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Israeli Prosecutors Open to Plea Talks in Netanyahu Cases After Herzog Request

The move tests a negotiated path that the president wants exhausted before he weighs a pardon.

Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Suspect Taken Off Suicide Watch as Grand Jury Nears

U.S. Allows Venezuela to Fund Maduro’s Defense Under New OFAC Licenses

Judge Says One Complainant’s Evidence ‘Fatally Flawed’ in Stronach Trial

Lucas Pertossi Speaks From Prison, Expresses Regret and Denies a Plan in Báez Sosa Killing

Judge Allows Cameras at April 17 Hearing in Charlie Kirk Murder Case, Unseals Defense Filing

Luque Moves to Delay Maradona Death Retrial, Demands Jury Trial Before March 17 Restart

Stines Defense Seeks Mental-Health Hearing to Bar Death Penalty

Judge Sends Cat Matlala’s Prison-Transfer Fight to Separate Process as Case Moves to Feb. 12

Palma Court Slashes Bail in Mallorca Bar Fire Case to €131,430

Thabo Bester Files Court Challenge to Prison Transfer to Kokstad

No Ruling Yet on Waldo’s Fire Defendants as Hearings Stretch in Hermosillo

Vendée Court Orders Accused Brought In After No-Show in Priest Killing Trial

Appeals Court Clears Second Maradona Death Trial for March 17, 2026

Pras Michel Seeks Bail Pending Appeal to Delay Prison Surrender After 14-Year Sentence

Supreme Court Acquits Manoj in 2004 Murder Case, Curbing Reliance on 'Last Seen' Theory

Court Sets July 2026 Start for Thabo Bester Trial as Defence Mounts Multiple Challenges

Judge Recuses From Chaitanyananda Bail Plea; Case Reassigned in Delhi Molestation Case

Rep. Jasmine Crockett Says Committing a Crime Does Not Automatically Make Someone a Criminal

Maradona Death Retrial Delayed by Judge Recusals and Double Jeopardy Claims