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Johnson: Detroit goes vigilante
The appropriate action is to use whatever tools are available - new police deployment strategies, reopening prisons, moral example and the criminal law. But the first significant step is a management/deployment strategy highlighted by hiring more cops
Updated: 01/23/2012 08:21A
ICC RULING ON THE KENYAN CASES
He maintains that†the ICC is not competent because the crimes committed on the territory of the†Republic of Kenya during the post?election violence of 2007?2008 in his view†were serious common crimes under Kenyan criminal law, but not crimes†against
Updated: 01/23/2012 08:10A
Juror jailed over online research
A former university lecturer who carried out online research about a criminal defendant while serving as a juror has been jailed for six months. Theodora Dallas, 34, who taught psychology at the University of Bedfordshire, was found guilty of contempt
Updated: 01/23/2012 08:07A
Recommended: Interpol faces legal threat for helping oppressive regimes hunt
Jago Russell, the chief executive of Fair Trials International, highlighted that Interpol's 190 member states include "countries that routinely abuse their criminal justice systems to persecute individuals." Despite this, there is no independent court
Updated: 01/23/2012 07:24A
Gaddafi son to be tried in Libya: minister
The International Criminal Court accepts that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will be tried in Libya rather than at the Hague-based court, Libyan Justice Minister Ali Khalifa Ashur said on Monday. "Libya applied on Friday to the ICC for Saif to be tried in a
Updated: 01/23/2012 07:23A
Legal threat to Interpol for helping rogue states hunt dissidents
Jago Russell, the chief executive of Fair Trials International, highlighted that Interpol's 190 member states include "countries that routinely abuse their criminal justice systems to persecute individuals." Despite this, there is no independent court
Updated: 01/23/2012 06:07A
Dismissal Of Martin Amidu As AG
against crime and criminal prosecution. When given the opportunity to substantiate his claims, Mr. Amidu was found wanting. As a legal luminary, Mr. Amidu is well aware of the principle in law that the onus lies on whoever alleges to prove.
Updated: 01/23/2012 06:07A
Zimbabwe Strengthens Laws Against Rape, Sensitizes Reporting Process for Victims
The organization reported the case to the police, who arrested the father and charged him with rape under section 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. The case is still pending. After relentless lobbying by civic society groups in
Updated: 01/23/2012 05:44A
US v. R. Allen Stanford Begins
Geoffrey Corn teaches criminal law and procedure at South Texas College of Law. Corn says the amount of money involved and the extent of Stanford's offshore dealings make the case unusually complex. “And that's the challenge, I think of the prosecutors
Updated: 01/23/2012 05:38A
Operation Safe Child in Warren County
Using a card and digital fingerprinting technology, in about 2 minutes, parents can walk away with up to date information that can help law enforcement. The State Department of Criminal Justice Services can also store the information in a database.
Updated: 01/23/2012 05:16A
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