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Start of a gang-up
In any case, the TRO was disdainfully disregarded by the Aquino administration on Friday. Then the TRO became moot after the government rushed the filing of charges against Arroyo before the Pasay regional trial court and within two hours, the court
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:45A
Gaddafi's son to be tried in Libya, not at ICC
Libya will not hand over Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son Saif al-Islam to the International Criminal Court for trial, a minister said on Tuesday as the war crimes court's prosecutor visited the country. "In a nutshell, we are not going to hand him
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:44A
Will the UN insist on Fair Trials for Ex-Regime Loyalists in Libya?
The death sentences were requested by the Libyan prosecutor in his opening statement four months earlier, in the final appeal in the fake HIV show trial case # 607/2003 held at the criminal court in Benghazi. The appellate judge in the case was none
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:35A
System of Criminal Injustice in Ukraine
A judge from one of the district courts in Ukraine admitted to me recently in a private talk that when he sees that the prosecution does not have a solid case against a defendant in a particular case he has only two options available: to send the case
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:35A
'Slab' Murphy plans trial appeal
Thomas “Slab” Murphy last week lost his challenge against the constitutionality of a law sending him for trial before the Special Criminal Court instead of a jury. The republican appeared today before the three-judge Special Criminal Court (SCC) where
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:33A
Kansas collected $11.8M in 2011 for criminal and civil actions
Statistics indicate that the total amount collected in criminal actions totaled $2.66 billion in restitution, criminal fines, and felony assessments. The law requires defendants to pay restitution to victims of certain federal crimes who have suffered
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:27A
Seif al-Islam to be tried in Libya, not at ICC
a minister said on Tuesday as the war crimes court's prosecutor visited the country. "In a nutshell, we are not going to hand him over," interim justice minister Mohammed al-Allagui said when asked about Seif, who was captured in Libya's far-flung
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:19A
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi faces trial in Libya
"In May, we requested an arrest warrant because Libyans could not do justice in Libya. Now, as Libyans are decided to do justice, they could do justice and we'll help them to do it – so that is the system. "Our international criminal court acts when
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:15A
Canadian courts making a mockery of the Charter
The Criminal Code has long recognized that there is a trade-off. One offence provides for a fine of up to $100 or imprisonment for 90 days. Another provides for a fine of up to $250000 or imprisonment for 6 months. The code's exchange rate between
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:11A
ICC prosecutor in Libya to discuss trial of Gaddafi son
Now as Libyans are decided to do justice, they could do justice and we'll help them to do it, so that is the system," he told reporters on his arrival in Tripoli. "Our International Criminal Court acts when the national system cannot act.
Updated: 11/22/2011 09:55A
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