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Charles Taylor conviction a warning to strongmen?
The verdict "permanently locks in and solidifies the idea that heads of state are now accountable for what they do to their own people," said David Crane, the former prosecutor who indicted Taylor in 2003 and is now a professor of international law.
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:47P

Rupert Murdoch under pressure to release secret law firm file on phone hacking
before the Leveson Inquiry into media standards, the News Corporation boss was challenged by Lord Justice Leveson to publish advice given to News International by the criminal law firm Burton Copeland after an internal investigation in 2007.
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:47P

Harper's Culture War through Crime Bill uses Orwell playbook — Bill C-26
Bill architects seek to transform the existing Criminal Code sections dealing with the rights of self-defence and citizen's arrest. Quebec during the 1960's experienced the Quiet Revolution. In 2012, it is apparent the we Canadians are experiencing
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:35P

Ottawa: PM pursues War through Orwell playbook — Bill C-26
Bill architects seek to transform the existing Criminal Code sections dealing with the rights of self-defence and citizen's arrest. Quebec during the 1960's experienced the Quiet Revolution. In 2012, it is apparent the we Canadians are experiencing
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:35P

Q&A: Jed Painter
A graduate of St. John's University School of Law, Painter served as a felony animal crimes prosecutor before his appointment as the unit's chief. In addition to investigating and prosecuting crimes against animals, Painter travels throughout Nassau
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:29P

Taylor's War Crimes Conviction Sends Powerful Message
The Special Court for Sierra Leone Thursday found Charles Taylor, a former president of Liberia, guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes, and other grave violations of international law, committed by his rebel forces in the one-time war-ravaged West
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:26P

Ex-Liberian president conviction sends warning to tyrants
By MIKE CORDER | AP LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands • Former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday became the first head of state since World War II convicted by an international war crimes court, a legal landmark observers say sent a clear message
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:11P

Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor convicted of crimes against humanity
By Mike Corder AP LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands -- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday became the first head of state since World War II convicted by an international war crimes court, a legal landmark observers say sent a clear message to
Updated: 04/26/2012 01:55P

Taylor conviction sends warning to tyrants
The verdict "permanently locks in and solidifies the idea that heads of state are now accountable for what they do to their own people," said David Crane, the former prosecutor who indicted Taylor in 2003 and is now a professor of international law.
Updated: 04/26/2012 01:55P

Charles Taylor conviction in Liberia sends warning to tyrants
The verdict "permanently locks in and solidifies the idea that heads of state are now accountable for what they do to their own people," said David Crane, the former prosecutor who indicted Taylor in 2003 and is now a professor of international law.
Updated: 04/26/2012 01:39P