The Court
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| First episode date | March 26, 2002 |
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| Final episode date | April 9, 2002 |
| Networks | American Broadcasting Company |
| Creators | Tom Schulman |
| Oliver Goldstick | |
| Apr 9, 2002 | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2600110 |
About The Court
A pragmatic politician strives to create rapport with her young law clerks while carefully picking her way through the strongly divided trenches of her liberal and conservative Supreme Court colleagues.
Stella Creasy: MP trolled as 'unfit mother' pushes for law change
... Shaking " I sat in The Court clutching myself to stop myself from shaking because I was thinking about what this man was doing, and thinking about my family, " Ms Creasy told the BBC...
British lawyers could be sent to Rwandan courts as part of asylum plans
... Downing Street said in response that it would publish a treaty with Kigali to address The Court s concerns...
Essequibo: Venezuelans vote to claim Guyana-controlled oil region
... Venezuela has not accepted that the ICJ has jurisdiction over this issue, but has so far continued to attend The Court s hearings...
Shea Ryan: Mother to sue firm over boy's manhole death
... " The Court heard the building site was close to a playpark but it was only secured by a single fence which had been vandalised in the past and breached on six occasions...
Judge taken to hospital after family court assault
... BBC Correspondents became familiar with the security in local family courts during reporting under the this year, There is a thorough search process at the main front door, but no guards are visible in the corridors or outside The Courtrooms themselves...
The Vivienne: Drag Race star attack was homophobic - magistrates
... During proceedings, The Court was shown CCTV footage of the altercation, which took place at the Edge Lane branch of the fast food restaurant...
Sandra Day O'Connor: A ranch girl who became 'queen of the court'
... She held the balance of power on The Court for almost two decades, making her one of the most powerful women in the country, notorious in all but name...
George Santos faces expulsion in historic House vote
... Another Republican congressman, Michael Lawler, said: " He can defend himself in The Court of law, but for the purposes of this body, he s got to go...
Dalian Atkinson: Officer cleared of assaulting killed ex-footballer
A Police Officer has been found Not Guilty of assaulting an ex-footballer The Night he was killed.
Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith was accused of striking Dalian Atkinson with her baton when he posed no threat in August 2016, but claimed she was " very frightened".
Mr Atkinson had been Acting Out of character outside his father's house in Telford due to ongoing health issues and died after being Tasered by PC Bettley-Smith's partner, Benjamin Monk.
He was jailed for manslaughter in 2021.
At Birmingham Crown Court , jurors heard the two West Mercia Police officers were called to Mr Atkinson's father's home on Meadow Close in Trench late on 15 August .
The former striker, who played for Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town, was said to have been in a disturbed mental State - likely as a result of a build-up of toxins linked to renal failure.
PC Bettley-Smith, 32, told The Court she was " terrified" of the 48-year-old who She Said looked " huge" and " very angry".
Monk would Go On to deploy three Taser cartridges, but after The First PC Bettley-Smith said " there was literally no reaction" from Mr Atkinson.
Her colleague was jailed Last Year after being convicted of manslaughter. Mr Atkinson died in hospital about an hour after Monk tasered him and kicked him in The Head with enough force to leave imprints of his bootlaces.
PC Bettley-Smith struck him Three Times with her baton while he was laying on the ground after The Final discharge.
Prosecutors argued that PC Bettley-Smith, while not contributing to Mr Atkinson's death, caused him actual Bodily Harm .
They argued she was " angry" with Mr Atkinson, who they said was laying on the ground and posing no threat however jurors agreed with the defence that The Officer had used her baton lawfully as a Last Resort .
Jurors deliberated for just over Three Hours before acquitting PC Bettley-Smith.
Source of news: bbc.com
