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Lax Law Enforcement Means MF Global Mistakes Will Be Repeated
The US Department of Justice accused Refco executive officers Phillip Bennett, Tone Grant, Santo Maggio, and Robert Trosten, and other former Refco insiders of directing a series of transactions every year from 1999 through 2005 (and quarterly starting
Updated: 11/11/2011 10:14A
Acadiana's News Leader NATO may do in-house legal review of Libya strikes
We are saying, 'Yes, if there are allegations of crimes we will review that,'" Moreno-Ocampo told The Associated Press. NATO officials say they are confident the alliance's actions complied with international law. "In the event we receive a request for
Updated: 11/11/2011 10:13A
New Report Finds Private Prisons a Threat to Criminal Justice Reform
According to David Shapiro, ACLU staff attorney and author of the report, the lure of privatizing prisons threatens to derail serious criminal justice reform. “Although the evidence is mixed at best, the private prison industry puts forward the idea
Updated: 11/11/2011 10:13A
NATO's Law of the Jungle in Libya
But it involved powerful nations making up the rules as they went along, the law of the jungle disguised as international justice, observes Peter Dyer. By Peter Dyer If there is one thing the “humanitarian” intervention in Libya has convincingly
Updated: 11/11/2011 10:07A
Sudan bombing of South amounted to a war crime
A Sudanese airforce bombing run on a refugee camp in South Sudan was yesterday condemned as a crime against international law by UN agencies. By Mike Pflanz, Nairobi At least 12 people were reported to have died when Sudanese aircraft hit a border town
Updated: 11/11/2011 10:05A
War-crimes court mulls NATO Libya ops inquiry
NATO has said it was confident its actions were in compliance with international law and that the alliance is not worried by the possibility of a war crimes probe. "In the event we receive a request for information, NATO is prepared to assist in any
Updated: 11/11/2011 09:57A
Nova Scotia mulls legal name-change rules
Exemptions would be made under the act for people taking their spouse's name after marriage and for children. But trans activist and Dalhousie student Shay Enxuga wonders why an exception is not also made for trans people.
Updated: 11/11/2011 09:51A
Jailed UAE activists to go on hunger strike
The Federal Supreme Court, which is trying the case, has said it will issue a verdict on November 27. In their statement, the activists said they have endured a “vicious, orchestrated smear campaign” through text messages, social media, and satellite
Updated: 11/11/2011 09:44A
Kyrgyzstan toughenes punishment for human trafficking
The president of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva signed a law on introduction of amendments to the republic's Criminal Code adopted by Parliament on October 13, 2011, 24.kg news agency reported referring to the Spokesperson's Office for the president for
Updated: 11/11/2011 09:30A
Crime Bill: Marijuana In Small Quantities Still Won't Attract Charges, Say BC
The BC Liberal government and police say they back Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plans to fight drug lords with new crime laws, but the zeal for justice mellows when faced with jailing people for growing six pot plants. While marijuana activists are
Updated: 11/11/2011 09:13A
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