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South Korean prosecutors on Friday rejected a police request for an arrest warrant for music tycoon Bang Si-Hyuk — the chairman of the agency behind the K-pop supergroup BTS. CBC | World News
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Couple accused in international kidnapping case used fake Canadian camping trip as cover story: prosecutors
A couple from the United States is facing international kidnapping charges after prosecutors claimed they took a 10-year-old child to Cuba to potentially undergo gender transition surgery, allegedly deceiving the child’s biological mother with a fake Canadian camping trip to get there. CBC | World News
Read More »Prosecutors can’t seek death penalty against Luigi Mangione, judge rules
Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration’s bid to see him executed for what it called a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.” CBC | World News
Read More »Suspect in deadly wildfire that levelled L.A. neighbourhood fled, then returned to watch fire: prosecutors
Authorities in California charged a 29-year-old man with starting a fire that days later erupted into the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history and destroyed much of the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood, U.S. federal law enforcement officials announced Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
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Read More »Turkish prosecutors want Istanbul mayor jailed as thousands protest his detention
Turkish prosecutors have asked a court to jail Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and four of his aides pending trial on terrorism and corruption charges, Imamoglu’s office said, as thousands nationwide protest what they call his undemocratic detention. CBC | World News
Read More »South Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over martial law decree
South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, news reports said, a criminal charge that could put him to death or jail for life if convicted. CBC | World News
Read More »Prosecutors withdraw appeal of dismissed case against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting on movie set
New Mexico prosecutors won’t pursue an appeal of a court’s decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a western movie, the Santa Fe district attorney’s office announced Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »Judge dismisses election interference case against Donald Tump at prosecutors’ request
Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that his return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. CBC | World News
Read More »Prosecutors in Gisèle Pelicot case seek 20 years for then-husband who organized her mass rape
French prosecutors have asked for the maximum 20-year prison sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who organized the repeated mass rape of his then-wife by knocking her unconscious with drugs and inviting dozens of strangers to abuse her in the family home. CBC | World News
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