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Kenya: What If IMF Chief Had Been Accused of Raping a Cleaning Woman Here?
This is not to suggest that the US criminal justice system is superior to that of other countries (though the US justice system does tend to view everyone equal before the law, regardless of status, which is not so in many other countries,
Updated: 05/22/2011 10:58P
Widow wins right to dead husband's sperm to try to have an IVF baby
In the NSW Supreme Court today, Justice Robert Allan Hulme ruled that Jocelyn Edwards is entitled to possession of the sperm recovered from the body of her late husband, Mark Edwards. “Although there is no direct evidence, the clear and only inference
Updated: 05/22/2011 10:57P
Michigan's smoking ban: one year later
Since then, restaurant and bar owners and patrons have had mixed reviews on the ban and its effects on business and lifestyle. Michigan's Smoke-Free Air Law, which was officially put into effect May 1, 2010, left the state up in arms about the
Updated: 05/22/2011 10:57P
Traffic HEAT program begins today
It spans two notoriously busy highway times, Memorial Day and July Fourth holidays. Otherwise, drivers hit the roads in the summer months for vacations, day trips and other getaways — and with gas prices expected to drop, the temptation to press the
Updated: 05/22/2011 10:57P
KTLA Special Report: Is a Sex Offender Worth $42 an Hour?
That's what convicted sex offenders James Spry and Steven English are claiming in a lawsuit, and under state law, they might have a case. Spry and English are suing Baron Services of Chino, a company that does final cleaning and janitorial work on
Updated: 05/22/2011 10:56P
BuCor exec on leave as probe on Leviste case starts
Department of Justice (DOJ) Undersecretary Francisco Baraan III said Diokno, whose office has allegedly enabled prisoners to abuse their "living-out" privileges, submitted his leave of absence to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima.
Updated: 05/22/2011 10:56P
Search For Justice Drags On In Unsolved Murder
She's hoping the case can be solved while he's still alive to see the murderers brought to justice. Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call police at 444-7867. You do not have to give your name.
Updated: 05/22/2011 10:55P
Activists raise concern over Metro Rail project
The children and senior citizens who wait at bus stands and those walk on the roads, have to bear the scorching sun if the trees are uprooted. There is no point in planting trees in one part of the city alone,” he told City Express.
Updated: 05/22/2011 10:55P
Pakistan: More protests against US drone strikes
By northsunm32 Imran Khan chair of the Movement for Justice party led about 6000 in Karachi demanding an end to US drone strikes in Pakistan. There is a two day sit in against what protesters regard as a violation of Pakistan's territory but US and
Updated: 05/22/2011 10:55P
Prisons chief goes on leave as DOJ probes Leviste 'vacation'
While the Department of Justice looks into former Batangas Gov. Antonio Leviste's so-called caper outside the New Bilibid Prison, Bureau of Corrections Director Ernesto Diokno has taken a leave of absence. Speaking to reporters, DOJ Undersecretary
Updated: 05/22/2011 10:54P
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