`Black Widows' Sentenced to Life in Prison

Two elderly women were sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives. "Helen Golay of

Three plead guilty to explosives plot

The British men who were caught allegedly plotting to blow up an airliner using liquid explosives in 2006, which caused the ensuing worldwide ban on carrying liquids onto planes, have pleaded guilty to the crime today."LONDON (Reuters) - Three British Muslim men pleaded...

In Which We Explore the Federal Laws that Apply to Cyberstalking

"Tragedies frequently result in flurries of legal activity. Last years witnessed the Myspace tragedy in which a 13 year old girl committing suicide. Unfortunately stalking laws have been clumsy tools that are difficult if not impossible for law enforcement officials to...

Amnesty urges Indonesia to halt serial killer`s execution

If the death sentence not the solution, then the other solution?Pity the perpetrators? How are about his victims?"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Rights group Amnesty International called on Indonesia Saturday not to execute a man who murdered 42 women in "black magic" rituals. ...

Indonesia to execute five more death row convicts

The death sentence still a controversy in many countries."After taking two Nigerians to a firing squad for drug offenses last week, the Indonesian prosecutors are now planning to execute five more death row convicts...

Google in deal with Brazil to fight child porn

Brazilian prosecutors say 90 percent of illegal Internet content being investigated in Brazil involves Orkut. The site has 60 million users, half of them in Brazil. " Internet search company Google signed an...

Samsung in crisis after chairman quits

"SOUTH Korea's largest business group Samsung faces a leadership crisis after its chairman quit in the wake of a scandal, the acting chairman said today. "Without a captain or rudder, Samsung now faces...

Russia: Skinhead gang accused of killing 20 in Moscow

" Russian prosecutors yesterday charged a skinhead gang led by two teenagers with the racist murders of 20 people during a series of brutal attacks in Moscow. Prosecutors said they had charged nine people aged...

Terrorist camp in Canada

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanada's accused Islamic Terrorist was reported to have told al-Qaida that Canada has cheap land in which to set up a Terrorist Training Camp.To that I say, well I guess...

VP Jusuf Kalla defends attorney general over corruption scandal

""If a subordinate commits a crime it doesn't mean that the chief is guilty," he was quoted by AFP as telling ElShinta radio.Kalla praised Supandji's performance and said he was the best attorney general in the country's history."In my experience, among all the attorney...

Schoolboy hacker Omar Khan who upped his grades faces 38 years in jail

" It could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: as long as 38 years, according to Orange County prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18-year-old student with breaking into his prestigious high...

Atlanta: Judge, Deputy Son Charged with Human Trafficking

Any form of human trafficking is digusting. Even worse, this time a judge, a deputy sheriff, and the deputy's wife are being charged in the case of the captive nanny." A former magistrate judge, his son -- who is a...

R. Kelly Acquitted in Child Porn Trial

After less than a day of deliberation, the jury has acquitted singer R Kelly of all charges of child pornography." The jury of nine men and three women includes the wife of a Baptist preacher from Kelly's...

Akihabara rampage foretold but lost among myriad messages on Internet site

" TOKYO — To most of Japan, the deadly stabbings in Tokyo were an incomprehensible act of sudden and indiscriminate violence.But to readers of an obscure website called “Extreme Exchange, Revised,” the...

Ex-Marine convicted of using drugs and force to have sex

"LOS ANGELES - Following a three-week trial, a federal jury today convicted on seven felony counts a retired Marine Corps captain who traveled to Cambodia for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors.Michael Joseph Pepe, 54, a resident of Oxnard, faces up...

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