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CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMYemen immunity law sparks debates over past crimes
Amnesty International called the law "a smack in the face for justice." Navi Pillay, the United Nations' top human rights official, said last week that an amnesty for those accused of gross human rights violations or war crimes breaks international law
Updated: 01/09/2012 03:00P
Yemen immunity law sparks debates over past crimes
Amnesty International called the law "a smack in the face for justice." Navi Pillay, the United Nations' top human rights official, said last week that an amnesty for those accused of gross human rights violations or war crimes breaks international law
Updated: 01/09/2012 02:50P
Yemen immunity law sparks debates over past crimes
Amnesty International called the law "a smack in the face for justice." Navi Pillay, the United Nations' top human rights official, said last week that an amnesty for those accused of gross human rights violations or war crimes breaks international law
Updated: 01/09/2012 02:50P
Sweeping immunity law in Yemen sparks new protests, debates over how to handle
One attacker was also killed when armed tribesmen who support the protests fired back. Protest organizers rejected the law. Abdel-Hadi al-Azazi in the capital Sanaa said it “helped the leader of a criminal gang escape legal punishment.
Updated: 01/09/2012 02:47P
Marine accused of using control in war crime
Military prosecutors face an uphill battle trying to prove, so many years after the killings, that Wuterich's actions were criminal, legal experts say. Others believe the military jury will be better equipped for the case over a civilian one in which
Updated: 01/09/2012 02:10P
Marine accused of using control in war crime
Military prosecutors face an uphill battle trying to prove, so many years after the killings, that Wuterich's actions were criminal, legal experts say. Others believe the military jury will be better equipped for the case over a civilian one in which
Updated: 01/09/2012 02:10P
US crime rate at lowest point in decades. Why America is safer now.
Beyond technology, law enforcement personnel are much better educated and trained today than ever before, adds John Paitakes, professor of criminal justice at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. They've also benefited from leaders like William Bratton
Updated: 01/09/2012 01:22P
Justice in Guatemala
Congress has yet to pass the Law against Corruption in Public Administration (Law 4347)—part of a critical package of anti-corruption amendments to the penal code introduced in March 2009—and National Civil Police reform has stalled since Helen Mack
Updated: 01/09/2012 01:05P
Legal Events Calendar: January 9, 2012
19-21, Bay Ridge Lawyers Association Annual Winter Seminar A civil and criminal law smorgasbord, with speakers including: Brooklyn Supreme Court justices Patricia Di Mango and Lawrence Knipel, and attorneys Andrea Bonina, Diana Szochet and Jaime
Updated: 01/09/2012 12:06P
US Said Near Legal Action Against Swiss Bank
In 2009, UBS paid $780 million to settle Justice Department criminal charges that it helped thousands of US clients hide $20 billion. UBS later turned over 4450 American client names, on top of an initial 255 at the time of the settlement.
Updated: 01/09/2012 12:03P
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