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18 months added to rapist's 'unduly lenient' sentence
Adamson was offered "sexual contact", Lord Justice Pitchford told London's Criminal Appeal Court last Thursday. But he then forced himself on the woman, who withdrew her consent before he had sex with her. Adamson was found guilty of rape by a jury at
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:15A
Nethercott motion refused by judge
Jan Brewer signed a law on April 11 that prohibits a person who is present in Arizona in violation of federal immigration law related to improper entry from being awarded punitive damages in any action in any court in the state. “It is now, in 2011,
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:15A
Two Iraqis indicted in US on terrorism charges
Two Iraqis have been indicted in the United States with terrorism-related charges, including plotting to kill Americans abroad and providing support to al- Qaida in Iraq, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Waad Ramadan Alwan, 30, and Mohanad Shareef
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:14A
Police: Poughkeepsie man charged with DWI, 3 kids in minivan
He was later found to have a blood alcohol concentration of .15 percent, police said. The charges fall under Leandra's Law, which makes it a felony to drive while intoxicated with children age 15 or younger in a vehicle. Police said he was also charged
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:14A
Police: Poughkeepsie man charged with DWI, 3 kids in minivan
He was later found to have a blood alcohol concentration of .15 percent, police said. The charges fall under Leandra's Law, which makes it a felony to drive while intoxicated with children age 15 or younger in a vehicle. Police said he was also charged
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:14A
Verdict in Escobedo case suit is upheld
FORT WAYNE – A federal judge overturned her own earlier ruling and upheld the February verdict in the lawsuit stemming from the 2005 fatal shooting of Rudy Escobedo by Fort Wayne police. US District Judge Theresa L. Springmann ruled last week that not
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:14A
Justice reverses Bush's lawyer hiring practice
WASHINGTON — Under the Obama administration, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has reversed a pattern of systematically hiring conservative lawyers with little experience in civil rights, the practice that caused a scandal over
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:14A
Vikings victims of a bad rap
The housing crash/mortgage default calamity of a few years ago was not caused by bank deregulation but rather an almost universal belief that real estate prices would rise forever which bred massive greed among home owners/buyers.
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:13A
Serbia: Mladic extradited to face war crimes charges
BELGRADE, (Xinhua): Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic said here on Tuesday that the process to extradite Ratko Mladic to the UN war crimes tribunal has started, and that Mladic is already on a plane to The Hague.
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:13A
NY rape victim speaks out with project to end DNA testing backlog, catch more
Natasha Alexenko is the founder of Natasha's Justice Project. The Long Island-based organization is trying to educate people about a backlog of untested sexual assault kits across the country. Some estimate the backlog could be in the tens of thousands
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:13A
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