until a full panel of #appeals court judges can consider the case & rule whether #Engoron’s ruling can stand.
The trial is scheduled to go thru Dec. In addition to the cancellation of Trump’s #business certs, #NYAG is also asking the court to impose a $250M fine on #defendants, as well as impose such penalties as barring #Trump & his sons from running any #NewYork businesses@& prohibiting TFG from #commercial #RealEstate acquisitions for the next 5 years.
Wallace explained how the #financial statements were used. He tells a story of #Trump meeting w/a potential #lender, & the company sending an email afterward w/the statement attached & a note: “Hope you will be impressed.”
Wallace has moved on to why the #defendants concocted this #conspiracy. He argues that beyond just a place on the #ForbesBillionaireList, the defendants knew a high net worth was necessary to maintain #financial benefits, such as securing a #loan at a lower rate.
On the issue of the #jury and their role in the #English #courts system:
"The vital constitutional safeguard that juries can acquit a defendant as a matter of conscience, irrespective of a judge’s direction that there is no available defence (a principle also known as ‘jury equity’ or ‘jury nullification‘)"
And to:
"Ensure that all #defendants have the opportunity to explain their actions when their liberty is at stake, including by explaining their motivations and beliefs."
At the end of the day, our #police "police by consent", and we elect our MP's to represent the views of their constituents in #Parliament, and through democratic exchange, enact laws that are fair and just, and reflect the the ethics of the society we live in.
I think "Party Politics" has a lot to answer for, and we need to get back the fundamental basics of good governance.
Because #legality is not #morality, in the #UK we have #juries which "allow ordinary people to decide what is right and fair"
Enshrined in law for centuries is the absolute right of juries to acquit a defendant according to their #conscience
Imagine a country that threatens people with imprisonment for simply reminding #jurors of their #rights?
Imagine a country that imprisons #defendants because they say #ClimateChange or #FuelPoverty in their defense?
That country is the #UK (although I expect this does not happen in Scotland!)
#UKlaw #Justice #SocialJustice #ClimateJustice #ClimateEmergency
A motion from #Willis requests #FultonCounty Superior Court to block the #defendants, members of the #press & anyone else at the #court from photographing or “otherwise creating or publishing images” or written descriptions of #jurors & prospective jurors as the case moves towards a #trial.
#Trump #Georgia #RICO #JuryTampering #law
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23940580/georgia-v-trump-motion-to-restrict-juror-identity.pdf
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