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Recent Examples of hearingsThe activists were regularly moved around to assorted cells and outdoor cages while awaiting processing and court hearings.—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025 Miranda Monge has not had any hearings scheduled, according to his wife.—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 In the hearings and filings that followed, Lewis continued to express concerns about the information that had not been presented at trial or sentencing.—Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025 Chicago and Portland fight the president’s troop deployment in court hearings.—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025 The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has sent the case back to the trial court for new hearings.—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 In footage of actual bail hearings, judges are harsh and dismissive, even as defendants ask about the legal jargon being used to determine their fate.—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025 While many see the HUAC hearings as a travesty, others defend the House committee and the anti-communist fervor that inspired it.—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025 In Utah, preliminary hearings can be delayed for months in cases involving serious felonies, sometimes up to a year, according to Lazaro.—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Italy’s ‘golden power rule’ in EU’s sights Elsewhere in Europe, the European Commission is planning to act against Italy in a move designed to support banking consolidation in the region, sources have said.
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