UN judge from Uganda is convicted in the UK of forcing a woman into slavery
A British jury has convicted a United Nations judge of forcing a young woman to work as a slave after tricking her into coming to the U.K. Prosecutors said Lydia Mugambe forced the Ugandan woman to wo ...
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New Sentencing Guidelines in England Could Lead to Harsher Penalties for White, Male Offenders Than Female, Minority Ones
A fight is brewing in England over new sentencing guidelines that require judges to consider a criminal’s ethnicity and faith ...
Robert Jenrick says new sentencing guidelines have 'blatant bias against Christians and straight white men'
The chair of the body behind the sentencing reforms has defended the changes by saying a punishment tailored to individual ...
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England's top judge condemns Starmer and Badenoch comments on Gaza family coming to UK on Ukraine scheme
England's most senior judge says she is "deeply troubled" by Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch's exchange about a Gazan family coming to the UK under the Ukraine scheme. The Lady Chief Justice ...
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'You couldn't ask for a better gentleman': Former circuit judge Lewis dead at 77
Theodis "Ted" Lewis, the first Black judge to be appointed to the Seventh Judicial Circuit, died at his home in Chatham on Feb. 17. He was 77. A native of Little Rock, Ark., who attended Illinois ...
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Celebrating Black History Month: Sacramento County Judge Bunmi Awoniyi breaks barriers
LAST MONTH, JUDGE BUNMI MARKED HER ANNIVERSARY AS THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDING JUDGE FOR THE ... HER JOURNEY BEGAN FAR FROM SACRAMENTO. BORN IN ENGLAND TO NIGERIAN IMMIGRANTS, SHE WAS THE ELDEST ...