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Campus Events

Women and children's rights advocate encourages peace, justice and development

By Megan Spencer
September 23, 2021 12:00 AM
An internationally recognized advocate for women and children’s rights encouraged BYU students to strive to build institutions that can support peace and justice for all on Sept. 23.
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Campus

Education Week: Accepting responsibility brings happiness

By Kelsey Johnson
August 22, 2017 12:00 AM
Elder Lynn G. Robbins said taking responsibility and avoiding anti-responsibility actions can lead to increased agency and a happier life. Elder Robbins said this is always the case, no matter who is in the right. (Dani Jardine)
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Nation

Utah statute of limitations: what it is and why it matters

By Kelsey Johnson
July 18, 2017 12:00 AM
Practicing lawyer and BYU School of Communications Director Ed Carter explains statutes of limitations are time restraints on how long after a crime a person has to prosecute. He said while it brings benefits, it can be seen as a 'deadline on justice.' (Dani Jardine)
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Local

Provo leaders break ground on new courthouse

By Christian Clark
May 26, 2016 12:00 AM
An artist's rendition of new courthouse. The project is expected to be finished in the fall of 2018.
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Nation

Univ. of Missouri fires instructor after student run-ins

By Gianluca Cuestas
February 25, 2016 12:00 AM
Melissa Click, right, an assistant professor in the University of Missouri's communications, is seen during a run-in with student journalists during protests on the Columbia campus. Top administrators at the school on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, announced they had fired Click. She was suspended after being videotaped calling for 'some muscle' to remove a student videographer during the protests. (Mark Schierbecker via AP, File)
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Movies & Television

Judge of 'Serial' podcast case to decide retrial

February 18, 2016 12:00 AM
Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East in Baltimore prior to a hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016 in Baltimore. The hearing is meant to determine whether Syed's conviction will be overturned and case retried. (Associated Press)
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Nation

Justice Antonin Scalia dead at 79

February 14, 2016 12:00 AM
FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011 file photo, U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia looks into the balcony before addressing the Chicago-Kent College Law justice in Chicago. On Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed that Scalia has died at the age of 79. (Associated Press)
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Nation

Senators introduce landmark bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015

By Beau Jones
October 16, 2015 12:00 AM
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, left, gestures that it is time to leave a news conference with a bipartisan group of Senators who spoke about criminal justice reform, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Campus Events

Roberts' Court Insights

By Lark Plessinger
January 27, 2012 12:00 AM
Nine justices dressed in flowing black robes have generated unique perspectives on U.S. law for centuries. Students learned distinct traits of the current Supreme Court from a New York Times correspondent on Friday.
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