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County's criminals help with prison research
The Howard League for Penal Reform asked ex-offenders from Sheffield, Rotherham, Leeds, Birmingham and London about their experiences of the criminal justice system - and concluded jailing young people and then supervising them in the community on
Updated: 09/19/2011 02:23A
Kenya: 45 Judicial Officers Implicated in Graft
However the report despite being forwarded to former Chief Justice Evan Gicheru was never made public or even acted upon. Some of the complaints made against the judicial officers relate to favouritism of certain advocate firms including using their
Updated: 09/19/2011 02:22A
Death Case of Assam boy at army custody - Court orders compensation, investigation
The family of Projit knocked at the door of justice several times but the accused was never arrested, nor was any action taken just like several other in human cases involving army personnel in North east India. Later, the father of the deceased,
Updated: 09/19/2011 02:20A
Missing Order: Registrar General seeks report from Mandi DC
Acting on a letter written by one Jai Singh, a resident of Nihari sub tehsil at Sundernagar, to the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court regarding non supply of copy of an order the Registrar General of the High Court recently directed the
Updated: 09/19/2011 02:20A
ECC presents fall film series
Based on a true story, Oscar-winning actor Javier Barden portrays Ramn Sampedro, a young Spanish fisherman who is paralyzed from the neck down following a diving accident. After spending 27 years depending on his older brother and his sister-in-law
Updated: 09/19/2011 02:19A
MacAskill concerned over case of rapist
JUSTICE Secretary Kenny MacAskill says lessons need to be learned after a Jamaican man who was allowed to stay in the UK despite being jailed for rape was found guilty of attacking three more women. Chan Wright was convicted of a
Updated: 09/19/2011 02:19A
Judges won't hear Hlophe case
The Constitutional Court would have heard arguments as to how to proceed in the matter, as most of the judges had been involved before when Hlophe was accused of interfering in President Jacob Zuma's 2008 corruption trial. In March, the Supreme Court
Updated: 09/19/2011 02:19A
Obama's Recipe for Tax Disaster
President Obama's "Buffett Tax" proposal to change the nation's tax laws may sound seductively reasonable. Ensuring that nobody earning over a million dollars a year pays a lower percentage than the middle class sounds like justice.
Updated: 09/19/2011 02:17A
Carl's accused killer takes the stand
Underworld killer Carl Williams offered his accused murderer $200000 to kill former drug squad detective Paul Dale, a Victorian court has been told. Matthew Charles Johnson on Monday took the witness stand in his trial for bashing Williams to death at
Updated: 09/19/2011 02:17A
Supreme Court issues notice to Satyam officials
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to B. Rama Raju and other former Satyam Computers officials on a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking an extension of two months for completion of trial in the accounting fraud
Updated: 09/19/2011 02:16A
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