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After the Horse Leaves the Barn: Legal Basis for Assassination by Drones
Hence, attacks by UAVs are in violation of international law and constitute a war crime for which the perpetrators could be tried at the International Criminal Court. Notwithstanding that the United States is not a member of the ICC, parties victimized
Updated: 03/31/2012 10:03A
Tribes in Washington Could Get More Authority Over Civil, Criminal Matters
By Richard Walker March 31, 2012 A new state law could make it easier for Washington's tribal governments to obtain governance over certain civil and criminal matters on their lands. Gov. Chris Gregoire on March 19 signed HB 2233, which establishes a
Updated: 03/31/2012 09:41A
Justice isn't blind, it's biased
Chances are, you're a criminal. I know I am. Not the bad kind - the benign kind, who just happens to snap a few laws while going about my daily business. Jaywalking, maybe dumping a sly coffee cup when I can't find a bin, riding a bike without a helmet
Updated: 03/31/2012 09:31A
Law must change to protect those 'walking while black'
His pursuer, George Zimmerman, immediately targeted him as a potential criminal, ''reporting'' to a police dispatcher: ''This guy looks like he's up to no good, or he's on drugs or something - these assholes, they always get away.
Updated: 03/31/2012 09:25A
Queensland Premier must rebuild trust
The Heiner affair revolves around the deliberate destruction of material known to be wanted as evidence in an ongoing criminal investigation, a breach of the Queensland criminal code's section 129 for which there is no statute of limitations.
Updated: 03/31/2012 09:11A
Larry W. O'Brien: Keep experienced Allen on circuit court bench
During that time he used his experiences in law enforcement and the criminal justice system to become an accomplished prosecutor while always understanding the human impacts of his decisions. He used his experience in civil practice to broaden his
Updated: 03/31/2012 08:29A
It ain't right, sez car owner
Okada, 60, spoke out after the Daily News revealed the jury that convicted Pena of sodomizing the woman was deadlocked by three holdouts who doubted he raped her because she did not remember the color of the car near the crime scene.
Updated: 03/31/2012 08:08A
Owner of car that helped NYPD cop Michael Pena escape rape conviction outraged
“How do you expect somebody who is being dragged down a driveway at gunpoint to remember the color of a car?” By Melissa Grace AND Corky Siemaszko / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS New York City Police Officer Michael Pena, 27, accused of attempting to rape a
Updated: 03/31/2012 08:07A
Owner of car that helped NYPD cop Michael Pena escape rape conviction: It ain
By Melissa Grace AND Corky Siemaszko / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS New York City Police Officer Michael Pena, 27, accused of attempting to rape a teacher in Inwood, appears in Manhattan Criminal Court Thursday. EVIDENCE PHOTO: In the police officer Michael
Updated: 03/31/2012 08:07A
Lawmaker: NJ DNA database could be better crime-fighting tool
I commend The Star-Ledger for its recent editorial urging New Jersey to expand the DNA database in order to create a better crime-fighting tool for law enforcement agencies (“Build NJ's DNA database,” March 24). As the author of the law establishing
Updated: 03/31/2012 07:46A
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