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Stop-and-Frisk Targets Minorities -- Creates Culture of Fear in New York
I understand that there is a definitive need for law enforcement to protect the city it serves from gun violence and other violent crimes that plague our communities. However, it is imperative that we find more creative, efficient and effective methods
Updated: 03/14/2012 02:09P
Delay in Lubanga judgment demonstrates ICC weaknesses
Again, the trial was reinstated on appeal. Little wonder, then, that the verdict ran to more than 600 pages. There was little that the court could say about a system which allows victims an active role in undermining a prosecutor's discretion.
Updated: 03/14/2012 02:05P
Planned Parenthood CEO arrested for indecent exposure in TX
According to Texas Penal Code 21.08, indecent exposure is a Class B misdemeanor, and is committed when a suspect exposes his genitals with the intent to arouse the sexual desire of another person. Thornton was released the following day after posting a
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:56P
Human rights get emphasis in revised law
CHINA amended the Criminal Procedure Law and highlighted human rights protection, eight years after the principle was explicitly written into the Constitution. The National People's Congress, China's parliament, overwhelmingly adopted the amendment
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:51P
Georgia Prisons: Spending Smarter Not More
According to the report of the Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform for Georgians, “[d]uring the past two decades, the prison population in Georgia has more than doubled to nearly 56000. ...If current policies remain in place, analysis indicates
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:50P
Neville Thurlbeck, former News of the World chief reporter, arrested
"He was arrested on suspicion of intimidation of a witness (contrary to Section 51 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994) and encouraging or assisting an offence (contrary to Section 46 of the Serious Crime Act 2007).
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:33P
Ignoring the Genocide Convention in the Ninth Circuit
In authorizing California state courts as a forum for such lawsuits, a political message was being sent that could have a direct impact upon foreign relations and might adversely affect the power of the federal government to deal with these problems.
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:31P
Pillay: Lubanga ruling major milestone in fight against impunity
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 14, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay on Wednesday hailed the International Criminal Court verdict in the case of Thomas Lubanga, who was found guilty of recruiting and using child
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:30P
Neville Thurlbeck rearrested by phone-hack cops
"He was arrested on suspicion of intimidation of a witness (contrary to Section 51 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994) and encouraging or assisting an offence (contrary to Section 46 of the Serious Crime Act 2007).
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:22P
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office's West Bank Crime report for March 13
1600 block of Alexander Court - March 13, 12:13 pm, criminal damage. 4500 block of Ames Boulevard - March 13, 12:39 pm, drug law violation. Ames Boulevard and Belle Terre Road - March 13, 5:49 pm, vehicle wreck. 5500 block of Ames Court - March 13,
Updated: 03/14/2012 01:20P
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