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High price of justice
This week the International Criminal Court delivered its first guilty verdict in its nearly 10-year existence, with the conviction of the warlord Thomas Lubanga for the coercion of children as soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Updated: 03/18/2012 02:44P
Hole in the war
Forget the “hifalutin” discourse about democracy and independence of the judiciary in this war of words between both sides in the historic trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. It has boiled down to one issue: his wealth. Sure, there is a case pending
Updated: 03/18/2012 02:38P
Red Taliban causes fresh fears in God's Own Country
It may look like a chapter from a story of some cannibalistic tribe of the past but the Taliban-like Marxist courts of Kannur district that hold trials, carry out convictions, pronounce death sentences and execute “class enemies” are a brutal reality
Updated: 03/18/2012 02:35P
Libya, France, ICC want to try Kadhafi spy chief, Libya, Mauritania, news
Tripoli, Paris, and The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) all competed Sunday to put Libya's ex-spy chief on trial after he was picked up in Mauritania. France and the ICC have submitted demands for the extradition of Abdullah Senussi,
Updated: 03/18/2012 02:29P
Hague Prosecutor Seeks 30 Years For Congo warlord
It is the first verdict issued by an ICC Trial Chamber. At present, 14 other cases are before the Court, three of which are at the stage of trial. The present war crimes of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 and using them to
Updated: 03/18/2012 02:21P
Jury selection to begin in trial of teen accused of killing St. Petersburg
But prosecutors have said they worked to schedule the trial as soon as possible in an effort to bring a sense of justice to a city that grieved for three fallen police office officers last year. St. Petersburg police are expected to attend the trial at
Updated: 03/18/2012 02:14P
Mets Ownership Back In Court On Monday, $303 Million On The Line
A jury in federal court in Manhattan will hear Mets owners testify about their relationship with Madoff. He is serving a 150-year prison sentence after admitting in 2008 that his investment business was a sham. He lost about $20 billion for investors.
Updated: 03/18/2012 02:11P
Mets Ownership Back In Court On Monday, $303 Million On The Line
A jury in federal court in Manhattan will hear Mets owners testify about their relationship with Madoff. He is serving a 150-year prison sentence after admitting in 2008 that his investment business was a sham. He lost about $20 billion for investors.
Updated: 03/18/2012 02:11P
Kan. military school has history of abuse claims
The Salina school is seeking a gag order prohibiting people involved in the case from publicly talking about the current litigation or past lawsuits that ended in settlements. But evidence in the public record allege long-running abuses.
Updated: 03/18/2012 02:08P
Tarique, Babar indicted
The trial of the much-talked about August 21 grenade attack case is set to begin on March 28, as a Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against 30 accused in the supplementary charge sheet of the killing case. The newly indicted include former prime
Updated: 03/18/2012 02:08P
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