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Israel's parliament takes another step to push forward a legal reform package that has sparked mass protests against the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Lawmakers in a 3:00 am (0100 GMT) vote approve a bill in first reading that would, among other things, allow the Knesset to scrap Supreme Court rulings with a simple majority vote. IMAGES
Aceh (Indonesia), Sep 8 (EFE / EPA) .- Authorities of Aceh, north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, carried out Wednesday public punishment on various men for violating Sharia law.Aceh is the only province in Indonesia that implement Sharia law, which punishes gambling, alcohol, homosexuality and sex outside of marriage. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK)SHOT LIST: VARIOUS MEN GET WHIPPED WITH A CANE FOR BREAKING SHARIA LAW IN ACEH, INDONESIA.
Santiago de Chile, Apr 14 (EFE), (Camera: Jose Caviedes).- The right to euthanasia, which in Chile is close to being legalized, has paved a path around the world built on real peolple. In Spain, Ramón Sampedro; in Peru, Ana Estrada, and now in Chile, Cecilia Heyder, a woman who has fought hard to demand a dignified death.
Aceh (Indonesia), Mar 8 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Hotli Simanjuntak). Authorities from Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Monday punished several people with a wooden stick for allegedly having consumed alcohol or having had sexual relations outside of marriage. This form of justice is permitted by Sharia law, which also criminalizes sodomy, lesbian sex, and crimes such as murder or rape. FOOTAGE OF THE PUNISHMENT FOR PEOPLE ACCUSED OF VARIOUS CRIMES IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.
Rudy Giuliani is up against numerous calls for his license to practice law to be revoked. But the bar to disbarment is set very high, and legal experts are divided as to whether Giuliani's conduct has been egregious enough to merit such a harsh punishment. According to Business Insider, President Donald Trump's personal attorney has been criticized for frivolous, dishonest litigation. Experts say that disbarment is unlikely, though Giuliani could face lesser sanctions from state bar associations and courts. Although Giuliani got more attention for his recent courtroom antics regarding the general election, other activities actually put him at greater risk. Specifically, if he's convicted in a case stemming from a federal probe related to his work in Ukraine on behalf of Trump, which led to Trump's impeachment.
A juror in the Breonna Taylor case said Tuesday that prosecutors skipped a major step. Prosecutors never presented the grand jury with homicide charges against three police officers. The three officers being the ones involved in Taylor’s killing, reports HuffPost. The new allegations raise additional questions over how prosecutors handled the killing of Taylor. Breonna Taylor, a Black woman, was shot by police in her own apartment in Louisville, Kentucky. Only one was eventually charged in connection with the incident, and it wasn't for her death.
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