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Online school? In-person? How parents are making their own fall 2020 decisions as COVID-19 squabbles continue
New Zealand mosque shooter dismisses lawyers to represent himself at sentencing
Daniel Lewis Lee: First US federal execution to go ahead after 17 years

Online school? In-person? How parents are making their own fall 2020 decisions as COVID-19 squabbles continue

Posted: 13 Jul 2020 02:21 PM PDT

Parents weigh decisions for their kids as school reopening deadlines approach. One thing is clear: They're not listening to skirmishing politicians.

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New Zealand mosque shooter dismisses lawyers to represent himself at sentencing

Posted: 13 Jul 2020 02:14 AM PDT

The gunman behind New Zealand's Christchurch mosque shootings sacked his lawyers on Monday and opted to represent himself, raising fears he would use a sentencing hearing next month to promote his white-supremacist views. Australian national Brenton Tarrant will be sentenced on August 24 on 51 murder convictions, 40 of attempted murder and one of terrorism arising from last year's massacre, the worst mass shooting in New Zealand's modern history. He has pleaded guilty to the charges. At a pre-sentencing hearing on Monday, High Court judge Cameron Mander allowed Tarrant's lawyers, Shane Tait and Jonathan Hudson, to withdraw from proceedings at the request of their client. However, the judge ordered "standby counsel" to be available next month in case Tarrant - who appeared in the Christchurch court via video link from an Auckland prison - changes his mind. New Zealand Muslim Association president Ikhlaq Kashkari questioned Tarrant's motives, saying victims could be re-traumatised if the gunman were allowed to spout far-right rhetoric from the dock. "My first concern when I read this was 'Oh my God, what's this guy up to, is he going to use this as a platform to promote his views and thoughts?'," he told AFP. "A lot of people are still going through trauma and this was seen as one of those events that would give them closure. I hope it's not going to be something that will trigger more pain instead."