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RIA Novosti: Turchynov says case against Tymoshenko's father-in-law could be
According to Tymoshenko's colleague Oleksandr Turchynov the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office is pushing for a closed criminal case against the father-in-law of embattled ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko to be reopened. AP The Ukrainian Prosecutor
Updated: 10/26/2011 04:36P
Govt MPs seek action against Khaleda
The senior Awami League MP appealed to the new generations to rise up to war crimes and show no mercy. State minister for law Qamrul Islam said, "The new generation will lead the nation to the complete the war crimes trial. They will lead another war
Updated: 10/26/2011 04:30P
Criminals Freed Due to Budget Cuts
Deep budget cuts to courts, public defenders, district attorney's and attorney general offices are testing the criminal justice system across the country. In the most extreme cases, public defenders are questioning whether their clients are getting a
Updated: 10/26/2011 04:09P
Knife crime teenagers to face mandatory jail sentences
He also made clear his view that a minimum mandatory sentence for juveniles under 18 was not part of the traditions of the British criminal justice system. The sentencing regime announced on Wednesday night includes replacing the much-criticised
Updated: 10/26/2011 04:08P
Corrupt money concealed in shell companies: Study
law enforcement,” according to the report, 'The Puppet Masters: How the Corrupt Use Legal Structures to Hide Stolen Assets and What to Do About It', examines how bribes, embezzled state assets and other criminal proceeds are being hidden via legal
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:46P
Dictatorship officials could receive criminal sentences, lose amnesty in
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine court is poised to deliver verdicts in the case of 18 former military and police officials who have been on trial for alleged crimes against humanity during the country's 1976-83 military dictatorship.
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:42P
'Personhood amendments' make women's health, family planning issues of
Wade. But regardless of one's stance on abortion, the law is a dangerous idea. It could land women's health, family planning, even basic biology in the already-full hands of the criminal justice system. sperm - and - egg . JPG.
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:39P
Killing the killers makes a mockery of international justice
The damage to the rule of law, as to the delicate framework of international justice, will be significant, and it does nothing to restore America's moral standing. It is difficult to see how such a policy is morally defensible.
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:38P
a mockery of international justice
The damage to the rule of law, as to the delicate framework of international justice, will be significant, and it does nothing to restore America's moral standing. It is difficult to see how such a policy is morally defensible.
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:36P
Glenn Greenwald on Two-Tiered US Justice System, Obama's Assassination Program
Glenn Greenwald's new book, "With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful," offers a scathing critique of what he calls the two-tiered system of justice that ensures the political and financial
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:35P
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