Court Appeal

Carol Fesler appeal puts sentence in Rafael Edna hit-and-run case back before court

Rafael’s death in May 2023 became a rallying point for wider public frustration over road violence, accountability, and what many in the Ethiopian community saw as failures in cases' treatment.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives for a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem, January 25, 2026, after Superintendent Rinat Saban filed a lawsuit accusing him, according to reports, of blocking her promotion in the police.

Rinat Saban receives promotion as Ben-Gvir appeals court order

The appeal seeks to overturn the Feb. 9 court order for Saban’s promotion and the March 18 clarification making it effective retroactively if Ben-Gvir did not sign by March 23.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Prime Minister's Office Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman pictured at Tel Aviv District Court, December 18, 2024; illustrative.

Court extends restrictions on PMO chief of staff Tzachi Braverman until Sunday

Judge orders police to provide concrete date for key investigative step as defense warns suspect cannot be held ‘in limbo’ pending testimony not in his control.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
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Appeal court clears Jimmy Lai in fraud case but 20-year term remains

"The Court of Appeal gave them leave to appeal against their conviction, allowed their appeals, quashed the convictions and set aside the sentences," the judges wrote.

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Texas Jew on death row granted stay of execution

Jedidiah Murphy was sentenced to death for the fatal 2000 shooting of 80-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham in Dallas County during a carjacking.

OCTOBER 10, 2023ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
The bars of a prison cell.

Parents of Michigan teen school shooter to face trial

The case appears to be the first time that parents of a teenage school shooter have been charged for involvement in their offspring's alleged crimes.

OCTOBER 3, 2023ByREUTERS
Jennifer Crumbley, parent of accused Oxford High School gunman Ethan Crumbley, listens during a court procedural hearing in Rochester Hills, Michigan, U.S., February 24, 2022.