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US Disrupts Iran-Tied Plot To Kill Saudi Ambassador to US, Bomb Embassies
A federal criminal complaint in New York says the two also are charged with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction. It says the ambassador was in the United States when the death plot was supposed to occur. The suspects are identified as
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:38P
Department of Justice Statement on Foiled Terror Plot
A criminal complaint filed today in the Southern District of New York charges Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old naturalized US citizen holding both Iranian and US passports, and Gholam Shakuri, an Iran-based member of Iran's Qods Force,
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:37P
Two people arrested in plot to assassinate Saudi ambassador to US
Holder says the plot represents a flagrant violation of US and international law. He says the US is committed to holding Iran accountable. A federal criminal complaint in New York says the two also are charged with conspiring to use a weapon of mass
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:36P
Judges 'doing kaumatua's job' in youth courts
A senior lecturer in criminal law at Waikato University, Matiu Dickson, is critical of marae-based rangatahi courts that give judges the same status as kaumatua. The Kooti Rangatahi (youth court) initiative began in Gisborne three years ago.
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:34P
CORRECTS: NY criminal complaint: 2 charged with trying to kill Saudi
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Updated: 10/11/2011 02:32P
Obama Administration cracks down on medical marijuana
At least 16 landlords in California this week received letters stating that they are violating federal drugs laws and that state law will not protect them. A series of administration actions in the past month makes it clear that the four US Attorneys
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:05P
Griffo bill protecting military families becomes law
When he introduced the bill, Griffo was striving for a buffer zone of 500 feet and he hoped that the bill would become law by June 2011. The law will create the crimes of criminal interference with a funeral service in the first and second degrees.
Updated: 10/11/2011 01:49P
NA body passes Criminal Law Bill 2011
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Resources on Tuesday passed "The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2011" unanimously. The Committee met with Sardar Talib Hassan Nakai in the chair. The meeting was also attended
Updated: 10/11/2011 01:20P
Questions for San Francisco DA Candidate David Onek
What strategies do you think are most effective when it comes to criminal justice reform? My career has been about bringing law enforcement and community together to build collaborations around practical, common-sense solutions to criminal justice
Updated: 10/11/2011 01:18P
Liberals skewer SVP criminal deportation plan
But Social Democratic Party justice minister, Simonetta Sommaruga, and the study group she commissioned, rejected the inclusion of “automatic deportation” for criminal foreigners when the first initiative was passed into law.
Updated: 10/11/2011 01:11P
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