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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Collisions, allisions, and grand jury witnesses.

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Former South Australian judge and coroner Wayne Chivell fined over Plympton crash that injured OzHarvest driver

The court previously heard the crash was a case of "pedal error", where the retired judge accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brakes.

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Patrick Reed suing Golf Channel and pundit Brandel Chamblee for defamation as he seeks €738million in damages

The suit was filed on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas

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Not guilty plea entered for Adelaide man accused of attempted rape of schoolgirl at bus stop

An Adelaide magistrate commits a man to stand trial in the District Court for the attempted rape of a 13-year-old schoolgirl, after he told staff at the secure mental health facility where he is staying that he did not want to appear in court this morning.

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Family of man killed in Easter Monday crash tell Adelaide District Court of heartbreak

The family of a "kind and generous" father killed by a drunk driver has told an Adelaide court they will never forgive the "selfish" man responsible.

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Town honors Ahmaud Arbery day after end of hate crimes case

Ahmaud Arbery is being honored by his hometown after stiff sentences for hate crimes against the white men who chased and killed him

The Independent UK

Racist dad and son both receive hate crime life sentences for murder of Ahmaud Arbery

Gregory McMichael, 66, and his son Travis McMichael, 36, have been sentenced to life in prison following the horrific murder of Ahmaud Arbery who was brutally shot because of his race

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Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for Aug. 1

Welcome to the Aug. 8 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he'll be killed in state prison

The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in a Georgia neighborhood says he's afraid fellow inmates will kill him if he's sent to a state prison to serve a life sentence for murder

The Independent UK

Prosecutors withdraw all charges against SA woman accused of child sex offences

Prosecutors have withdrawn all charges against Nadine Hicks, who was accused of child sex offences.

ABC News

Former public servant Ian Ralph Schapel jailed for abusing children from the Philippines online

A retired public servant from South Australia has been sentenced to up to 16 years in jail for sexually exploiting children in the Philippines, with police saying his victims will never get back their "stolen childhoods". WARNING: This story contains content that some readers may find upsetting.

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Former judge and coroner Wayne Chivell crashed into man who then lost lower legs, court hears

Former South Australian District Court judge and state coroner Wayne Chivell will be sentenced later this month for seriously injuring an OzHarvest delivery driver during a crash in Adelaide late last year.

ABC News

Ahmaud Arbery pursuer seeks leniency in hate crimes sentence

The man who initiated the neighborhood chase that resulted in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery is asking a federal judge to show leniency when he's sentenced for a federal hate crime conviction

The Independent UK

Man tells jury of Qld chainsaw attack

A man has told a Brisbane District Court jury he feared he would be cut up after being hit in the arm and torso in a chainsaw attack outside his home.

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The Independent UK

Married couple charged for using identities of dead children for decades

US authorities say Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison, who lived for years using the names of two dead infants, should be held without bail on charges of identity theft

AAP

Alleged cult leader wins second appeal

A man found guilty of abusing a girl while he was the leader of an alleged cult in the Adelaide Hills has overturned his conviction for a second time.

ABC News

Alleged Adelaide Hills cult leader James Salerno granted third trial over child sex charges

James Salerno — known as "Taipan" in the alleged cult called the "Ideal Human Environment" — walked free from prison on Thursday after being granted bail.

ABC News

Appeal sees Comanchero bikie Mathew Kokotis facing jail time over fake firearm threat in Adelaide's south

Comanchero Mathew Kokotis pointed a replica pistol at the head of his ex's new partner for 43 seconds in Adelaide's southern suburbs in 2019, a court hears.

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South Australian teacher Anthony Rex Virgo in court over sexual abuse of students in 1980s

South Australian former teacher Anthony Rex Virgo pleaded guilty to the persistent sexual exploitation of three students in the 1980s, with his lawyer telling the court his client's job uncertainty "in some degree probably helped shape some of the offending".

Chicago Tribune

‘What do we have to protect us? Nothing’: Jail calls of Flores twins, wives discussing immunity played in court

CHICAGO — Chicago twins Pedro and Margarito Flores were in the middle of their cooperation against Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in 2010 when authorities intercepted a series of jail calls showing the brothers and their wives had growing concerns over the lack of an immunity deal from…

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Former WA police officer Raymond Holt jailed for decades-old sexual abuse of young girl

A District Court judge jails a former WA police officer for sexually abusing a young girl more than 40 years ago, telling the man he left her with a lifelong sentence.

Reason

Let's talk about 8 U.S.C. § 1252(f)(1) and Justice Barrett's concurrence in Biden v. Texas

As (yet another) Texas v. U.S. slides from the shadow docket to the rocket docket

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: Judicial nominations are totally out of whack

The Senate on Tuesday evening confirmed U.S. District Court Judge Michelle Childs for seat on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, generally considered the most important court in the nation other than the Supreme Court. Childs, and the circumstances of her nomination and confirmation, provide a good tour of how…

AAP

Girl sues after horse fell on her at show

A girl's lawsuit over a horse falling on her at a NSW show jumping event may result in damages of more than $750,000, a judge has concluded.

Chicago Sun-Times

Senate confirms Nancy Maldonado: To be first Hispanic woman federal district court judge in Illinois

The extensive questionnaire Maldonado filed with the Senate Judiciary Committee reveals that the Northern District is adding an active yoga instructor to the bench.

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