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National security cases, criminal trials and Juvenile Court proceedings will be excluded from remote hearings in Hong Kong, under a bill entering the legislative process next month. The Courts (Remote Hearing) Bill, gazetted by the government on Friday, will also introduce new offences under which those who record, publish or broadcast proceedings without authorisation will […]
This story was originally published on The Conversation. It appears here under a Creative Commons license. I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Nineteen people accused of witchcraft were executed by hanging, another was […]
French rugby chiefs believe limiting a red card to 20 minutes could encourage more aggressive play and expose players to greater risk of injury. (Guinness Six Nations Rugby pic) PARIS: French rugby chiefs have condemned the proposed trial of the 20-minute red card in elite levels of the game around the world, saying it could […]
Trial of a sow and pigs at Lavegny. The Rationale Behind the Madness The notion of arraigning a barn swallow or bovine may seem utterly ludicrous today, but to medieval minds steeped in religious doctrine and folklore, it was a perfectly reasonable concept. The theological underpinning was that animals, having been granted a place in […]