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Gaddafi's brother-in-law Abudllah al- Senussi held in Mauritania
Muammar Gaddafi's intelligence chief and brother-in-law, Abudllah al- Senussi, who is the subject of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, has been detained in Mauritania. News of his arrest was released by Mauritanian authorities in
Updated: 03/17/2012 02:43P

German police say convicted Nazi criminal John Demjanjuk has died | The Republic
But they declined to order a new trial, saying there was a risk of violating the law prohibiting trying someone twice on the same evidence. Demjanjuk returned to his suburban Cleveland home in 1993 and his US citizenship, which had been revoked in 1981
Updated: 03/17/2012 02:41P

Vatican launches rare criminal probe into leaks
own legal system of criminal and administrative sanctions — has come at an exceedingly delicate time for the Vatican, which is seeking to win European approval for its efforts to ensure its finances are transparent and that its laws to fight money
Updated: 03/17/2012 02:33P

Vatican prosecutors, pope investigate leaks as Europe evaluators check anti
By NICOLE WINFIELD | AP | 24 minutes ago in The Vatican has launched an internal, criminal investigation into the leaks of confidential documents that alleged corruption and financial mismanagement and exposed power struggles among Holy See officials,
Updated: 03/17/2012 02:27P

Ex-inmate fights Texas over compensation law
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest state court to review criminal cases, reversed Allen's murder convictions three years ago in two 1983 murders in the Dallas enclave of University Park. The court ruled that Allen's trial attorney
Updated: 03/17/2012 02:15P

Vatican launches criminal probe into leaks
own legal system of criminal and administrative sanctions — has come at an exceedingly delicate time for the Vatican, which is seeking to win European approval for its efforts to ensure its finances are transparent and that its laws to fight money
Updated: 03/17/2012 02:10P

Ex-inmate struggles to cash in on compensation law
Rodney Ellis, who pushed for the state's compensation law and other criminal justice reforms, said Allen's case seemed caught in a "no person's land" - the evidence was insufficient to convict him, yet it also appeared too weak to qualify him for
Updated: 03/17/2012 02:10P

Ex-inmate struggles to cash in on Texas law that pays for years of wrongful
DNA evidence has led to most of Texas' exonerations. But with DNA testing essentially standard in most cases and the number of DNA-based exonerations expected to dwindle, more former inmates like Allen — whose case has no DNA evidence — are likely to
Updated: 03/17/2012 02:02P

Powerful pillar
Senussi, a brother-in-law of the slain ruler who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), was captured overnight at Nouakchott airport, a Mauritanian security official said. After months on the run, Senussi was arrested as he tried to enter
Updated: 03/17/2012 01:43P

March 24- Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy in Haiti Gala
This McGill Student and Alumni Benefit Gala will include three speakers: Professor Payam Akhavan, who teaches and researches in the area of international criminal law; Matt Brightman, a third year McGill student and founder of the company Moral Fibers;
Updated: 03/17/2012 01:24P