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A new era in policing – starting with Sheriff Johnson
We have always made it clear that the Government would keep under review the role Police and Crime Commissioners can play in the wider criminal justice system. I said that we would explore these opportunities and return to them as other reforms develop
Updated: 11/21/2011 09:16A
Photographs From War Crimes Court: Bush & Blair Found Guilty
Below are some of the photographs from the hearings and at below those are links to coverage of this important hearing which outcome is a significant historical step along the road to justice and to ensure that the criminals may be brought to justice
Updated: 11/21/2011 09:14A
Captured Saif Gaddafi must get a fair trial, urges Hague
Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam must be prosecuted under international standards even if his trial takes place in Libya and not at the International Criminal Court, William Hague has urged. The Foreign Secretary spoke
Updated: 11/21/2011 09:13A
Standard Journalists Arrested [press release]
Madanhire and Matshazi were arrested following a story carried in The Standard on the possible collapse of Green Card Medical Aid Society amid reports that the society's expenditure outstripped income. Linda Cook, the lawyer who is representing the two
Updated: 11/21/2011 09:10A
Why Libya Must Send Saif Gaddafi to The Hague
Should Saif get a fair trial from the International Criminal Court, or an exercise in “wild justice”—aka revenge? Saif has been indicted by the ICC prosecutor for crimes against humanity—urging and arranging the killings of civilians.
Updated: 11/21/2011 09:10A
Ohio prosecutors want power to veto bench trials
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Updated: 11/21/2011 08:58A
Indianapolis lawyer preparing for the death-penalty trial of his life
Two men boarded a small boat laden with explosives and rammed the warship, blowing a 30-foot-by-30-foot hole in its side. He's also implicated in planning a failed strike on USS The Sullivans in Aden in January 2000 and of an attack on a French oil
Updated: 11/21/2011 08:58A
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi 'must face international standards of justice'
Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam must be prosecuted under international standards even if his trial takes place in Libya and not at the International Criminal Court, William Hague has urged. The Foreign Secretary spoke
Updated: 11/21/2011 08:56A
Libya says it will try Gadhafi's son at home
“The issue is that there is already a case before the (ICC) court,” he said. “Now Libya has a legal obligation under international law to present a challenge to say: 'We have this suspect and he will be dealt with under our national laws.
Updated: 11/21/2011 08:47A
Thousands of juveniles nationwide held in adult jails, not detention centers
WASHINGTON — For thousands of teens accused of crimes, punishment precedes any conviction in court. While awaiting trial and ostensibly presumed innocent, they can be held for months or even years in county
Updated: 11/21/2011 08:43A