BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Madonna can get “Mercy,“ Malawi’s highest court ruled Friday. The court overruled a lower court, saying the pop star can adopt 3-year-old Chifundo “Mercy” James.

Beaufort County Criminal Court judges heard a record number of cases the last week of February afer a newly implemented judicial calendar syster is allowing for quicker guilty please and shorter waits for trials.