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USUN - Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, US Permanent Representative to the
An effective criminal justice system, with a competent judiciary and safeguards to guarantee humane treatment and due process, is crucial to the future of Libya. The new government must ensure that the rule of law, treatment safeguards, and due process
Updated: 11/03/2011 01:29A
"Political influence intruding into legal process"
“I stand here as public prosecutor; as purely an impartial observer; and to place the facts of the case before the court. When I saw the charges, I thought a concession could be made. I felt a distinction could be made among accused. If you [the court]
Updated: 11/03/2011 01:27A
OUR VIEW: Paying for all of those felons coming to Kern
With the state's prison realignment plan now in effect, it's worth clarifying some facts about this monumental shift in our criminal justice system. To begin with, state prisoners are not being released from prison early. Nor are they being transferred
Updated: 11/03/2011 01:14A
Bloomfield police get money for vests
Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J Taylor announced Tuesday that the Division of Criminal Justice is distributing nearly $3.6 million to over 500 New Jersey law enforcement agencies to purchase or replace body armor
Updated: 11/03/2011 01:14A
Good advice offered on crime bill weakness
But Valeriote's take on the proposed Conservative amendments to the Criminal Code aren't uniformly critical. In fact, the member for Guelph — a lawyer before entering politics — will tell you he supports elements of what the government is trying to do
Updated: 11/03/2011 01:11A
UK-Winchester: highway maintenance work
Has your organisation or any director or partner or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control been convicted of any of the following offences? a) conspiracy within the meaning of section 1 or 1A of the Criminal Law Act 1977
Updated: 11/03/2011 01:10A
Business as usual at Supreme Court
They claimed that the Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal had also nailed their mast to the rule of law coffin in Swaziland. Whilst lawyers were locked out of the High Court premises by police, the Chief Justice walked the talk by continuing to hear
Updated: 11/03/2011 12:54A
Talks still on for Gaddafi son's surrender
The International Criminal Court has "received questions from individuals linked to Saif al-Islam about the legal conditions attaching to his potential surrender", chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the UN Security Council.
Updated: 11/03/2011 12:48A
ICC negotiating surrender terms with Gaddafi son
The International Criminal Court has "received questions from individuals linked to Seif al-Islam about the legal conditions attaching to his potential surrender," chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the UN Security Council.
Updated: 11/03/2011 12:28A
Spain charged over orders given to Anniston police officer (updated)
Found in the Alabama Criminal Code under Section 11-43A-18, the state law reads “neither the mayor nor any member of the council shall give orders to any subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately.” Several attempts by a reporter
Updated: 11/03/2011 12:20A
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