Pakistan urges US to repatriate convicted neuroscientist

The Pakistani government has finally written to the office of the US attorney general for repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, an American-educated Pakistani neuroscientist convicted in a US federal court of assault with intent to murder her US interrogators. She is...

AL Preacher Anthony Hopkins Kills Wife: Kept Her in Freezer 4 Yrs

Alabama evangelist Anthony Hopkins has been convicted today after murdering his wife  Arletha Hopkins, 39 and mother of eight, and storing her body in a freezer for 4 years. "Hopkins also abused and...

Malaysia begins caning women for adultery

. This type of sentence for adultery is not a good way of punishment but still Malaysia does have the right to set it own laws.Yet, another type of legal sanctions could be better as punishment."Last year the case...

James Bain - Man Exonerated after 35 Years in Jail

James Bain is the latest person to be released from US jails because DNA testing proved that he could not have committed the crime.  He has been released after wrongly spending 35 years in a Florida jail for...

Another Bernie Madoff Lawsuit: Sex and Drug Violations

Bernie Maddof is being pressed with more charges.  He is now being charged with financing a cocaine-fueled work environment and a "culture of sexual deviance."  The two largest claims against him are...

Heathrow bomb convict wanted to teach "them" unforgettable lesson

Abdullah Ahmed Ali , the leader of the trio who found guilty on the charges of plotting to bomb passenger flights using liquid bombs claimed in a recorded video that he was doing to become martyr and punish and humiliate "them", teach them a lesson "they" never forget....

Life for US soldier's Iraq crimes

" A former US soldier convicted of rape and murder while serving in Iraq will spend life in prison, a judge in the US state of Kentucky has confirmed. Steven Green, 24, is to serve five consecutive life sentences...

DNA Database: 21st Century Crime Fighting Tools

There’s nothing you can do to guarantee that you will not be a victim of sexual violence. But there are many steps you can take to help reduce your risk of being assaulted. Avoiding Dangerous Situations is one...

Susan Dean, First Woman Convicted of Child Porn in Nevada

Susan Dean, 43, has become the first woman to be charged and convicted federally of possessing internet child pornography in the state of Nevada. She was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release. It was on November 13, 2005, that the...

Former Serbian leader acquitted of war crime charges

Milan Milutinovic, the President of Serbia from 1998 to 2002, has been cleared of all charges laid against him by the UN International Criminal Tribunal. At the end of his presidential term in 2002, Milutinovic...

Sierra Leone 'blood diamond' rebels found guilty of war crimes

Three Sierra Leone rebel leaders were convicted today of war crimes including murder, rape and sexual enslavement. Issa Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao were all thought to have ordered their troops to cut off opponents' hands or other limbs to get their hands on what...

Appeal for Cuban Five Heads to US Supreme Court

The "Cuban Five", arrested in 1998 and convicted by a Miami jury in 2001 on charges they had spied on prominent Cuban-American exile leaders and United States' military bases, are headed to court. " Lawyers for...

Sexual Abusers Should Fear Santa Claus

If you are a Child Molester, Santa will put you behind bars.  A brave little girl wrote to Santa and asked for Christmas that a Man stop touching her and her sister.  That's one gift that she will...

Defence seeks 6-year term for O.J. Simpson

Former American football legend O.J. Simpson could be handed a tough jail term Friday when he goes back to court for sentencing after being convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping."LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - O.J....

Convicted Killer Called Most Dangerous Man

He has a violent nature that has left many dead bodies. He promised the judge that he would kill again the first chance he got. He is mentally disturbed but is not being forced to take his meds. Should he be...

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