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...thrilled to have him here with us this year at the Carr Center to deepen our bench of human rights practitioners,” Fisher said...
...court found Kelleher not guilty of a lesser charge of “intimidation,” according to Middlesex D.A. spokeswoman Kathryn Norton. The case was heard as a “bench trial”—where the judge is the sole adjudicator of guilt and sentence—as opposed to a jury trial...
...Sandra Day O'Connor The retired Supreme Court justice talks to TIME about her work to stop attacks on the judiciary, her lunches with her former colleagues on the bench and her overbooked schedule...
...Twenty-five years ago this week, Sandra Day O'Connor took her seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the first woman ever on that bench. Her tenure on the Court was marked by her pivotal role in decisions on abortion, affirmative action and the 2000 Presidential election. Last January, she retired, at 75, to spend time with her husband John, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. But she told TIME's Jeff Chu that retirement has been anything but relaxing - "I'm looking at my calendar," she said, "and it's endless" - filled with travel, advocacy...
...there all the time." The U.S. embassy does not comment on the private discussions with the court, said spokesman Lou Fintor, adding that "the Iraqi people deserve to see those that committed crimes during the former regime brought to justice." But Saddam hasn't made a friend on the bench. Just before he was ejected Monday, Saddam got personal. Handing out one of the most insulting slurs in post-Saddam Iraq, the former dictator told Judge Mohammad he remembered his father: as an informer for his intelligence service...