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Residents Burn Mugabe Poster
According to prosecutors, Matereke was drinking beer with friends at Dombotombo Business Centre in Marondera on 16 October while proudly displaying a banner on the bar wall bearing President Mugabe's face and inscribed: “Our land is our sovereignty”
Updated: 11/10/2011 02:55A
Corruption in Courts By Judges Is Top Priority [opinion]
Chief justice Willy Mutunga and his deputy Nancy Baraza have embarked on an ambitious judicial reform process. They, together with the Judicial Service Commission are providing overall policy direction and oversight and have put in place a clear
Updated: 11/10/2011 02:15A
Mexico - Meeting with Directors of Human Rights Watch Organization
He explained that through the Constitutional Human Rights Reform, the Reform of the Habeas Corpus Law and the Constitutional Reform of the Penal Justice System, Mexico not only adheres to international standards but also builds solid bases to enable
Updated: 11/10/2011 02:12A
Katsav arrives at court for verdict in his appeal
The verdict will be announced almost a year after the former head of state was convicted of two counts of rape, two counts of sexual harassment, an indecent act using force and obstruction of justice. Katsav's wife was noticeably absent from the
Updated: 11/10/2011 02:11A
Report: More Than 300000 Incarcerated Aliens Identified as 'Removable' Were
while they are being booked into correctional facilities in the US Participating law enforcement agencies turn over information on potentially removable aliens to ICE, which confirms the identity and checks for immigration and criminal violations.
Updated: 11/10/2011 02:11A
Why a watch-list order is unconstitutional by Fr. Ranhilio Callangan Aquino
The present “watch list” orders issued by the Department of Justice are more than orders to watch; they are, in effect, restraints on a person who wishes to travel. Encompassed within the broad term “liberty”, the right to travel is constitutionally
Updated: 11/10/2011 02:02A
"CSI Effect" affecting real criminal cases
Why didn't we swab for DNA?" Porter said the so-called "CSI Effect" has had an impact on how police collect evidence and how prosecutors select jurors. "If they watch them and believe them then you might have somebody who goes on your jury with
Updated: 11/10/2011 01:47A
Insurance Allegations Are 'A Lie,' Criminal Court Clerk Says
American Bankers backs bail bonding companies in New Orleans, meaning if someone released from jail on bond fails to show up for court, it has to pay up. But the company said it shouldn't be the case because the clerk of Criminal District Court failed
Updated: 11/10/2011 01:46A
ICC expects arrest of Gaddafi's son
The arrest of Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam is just a matter of time, the International Criminal Court's prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said yesterday, according to a report in The New Age. 'The question is not if he will be arrested,
Updated: 11/10/2011 01:31A
Loitering in town is a criminal offence
The law seems to apply mainly to elders as there have been a lot of street kids loitering around but they have not been arrested. “A person should not be found in town with no place to sleep. It is criminal according to the law,” he said.
Updated: 11/10/2011 01:21A
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