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Kim Kardashian’s legal team just turned a guy’s ‘emotional distress’ lawsuit into a $167K bill

Kim Kardashian just won a legal battle that left the guy who sued her on the hook for $167,000 in legal fees. The ruling came after a judge dismissed Ivan Cantu’s lawsuit, which claimed Kardashian caused him emotional distress by accidentally posting his photo on Instagram. Now, Cantu has to…

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Kim Kardashian Called 'Greedy' For Making Man She Wrongfully Identified as Murderer on Instagram Pay £131k

Kim Kardashian has been criticised after a US court ordered a man she wrongly identified in an Instagram post to pay £131,000 in legal fees following a dismissed defamation case.

International Business Times UK

Kim Kardashian Faces Backlash After Demanding $145k From Man She Falsely Identified As Homicide Convict

“Rich people are pigs,” the internet said after Kim Kardashian demanded a New York man to pay for her legal bills over a mistake she made.

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Kim Kardashian Wins Defamation Case Over *That* Botched Post: ‘Embarrassment & Humiliation’

"I immediately instructed my team to delete the Story from Instagram and Facebook, and they did so," Kim K said in court documents.

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Kim Kardashian sued by man she misidentified on Instagram as death row inmate

The man’s attorney told The Independent that his client is still “in treatment” and “working through it.”

The Independent UK

Sister Helen Prejean on Capital Punishment, Justice, and Meeting Victims' Families

"Jesus said, 'Love your enemy.' Jesus didn't say, 'Execute the hell out of the enemy,'" the Catholic nun and anti–death penalty activist tells Reason.

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Podcasting’s New Poirot: Broadcasting the Case of the Late Ivan Cantu

P.I. Matt Duff spent four years investigating Ivan Cantu’s death row innocence claim and sharing his findings with tens of thousands.

Texas Observer

Idaho Halts Execution After Problem Inserting IV Line

The scheduled execution by lethal injection of a convicted serial killer in Idaho was halted on Wednesday after a medical team had problems inserting an intravenous line, prison officials said.

International Business Times

Richard Linklater: ‘I don’t feel connected to my government right now’

The film-maker is one of three directors behind the docuseries God Save Texas looking at the issues facing those living in the state, some a matter of life and death

The Guardian - US

Texas Inmate Faces Execution Amid Claims Of Innocence

Texas inmate Ivan Cantu faces execution despite claims of innocence and new evidence. Legal battles and public support continue.

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Idaho prepares to execute one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the U.S.

Officials say Thomas Creech's spiritual advisor will be allowed to stand next to Creech with a hand on his shoulder during the scheduled Wednesday execution. Creech has been imprisoned since 1974.

The Guardian - UK

What I learned about the US death penalty from the next man to be executed

This week Ivan Cantu faces execution in Texas for murder. I’ve known him for 20 years and felt the trauma when prisoners die

Texas Observer

Ivan Cantu Is Set to Be Executed. But Did He Get a Fair Trial?

So far, Texas courts have refused to hear new legal arguments that could support the Dallas man’s innocence.

The Independent UK

Judge stops Texas execution after questions raised in case

A Texas judge has stopped next week’s scheduled execution of a death row inmate who has long said he’s innocent so there can be more time to review his claims that he was convicted more than 20 years ago with false testimony and questionable evidence

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Texas judge cancels Ivan Cantu execution after new evidence suggests he might be innocent

Two jurors from Cantu’s 2001 double-murder trial now support his appeals, which claim prosecutors relied on false testimony and withheld crucial evidence.

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