VIDEO: Judge delivers Pistorius appeal ruling

A South African judge is set to rule on whether prosecutors can challenge Oscar Pistorius' five-year sentence, which they regard as too lenient.

South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius will appeal against his murder conviction in the Constitutional Court, his lawyer says at his bail hearing.

Jeh C. Johnson, the Homeland Security secretary, on Feb. 2. Mr. Johnson vowed to appeal the court ruling, which said that the president had not followed proper legal procedures in instituting his program.CreditJabin Botsford/The New York TimesWASHINGTON — Just one day before undocumented immigrants were set to begin applying for work permits and legal protections, the administration announced on Tuesday that it would delay carrying out President Obama’s executive actions on immigration,...

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Another judge withdraws from Ponda appeal hearing
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ANOTHER High Court Judge, Lawrence Kaduri, disqualified himself from hearing an appeal lodged by Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda to oppose conviction and sentence imposed on him by the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court over his involvement in a plot ...

A former Court of Appeal judge has urged Constituent Assembly members to put national interests first and avoid making decisions based on personal convictions.

Appeal Court judge rejects death penalty
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FOR the first time in the country's history, a justice of the Court of Appeal has refused to endorse a death sentence passed against a resident of Bukoba, Dominick Damian, who killed his mother on suspicion that she was bewitching him. While Justices ...

Some legal groups in South Africa express concern over threats directed at the judge who found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide and not murder.

Bashiru: Membe can still appeal his expulsion from ruling party  The Citizen Daily

The Attorney General, Mr Peter Nyombi, has kick-started the appeal process against Monday’s majority judgment that rejected the re-appointment of Benjamin Odoki as Chief Justice.