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LBCI
5 days ago
- Politics
- LBCI
Judge 'assassinated' in southern Iran: Judiciary
A criminal court judge in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz was assassinated Tuesday morning on his way to work, the judiciary said. "This morning, two individuals attacked and assassinated Judge Ehsan Bagheri, head of Branch 102 of the Criminal Court 2 in Shiraz, while he was on his way to work," the judiciary's Mizan Online reported. "Unfortunately, as a result of this terrorist act, he was martyred," it added. AFP
Al Arabiya
5 days ago
- Al Arabiya
Judge ‘assassinated' in southern Iran: Judiciary
A criminal court judge in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz was assassinated Tuesday morning on his way to work, the judiciary said. 'This morning, two individuals attacked and assassinated Judge Ehsan Bagheri, head of Branch 102 of the Criminal Court 2 in Shiraz, while he was on his way to work,' the judiciary's Mizan Online reported. 'Unfortunately, as a result of this terrorist act, he was martyred,' it added.
Times
21-05-2025
- Business
- Times
Do I have to mediate? I can't stand the other side
Q: I've taken quite a lot of pleasure suing a commercial partner that let us down badly as I know we're in the right. But now the judge is requiring us to get together to mediate the dispute. I can't bring myself to see them again. Can I just send in our lawyers to get the result we want? A: Broadly speaking, you'll have to engage in a mediation because the judge has ordered you to, and if you unreasonably refuse to mediate, you will be at risk of a costs sanction. But, even if you can't bear the sight of the other side, there is often much to be said for holding your nose and mediating. One of the really powerful things about mediation
CBC
17-05-2025
- CBC
Judge discharges jury in world juniors hockey trial, will hear the case alone
The judge in the sexual assault trial of five former Canadian world junior hockey players has dismissed the jury and will decide the case herself, after complaints from jurors accusing defence lawyers of mocking them.
The Guardian
15-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to helping man evade immigration agents
A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that she helped a man who is in the country illegally evade US immigration authorities looking to arrest him in her courtroom. Milwaukee county circuit judge Hannah Dugan entered the plea during an arraignment in federal court, an early step in the criminal justice process. Defendants routinely plead not guilty at this point to give their attorneys time to investigate and to preserve their right to a trial. Dugan is charged with concealing an individual to prevent arrest and obstruction. Prosecutors say she escorted Eduardo Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer out of her courtroom through a back jury door on 18 April after learning that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were in the courthouse seeking his arrest for being in the country illegally. She could face up to six years in prison if convicted on both counts. Her attorneys have insisted she's innocent. They filed a motion Wednesday to dismiss the case, saying she was acting in her official capacity as a judge and therefore is immune to prosecution. They also maintain the federal government violated Wisconsin's state sovereignty by disrupting a state courtroom and prosecuting a state judge. According to court documents, Flores-Ruiz illegally re-entered the US after being deported in 2013. Online state court records show he was charged with three counts of misdemeanor domestic abuse in Milwaukee county in March. He was in Dugan's courtroom on 18 April for a hearing. Court documents say Dugan was alerted to the agents' presence by her clerk, who was informed by an attorney that the agents appeared to be in the hallway. An affidavit says Dugan was visibly angry and called the situation 'absurd' before leaving the bench and retreating to her chambers. She and another judge later approached members of the arrest team in the courthouse with what witnesses described as a 'confrontational, angry demeanor'. After a back-and-forth with the agents over the warrant for Flores-Ruiz, Dugan demanded they speak with the chief judge and led them from the courtroom, according to the affidavit. After she returned to the courtroom, witnesses heard her say something to the effect of 'wait, come with me' before ushering Flores-Ruiz and his attorney out through a door typically used only by deputies, jurors, court staff and in-custody defendants, according to the affidavit. Flores-Ruiz was free on a signature bond in the abuse case, according to online state court records. Federal agents ultimately captured him outside the courthouse after a foot chase. The state supreme court suspended Dugan last week, saying the move was necessary to preserve public confidence in the judiciary. A former federal prosecutor in Wisconsin, John Vaudreuil, said the Trump administration wants to make an example out of Dugan. The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, or the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, are probably making the decisions on how to proceed rather than the local US attorney in Milwaukee, making it less likely prosecutors will reduce the charges against Dugan in a deal, he said. Her attorneys will likely try to push the case to a jury trial, Vaudreuil said, because they know that 'people feel very strongly about the way the president and administration is conducting immigration policy'.
