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NAB is dysfunctional, non existent: SC
A 3-member SC bench presided over by Justice Tassadaq Hussain Jillani took up the petitions pertaining to frozen assets of former minister of Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa for hearing on Tuesday. NAB Deputy Prosecutor General Rana Asghar appeared in the court
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:32A
Md. man gets 10 years for abusing blind baby
AP The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown (http://bit.ly/okLUzq ) reports that 21-year-old Clyde Gatrell III was sentenced Monday in Washington County Circuit Court. Gatrell was convicted at a bench trial in July of second-degree child abuse and second-degree
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:32A
'Extravagant' Spending, $16 Muffins Found at Justice Conferences
US Justice Department agencies failed to minimize the cost of conferences, in one case serving $16 muffins and in another case serving beef Wellington appetizers that cost $7.32 per serving, an audit found.
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:32A
UK ICO says private sector "isn't as good as it thinks it is"
While giving evidence to the House of Commons Justice Select Committee, the Commissioner criticized the private sector and, in particular, banks and other financial services companies. As we have previously reported, and as the Justice Committee stated
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:31A
Dick Cheney Diplomatically Criticizes US Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald.
But Monday he was more careful than usual when it came to criticizing Chicago US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald who prosecuted Cheney's Scooter Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice in the leak investigation into
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:31A
Dink trial: The rush for a cover-up
A lawyer told me that “the time limit will be passed in January of next year, and the court may be concerned that all of the accused may be released, if no verdict is issued by then.” But there is much more to it. Month after month, trial after trial,
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:31A
Bomb which exploded in Minsk subway was disguised as gift.
Several minutes ago the hearings reopened in the House of Justice after a break. The video recording of the interrogation of the main person involved in the crime, Dmitry Konovalov, is being studied in court today. During the preliminary investigation,
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:30A
Settlement reached on eve of Sept 11 airline trial
The lawsuit in Manhattan federal court had been the only one of dozens filed after the attacks not to have resulted in a settlement until now. The Bavis family had initially seemed intent on having the lawsuit heard by a New York jury, and the trial
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:30A
Settlement reached on eve of Sept 11 airline trial
The lawsuit in Manhattan federal court had been the only one of dozens filed after the attacks not to have resulted in a settlement until now. The Bavis family had initially seemed intent on having the lawsuit heard by a New York jury, and the trial
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:30A
Lake County civic leader Bruce Duncan admits drinking half bottle of vodka
His defense lawyers and longtime friends, Michael Graves and John Spivey, argue that he should receive the shortest term permissible for DUI-manslaughter, a four-year prison sentence. Assistant State Attorney Sue Purdy has recommended that Circuit
Updated: 09/20/2011 09:29A
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