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Karnataka Lokayukta Shivraj Patil Resigns over housing row
Justice Shivraj Patil today resigned as Lokayukta of Karnataka barely six weeks after he was appointed as Karnataka's ombudsman. Justice Patil resigned over owning of housing sites for him and his wife allegedly violating co-operative housing society
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:43A
Hungarian Supreme Court President praises Montenegro's judiciary reform
comes to the judiciary than some of the candidate countries in the past, Hungarian President of the Supreme Court and the National Judicial Council Andrs Baka noted during his meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Duško Markovi?.
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:43A
Georgia board denies clemency for Troy Davis
"Justice was finally served for my father," said Mark MacPhail Jr., who was an infant when his father was gunned down. "The truth was finally heard." Kim Davis, the inmate's sister, declined immediate comment on the decision.
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:43A
Maddow commemorates end of DADT
Video By Peter Finocchiaro Maybe you've heard: A solar energy company called Solyndra declared bankruptcy last month, and has just laid off its entire 1000 person workforce. As Jon Stewart noted on "The Daily Show" last night, the business's failure
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:43A
Ravalli Co. looks north for DUI prevention advice
The northwest Montana program was created by the "Stop Underage Drinking in the Flathead" coalition as well as several law enforcement agencies, treatment facilities and the judicial branch. Flathead officials traveled to Hamilton last week to educate
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:43A
International Criminal Court prosecutor to speak at law school Sept. 22
Fatou Bensouda, deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), will discuss the current issues facing the ICC at noon Thursday, Sept. 22, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Bensouda, a native of The
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:43A
RI Rep. Gordon: I won't step down
Police arrested Gordon on Friday after learning he faces charges stemming from a 2008 traffic stop in Massachusetts, and the arrest led to revelations about his past legal problems. The 42-year-old lawmaker spent the weekend in prison and appeared in
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:43A
Kansas AG sues to block new EPA air pollution rule on controlling air
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has filed a lawsuit over new federal clean air regulations. Schmidt filed the lawsuit Monday to block the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing the new rules. The EPA says the new regulations are
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:43A
Crime victim, family receives justice in Troy Davis case - no clemency for Davis
ATLANTA, GA - The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles has ruled in favor of justice and the evidentiary proof found by a jury of his peers in the clemency hearing for convicted cop killer Troy Davis, according to the AJC. The Board, tasked once before
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:42A
Parents see Joanna killer in court
The parents of landscape architect Joanna Yeates have seen their daughter's killer in court for the first time. David and Teresa Yeates were at Bristol Crown Court for a pre-trial hearing for Vincent Tabak. The couple had not seen Tabak in person in
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:42A
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