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Businessman faces jail over terrorists' cookbook
Mr Justice William Blair said: 'I think it will be evident to everybody that a custodial sentence is inevitable and a custodial sentence of some length given the gravity of these offences.' Brown made more than £44000 after selling 2000 copies of the
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:48P
Arsonist gets more jail time, declared long-term offender
BC Supreme Court Justice Randall Wong also declared David Hurst a long-term offender, a label that means he will be closely supervised for 10 years once he gets out of jail. Hurst has a long criminal record for arson and petty crime.
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:48P
Illinois becomes 16th US state to abolish death penalty
CHICAGO: Illinois became the 16th US state to abolish the death penalty on Wednesday, capping a decade of debate over the fairness of capital punishment in a justice system rife with wrongful convictions. The midwestern state helped spur a national
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:47P
Editorial: Justice Katutsi will be missed
Justice John Bosco Katutsi is bowing out of the judiciary within a couple of days after an illustrious career, having attained the mandatory retirement age of 65 for High Court judges in Uganda. Fearless and independent, Justice Katutsi will be
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:47P
Illinois abolishes capital punishment, governor commutes 15 death sentences
Quinn, formerly a long-time supporter of capital punishment, said the decision to abolish execution is based on the state's experience of wrongful convictions, which failed to ensure justice. He also believes that keeping the punishment does not deter
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:47P
Truck carrying 3000 litres of glue crashes
Minutes later a separate crash involving a prime mover 25km south of Yass closed the southbound lane of the same highway. A 37-year-old woman in the vehicle's sleeper compartment was hurt in the accident while the 33-year-old male driver escaped with
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:47P
Illinois Becomes the 16th State to Abandon the Death Penalty
"This is a turning point," said Shari Silberstein, Executive Director of Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), a national organization who worked with state partners on the repeal. EJUSA worked on the ground in Illinois as a national partner to the repeal
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:47P
Triple fatality closes Airport Hwy.
TOLEDO, OH -- A car crash has claimed the lives of three people -- including a woman who was nine months pregnant. The accident happened at approximately 2:00 PM on Airport Highway near Wenz, by Swan Creek Metropark.
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:47P
Baby dead after 9 hours in car
Police said the mother, identified by the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung as one of their employees, Kayla Carlson, is believed to have left the 6-month-old in the car by accident when she went in to work Tuesday, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:46P
Barcelona May Have Won the Tie but Arsenal Showed They Were No Push Overs!
Here is my verdict. I think the team played very well. I guess people didn't take Arsene Wenger seriously when he said Arsenal were going to alter their style to play Barca. Have we so easily forgotten Inter Milan vs Barcelona from last season.
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:46P
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