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Debate on Who Is Smart Enough to Be Executed
The Supreme Court will soon grapple with the science of how intellectual disability is measured. The arguments will bear on applying the death penalty to people who don't understand the legal process
UK judges disagree with European court on whole-life jail termsLONDON (Reuters) - A British court ruled on Tuesday that domestic laws on whole-life prison sentences were compatible with European human rights laws, disagreeing with a European court in a judgment that fed into a fierce debate on Britain's ties with Eur

Guillaume Gélinas, who served as a Canadian Forces reservist in Afghanistan, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in a Joliette, Que., courthouse today.
CSEC exoneration a 'mockery of public accountability'
A federal watchdog is attracting howls of protest from some privacy and internet experts after absolving Canada’s electronic spy agency of using data from a Canadian airport internet service to track thousands of passengers for days after they left the te
Ex-New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin convicted in bribery scandal
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is convicted on charges that he accepted bribes, free trips and other gratuities from contractors in exchange for helping them secure millions of dollars in city work while he was in office, including right after Hurrica

The Quebec city of Trois-Rivières was reeling Wednesday after news of a triple murder that may have been sparked by teenage jealousy, with the suspected killers apparently also prepared to kill others. Two teenage boys were arrested leaving a home … Conti
“Shoddy” work by Peel police officers investigating a kidnapping has triggered a mistrial and an order that hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds be paid to the accused to cover legal costs.

Two 17-year-old boys will appear in youth court Wednesday, after they were arrested following a triple homicide inside a home in Trois-Rivières, Que.
Pet store torched, with 27 puppies still inside
LAS VEGAS — A man accused in Las Vegas of helping a pet shop owner in the city torch her store with 27 puppies inside is expected to face transport in custody from Indiana to Nevada to face multiple felony charges.
Associates defend man who had gun in school
Dwayne Ferguson spent more than a decade advocating for nonviolence and peace in the streets of Buffalo.He was a well-known face in the movement for the SAFE Act, the state law that made carrying a gun on school property a felony. He was also a familiar p
Union can collect non-members info: SCC
There is no privacy breach in unions collecting the personal contact information of all employees, including those who’ve opted not to become union members, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today. The ruling allows unions to collect the home address, tel
Fugitive Judy Lynn Hayman captured after 37 yearsPolice say Judy Lynn Hayman's luck ran out after 37 years on the run not because of an intense manhunt but rather two disparate factors: bad weather that kept an investigator at his desk and her distinctive eyes that had never changed since her mug shot w
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