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Alleged RNC–DNC Pipe Bomber Seeks Case Dismissal Under Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons

The new filing tests whether the president’s 2025 clemency for Jan. 6 cases reaches alleged conduct on Jan. 5.

Journalist Marisel Linares Files Defense Citing Car Gift and Familial Bond in Fatal Hit-and-Run Case

Nick Reiner Pleads Not Guilty in Parents' Stabbing Deaths

Jury Deliberates in Wednesbury House Fire Case as Defendant Denies Murder

Judge Tosses Federal Homicide Count in Mangione Case, Ending Death-Penalty Bid

Montreal Man Found Not Criminally Responsible in 2023 Triple Stabbing as Crown Seeks High-Risk Status

Grindr Death Trial: Defendant Describes Date Turning 'Purple' and Calls Violent Chats 'Fantasy'

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

Pakistan Supreme Court Reclassifies Rape Conviction as Consensual Adultery, Cuts Sentence to 5 Years

Stonehenge Protesters Acquitted After Jury Weighs Human Rights Defence

B.C. Judge Finds Blair Donnelly Not Criminally Responsible in 2023 Chinatown Stabbings

Mother Testifies in Toronto Double‑Murder Trial as Expert Says Accused Was Not Feigning Illness

Singapore Court Sentences Nguyen Ngoc Giau to Life for 2021 Ang Mo Kio Corridor Murder

Defendant Denies Stalking in Classic FM Case as Jury Hears of 'Blood‑Signed' Sturgeon Letter

Ayelén Paleo Urges Release of Her Mother as Judge Reportedly Narrows Trafficking Case

Hakyung Lee Admits Giving Children Antidepressant in Auckland Murder Trial

Ex-Soldier Tells Jury He ‘Totally Lost Control’ Before Stabbing Partner

Stratford Rape Trial Hears Cyclist Describe 'Violent Overpowering' as Defence Cites Erectile Dysfunction

Ludbrook’s Murder Trial Opens With Clashing Narratives on Intent

Jury Begins Deliberations in Sheffield School Stabbing Case