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Feds lose bid for court extension of Nicholas ruling
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Article Excerpt
On Friday, a federal judge denied the government’s request to extend the deadline for implementing the ruling in the Nicholas case, which aims to allow individuals with intellectual disabilities who are charged with criminal offences to be assessed by an independent expert before their cases go to trial.
The Nicholas ruling was named after Nicholas Bala, a 19-year-old with intellectual disabilities who was charged with sexual assault. The ruling required that all persons in similar circumstances be granted the same right to have an independent expert assess their capacity to understand the pr…
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May 18, 2026