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US could bring hate-crime charge in Florida neighborhood-watch killing of teen
By CURT ANDERSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI -- The US Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against the shooter in the killing of black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin if there is sufficient evidence the slaying was motivated by racial
Updated: 03/25/2012 02:40P
US Justice Department could bring hate crime charge in Florida teen shooting
The US Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against the shooter in the killing of black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin if there is sufficient evidence the slaying was motivated by racial bias and not simply a fight that spiraled out of
Updated: 03/25/2012 02:39P
Why SA should prosecute Zimbabwe's torturers-in-chief
This, as the applicants correctly point out, means that the South African government recognized that such crimes "deserve special attention." Fourthly, given the collapse of the rule of law in Zimbabwe and the fact that the officials allegedly
Updated: 03/25/2012 02:29P
Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn, accuser to spar in court
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - Seven months after New York prosecutors dropped criminal charges against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his lawyers will fight a civil lawsuit against him in a Bronx
Updated: 03/25/2012 02:14P
Aboriginal background must factor in criminal sentencing: Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court reviewed two cases involving men with long, violent criminal records. Both had violated the terms of their supervision orders. It's the first time the court ruled on how the Gladue principles on aboriginal sentencing guidelines set by
Updated: 03/25/2012 01:16P
Human trafficking in Calgary a bigger problem than originally thought
The Criminal Code charge of human trafficking has rarely been laid and there are no known convictions in Alberta, yet half of the agencies surveyed in a study released Friday said they have come into contact with victims.
Updated: 03/25/2012 01:10P
Trayvon Martin case: US could bring hate crime charge against George Zimmerman
The Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin if there is sufficient evidence the slaying was motivated by racial bias. By Curt Anderson, Associated Press / March 25,
Updated: 03/25/2012 01:00P
Donna Brazile, George Will Question 'Stand Your Ground' Law
The problem isn't in the “Stand Your Ground Law”. Of course the crime, be it from either direction led to a death by shooting and that's what the left wants. A disarmed society rendered defenseless against crime and tyranny. “We want to be a Christian
Updated: 03/25/2012 12:59P
Feds could level hate crime charge against Trayvon Martin's shooter
By AP MIAMI — The US Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against the shooter in the killing of black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin if there is sufficient evidence the slaying was motivated by racial bias and not simply a fight that
Updated: 03/25/2012 12:52P
US considers hate-crime charge in killing of Trayvon Martin
“It sounds pretty obvious to me,” said Donald Tibbs, a Drexel University law professor who has closely studied race, civil rights and criminal procedure. “If that was a racial epithet that preceded the attack on Trayvon Martin, we definitely have a
Updated: 03/25/2012 12:38P
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