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Recent Examples of capiasWhile traditional arrest warrants require an ascertainment that there is evidence a crime may have been committed, Peterson's capias warrant stems from his failure to appear in court over the issues.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024 She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.—Hartford Courant,
6 June 2022 Without a capias, jail officials had no indication there was any reason to hold Vail once the original charge was dropped, so he was freed from jail.—
Rafael Olmeda,
sun-sentinel.com,
19 June 2019 He was also booked on four court capias warrants, generally issued for failure to appear in court.—
Diana Samuels,
NOLA.com,
5 Jan. 2018
Available documents indicate the warrant was related to the traffic case involving his driver’s license, although the extradition file does not specify its exact origin.
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Susana Erazo,
CNN Money,
17 July 2026
In late 2024, the court issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over their conduct of the war in Gaza.
Nothing can prepare you for the album art writ large on the inside flap, but the lavish haircut photos galore and commentary from folks like producer Bob Rock and then-bassist Jason Newsted are illuminating.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2026
History is writ so large and Larry writes so small that the juxtaposition tickled him.