Supreme Court

The House wraps Parliament's week; asks who really runs the country and outlines the repeal of the three strikes law. Audio

Law commentator Dr Dean Knight joins Kathryn to look at how the legal year in the courts, parliament and elsewhere is shaping up, and some high-profile hearings before the Supreme Court. Dr Dean… Audio

A mentally ill man jailed for seven years for attempting to kiss a woman on a Wellington street is challenging the decision in the Supreme Court.

Daniel Clinton Fitzgerald, who has schizophrenia, was… Audio

It's crunch time in the lead-up to the US election, with voters set to decide on Wednesday (New Zealand time) whether Donald Trump remains in the White House for another four years or challenger Joe… Audio

The US Senate has just voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Wallace speaks to Washington DC correspondent Jagruti Dave.

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New Zealand legal history was made earlier this month when the Supreme Court allowed former Christchurch Civic Creche worker Peter Ellis's appeal against charges of sexual offending to continue… Audio

RNZ's reporter, Meriana Johnsen, was at the Supreme Court hearing when the arguments for and against the appeal proceeding were made.

She spoke to Māni Dunlop about the case. Audio

The Supreme Court has decided the appeal of child sex offender Peter Ellis should continue, despite his death.

Mr Ellis died in September last year, just two months after his application to appeal… Audio

In 2019, Joe Williams became the first Māori judge appointed to the Supreme Court. He talks to Kathryn Ryan about his hopes for a New Zealand justice system that better incorporates Tikanga Māori… Video, Audio

Through the final quarter of the 19th Century Pakeha settler numbers swelled. The immigrants sought land and started to create a new, distinct culture. But their land gain came at the cost of Maori… Audio

US law enforcement has been using 'forensic hypnosis' for decades to help solve crimes and also send people to death row, despite claims that it is nothing more than junk science. Dr. David Spiegel… Audio

Mark Lundy's last-ditch appeal against his convictions for murdering his wife and daughter 19 years ago has wrapped up its first day in the Supreme Court.

Lundy was convicted in 2002 of the murder of… Video, Audio

Peter Ellis has always vowed he was innocent of the child sex charges he was jailed for in 1993. Now he's dying of cancer - and the Supreme Court has given him leave to appeal his convictions.  Audio

A Christchurch couple who challenged the previous home owner's insurance company IAG to pay up and fix the house they bought have lost their case in the Supreme Court - a ruling which could create a… Audio

Kim Dotcom's seven year saga to avoid extradition to the United States for piracy crimes is finally coming to an end. Audio