White House Wants to Punish Immigration Lawyers for Suing the Government

Legal advocacy groups sounded the alarm on March 22 after US President Donald Trump threatened to take action against lawyers and law firms who file immigration and other cases against the government, which Trump considers “unethical,” Reuters reports. …

Elon Musk Didn't Found Tesla: He's an Investor Who Seized the Company Through the Courts

People are just now learning that Elon Musk was not the founder of Tesla, but was given that title after a bitter legal battle. In other words, Musk is just the CEO of Tesla, writes Unilad Tech. Elon Musk and Tesla are inextricably linked, as the company is…

Georgia man sentenced to 475 years in prison for animal cruelty, longest sentence ever

A Georgia man has been sentenced to nearly 500 years in prison for breeding and training pit bulls for illegal dog fighting. More than a hundred animals fell victim to him. One of the dogs was even present at the trial, USA Today reports. Vincent LeMarque, 57,…

Court bars Biden from issuing green cards to illegal immigrants married to Americans

On November 7, a federal judge struck down a program by the Joe Biden administration that would have allowed undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens to gain legal status and a streamlined path to U.S. citizenship. The judge declared the policy illegal, CBS News reported. The judge…

Matthew Perry was killed: five suspects were charged, including the actor's assistant and doctor

Five people have been charged in connection with the ketamine overdose death of "Friends" actor Matthew Perry, federal officials in Los Angeles announced Aug. 15. Three of the defendants, including a doctor and an actor's assistant, entered into plea agreements. One more thing...

Two California children will receive $1,3 million in compensation after border guards mistook them for illegal immigrants

On June 28, a federal judge in California awarded more than $1 million to two teenagers. In 2019, they were detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), although the children were US citizens, NBC News reported. Most of this amount is intended for the girl, who at the time of her arrest...

A six-year-old boy was tried in the United States: in some states it is allowed by law

In the US state of North Carolina, a six-year-old boy was brought to trial. He was accused of causing damage to property due to the fact that he picked a tulip in a flower bed in a neighboring garden near the bus stop. Writes about this Hromadske. This became possible because ...

Laundering millions and preparing a murder: a famous immigrant is on trial in the United States

In Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, the former deputy director of Voentorg OJSC, 59-year-old Leonid Teyf, and his ex-wife, 43-year-old Tatyana Teyf, pleaded guilty in part in a case involving an attempt to organize a contract killing and laundering money received in Russia. ...

Explosion at the marathon in Boston: the court overturned the death sentence to the organizer Tsarnaev

In 2015, Tsarnaev was sentenced to death for an explosion at the Boston Marathon in 2013. Now the court has overturned the verdict, since the jury, as it turned out, was not impartial and was exposed to pre-trial publicity. Writes about this edition "RBK". First Circuit Court of Appeals ...

From the top of Hollywood to jail: the court announced the verdict for Harvey Weinstein

The court in New York announced the verdict of Harvey Weinstein. The 67-year-old Hollywood magnate, who had a hand in creating the Oscar-winning, multimillion-dollar hits that went down in the history of cinema, was sentenced to 23 years in prison, Lenta reports. The court's decision was called a new milestone for the #MeToo anti-harassment movement and for ...

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