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US Senate votes to confirm 1st Black woman to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON DC, USA- The Senate today, Thursday, April 7, 2022, confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to be elevated to the pinnacle of the judicial branch in what her supporters hailed as a needed step toward bringing new diversity and life experience to the court.
Bill on DNA tests after arrests heads to Gov Kenneth E. Mapp
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Receiving lauds from the full [US] Senate, a bill mandating that DNA tests be conducted on persons charged for felony, misdemeanor sexual assault and violent crimes — even if they have not been convicted of said crimes — will become the territory’s new standard if signed into law by Governor of the US Virgin Islands Kenneth E. Mapp.