Law & Society

A Florida state law on imposing an intelligence quotient limit to exempt condemned prisoners for being executed has been overturned by a majority of the US Supreme Court, Buzzfeed said.

Lawyer Richard Strassberg for defendant former SAC Capital Advisors LP hedge fund manager Mathew Martoma has asked a federal judge to give a reduced sentence to the former trader considering that other defendants had only received jail terms of at least two years, Bloomberg reported.

In his case summary today at a London court, attorney Timonthy Langdale for defendant Andy Coulson shifted the blame on the prosecution for not presenting real evidence to deem that the former editor was guilty of wrongdoing, Bloomberg reported.