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Haiti - Justice : Michel Forst concerned about the charges against Duvalier
The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti recalls that the invocation of provisions of section 466 of the Haitian Criminal Code on the prescription is not an obstacle to prosecution, since international law prohibits amnesty or
Updated: 02/01/2012 09:36A
Haiti - Justice : Michel Forst concerned about the charges against Duvalier
The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti recalls that the invocation of provisions of section 466 of the Haitian Criminal Code on the prescription is not an obstacle to prosecution, since international law prohibits amnesty or
Updated: 02/01/2012 09:36A
Spanish court hears of Franco-era crimes
Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon (far right) arrives for his trial at the Supreme Court in Madrid on January 31. A Spanish court heard testimony about Franco-era atrocities for the first time in history -- but the man in the dock was a judge who
Updated: 02/01/2012 09:35A
Calls for change over Thai 'royal insult' law
A heated debate is under way in Thailand over the application of a law designed to protect the monarchy, reports BBC South East Asia correspondent Rachel Harvey. The lese-majeste law, or article 112 of Thailand's criminal code, protects the most senior
Updated: 02/01/2012 09:12A
Canadian Jury Finds Three Afghan Family Members Guilty of Honor Killings
According to reports, a Canadian jury allowed the rule of criminal law to trump religious law of an Afghan immigrant couple, 58-year old Mohammad Shafia, his 42-year-old wife, Tooba Yahya and their 21-year-old son, Hamed. The jury found that the three
Updated: 02/01/2012 09:03A
Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer to Speak At Duke Law
Durham, NC - US Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer from the Justice Department™s Criminal Division will talk about efforts to combat corruption domestically and internationally on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at Duke University Law School.
Updated: 02/01/2012 09:02A
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMSpanish court hears testimony on civil war crimes
Entertainment News from AP By DANIEL WOOLLS AP MADRID (AP) - With a voice so faint and hoarse it sounded like a whisper, an elderly Spanish woman dressed in black gave Spain's court system its first oral account of right-wing atrocities committed
Updated: 02/01/2012 08:57A
Cop Unions Say NYPD Merchandise Ban 'Makes No Sense'
By Murray Weiss Murray Weiss is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, columnist and editor, and is considered an expert on government, law enforcement, criminal justice, organized crime and terrorism. MANHATTAN — The city's police unions
Updated: 02/01/2012 08:56A
Spanish court hears testimony on civil war crimes
Garzon known for pioneering cross-border justice cases is sitting in the dock as a criminal defendant for allegedly overstepping his jurisdiction with a probe of right wing atrocities during and after the Spanish civil war. Photo: Arturo Rodriguez / AP
Updated: 02/01/2012 08:39A
Michigan county handling of HIV criminal case suggests state law was ...
By Todd Heywood A Michigan man faces up to eight years in prison in a criminal case marked by confusion, hearsay, and a local health department that might have potentially violated state law. Holes in this ongoing case of a man alleged to have exposed
Updated: 02/01/2012 08:39A
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