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CBS5 - KPHO - Phoenix News, Weather and SportsMurdochs to be questioned in UK
AP Sports News Video Entertainment News from AP By JILL LAWLESS and ROBERT BARR AP LONDON (AP) - Rupert Murdoch and his son James first refused, then agreed to appear before UK lawmakers investigating phone hacking and police bribery, while in the US,
Updated: 07/15/2011 01:28A
Clemens Likely to Face New Jury Following Mistrial, Lawyers Say
The mistrial highlights questions about the value of prosecuting Clemens to begin with, said Artur Davis, former House member and now a criminal defense lawyer at SNR Denton in Washington. “This is not the wisest use of public resources,” said Davis.
Updated: 07/15/2011 12:49A
Ex-Yankee Clemens Likely to Face New Jury Following Mistrial, Lawyers Say
Clemens was charged with one count of obstructing a congressional investigation, three counts of making false statements and two counts of perjury in connection with a congressional probe of ballplayers' use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Updated: 07/15/2011 12:17A
Exclusive: “This is not the last straw for Thai democracy” – Suranand
Saksith Saiyasombut: Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lse majest law, has been blamed to be partly responsible that Thailand has been downgraded by several media freedom watchdogs as for it's decreasing freedom of speech.
Updated: 07/14/2011 11:48P
Exclusive: 'This is not the last straw for Thai democracy' – Suranand Vejjajiva
Saksith Saiyasombut: Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lse majest law, has been blamed to be partly responsible that Thailand has been downgraded by several media freedom watchdogs as for it's decreasing freedom of speech.
Updated: 07/14/2011 11:48P
Ireland Confronts the Vatican
The papal representative wrote that the anti-abuse policies conflicted with church law and should be considered “merely a study document.” This turned criminal law on its head and, as the study noted, gave bishops “freedom to ignore” the tougher rules
Updated: 07/14/2011 08:46P
Montenegro Decriminalizes Free Speech
The Ministry of Justice realized that the earlier situation led to an unacceptable situation where all citizens did not receive equal treatment under the law. This equality is exceptionally important in the Internet age, when there is very little
Updated: 07/14/2011 08:18P
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"There have been members of Congress in the United States who have asked us to investigate those same allegations and we are progressing in that regard using the appropriate criminal law enforcement agencies in the United States," Holder said at a
Updated: 07/14/2011 07:36P
Eyes on the spies: The murky world of the private investigators
He also offered to place equipment on a car covertly, enabling its whereabouts to be followed remotely through a computer system using GPS, and raising the frightening spectre of ordinary people being tracked with James Bond-style gadgets.
Updated: 07/14/2011 07:01P
Rome 'told priests to keep quiet about abuse'
The Prime Minister, Enda Kenny, who didn't attend the meeting, said that the Vatican's role in placing the church's own canon law above Irish criminal law was "absolutely disgraceful". He vowed to pass legislation that would make it a crime to withhold
Updated: 07/14/2011 07:00P