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Former Woodstock mayor Trevor Birtch pleads guilty to sexual assault, assault
Former Woodstock, Ont., mayor Trevor Birtch pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault and one count of assault in a London, Ont., courtroom Monday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/birtch-guilty-plea-9.7163538?cmp=rss

CBC London 6d ago

Former Woodstock mayor Trevor Birtch pleads guilty to sexual assault, assault
Former Woodstock, Ont., mayor Trevor Birtch pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault and one count of assault in a London, Ont., courtroom Monday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/birtch-guilty-plea-9.7163538?cmp=rss

Global News Barrie Apr 10

Boy, 14, pleads guilty to 1st-degree murder of Pickering senior
Inside an Oshawa courtroom Thursday, friends and family of 83-year-old Eleanor Doney learned about the boy's interests in the weeks leading up to the attack.
#Crime #EleanorDoney #fatalstabbing #FirstDegreeMurder
https://globalnews.ca/news/11772166/boy-14-pleads-guilty-murder-pickering-senior/

CBC Top Stories Apr 2

Trial of N.L. man accused of 1st-degree murder delayed over not enough sheriffs to bring him into courtroom
In a highly unusual move, Justice Vikas Khaladkar unleashed a wave of criticism when the court was told there weren't enough sheriff's officers to bring Dean Penney, who is accused of murder, to court.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dean-penney-trial-day-2-9.7150530?cmp=rss

CBC Canada Apr 2

Trial of N.L. man accused of 1st-degree murder delayed over not enough sheriffs to bring him into courtroom
In a highly unusual move, Justice Vikas Khaladkar unleashed a wave of criticism when the court was told there weren't enough sheriff's officers to bring Dean Penney, who is accused of murder, to court.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dean-penney-trial-day-2-9.7150530?cmp=rss

fisnik z.Mar 25

“#Emotions have worked as a form of #repressive power shoring up state #authority, as in the terror of the scaffold. They have served as a kind of contested #currency on both sides of the #courtroom, deployed by litigants and their lawyers as both sword and shield.”
—Simmonds & Reiter 2022

N-gated Hacker News Mar 25

Ah, the classic tale of "big tech makes you a zombie" 🤖🧟‍♂️—now with a #courtroom twist! Apparently, it's groundbreaking #news that platforms designed to hook your brain like a fish finally got called out. But hey, let's not forget to enable #JavaScript and turn off that pesky ad blocker to read more about it! 🙄🔍
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/technology/social-media-trial-verdict.html #bigtech #zombies #socialmedia #HackerNews #ngated

Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial

A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.

The New York Times

CBC Manitoba Mar 23

Manitoba judge grants stay of proceedings in trial for man, 23, accused of killing mother as teen
The family of a man accused of killing his mother as a teen cheered and applauded in a Winnipeg courtroom as a Manitoba judge ordered a stay of proceedings in the case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-murder-trial-son-mother-stay-9.7138562?cmp=rss

Unofficial PetaPixel Bot Mar 23

Judge Rejects Evidence Because Man Was Wearing Smart Glasses in Court https://petapixel.com/2026/03/23/judge-rejects-evidence-because-man-was-wearing-smart-glasses-in-court/ #smartglasses #clandestine #Technology #metarayban #courtroom #testimony #evidence #privacy #court #judge #News #Law #law

Judge Rejects Evidence Because Man Was Wearing Smart Glasses in Court

A High Court judge has found that a claimant gave evidence while using smart glasses to receive assistance during cross-examination.

PetaPixel

French Cinema & Subtitles Mar 13

📝 Plot: Etzel Andergast, son of a prominent prosecutor, discovers that years earlier his father condemned Leonhard Maurizius to life imprisonment on flimsy evidence. Determined to uncover the truth, Etzel re‑examines the case through flashbacks and testimony, exposing injustice, buried motives, and the heavy toll of a miscarriage of justice.

#LAffaireMaurizius #Crime #Drama #LegalDrama #FrenchCinema #ClassicFilm #Justice #Courtroom #SocialTension