A Legal Lesson on the Penn State Scandal

          I have read many complaints about how long investigators "waited" to take legal action, and all these claims do is reinforce my understanding of how little the majority of the American public actually knows about the justice system.  ...

Serb court rejects Gen. Mladic's appeal

Serbia's war crimes court has rejected an appeal by the former Bosnian Serb military commander, Ratko Mladic, against his transfer to the UN tribunal in The Hague where he is indicted for genocide. The appeal...

Minnesota - Rule of Law, Whim of Judges or Might makes Right?

This is an introduction to a story I wrote on Examiner.com.  This case involves a legal case in which the Government infringed on a Citizens Freedom of Religion. The Citizen then appealed and the decision was...

NEW LUBBOCK BARRYMORE POLICE APPEAL

Essex Police are appealing for information on the death of Stuart Lubbock, found at entertainer Michael Barrymore's former home in Roydon Essex on 31 March 2001. The appeal goes out on the ninth aniversary of...

Supervised injection site, Insite, may be heading back to court

Coming again to the forefront of Canadian news, is Vancouver's Insite facility, which is known as North America's only safe, supervised injection site for illegal drug users.  A facility located in the...

Sexual Trials offences to be completed within two months

New Delhi: Trials in all sexual offences including rape will now be completed within two months as far as possible and all victims will have the right to appeal against a court order, under new amendments to CrPC....

Myanmar court agrees to hear Suu Kyi appeal

Here is a good news for peace lovers, The mynmar court accepted the appeal of pro democratic leader Aang San Suu Kyi. She is languising in jail in junta ruled Myanmat. Recently her jail term was extented by 18...

Canadian Government takes Omar Khadr Fight to Supreme Court

The Canadian Gouvernment has had a few set-backs in regards to Omar Khadr.  Khadr was captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan when he was 15.  He is accused of having killed an American soldier and...

Judge Jails Yawning Man Clifton Williams For 6 Months

Clifton Williams, 33, of Illinois, went to court to support his cousin who was facing drug charges, but instead found himself jailed for contempt of court after yawning in front of the judge. Williams had stretched out his arms and let out a loud yawn, which annoyed the judge...

Puppy Left Traumatised After Scissors Attack

"" Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without.  ~Rue McClanahan "" this is such a sad and heart breaking report.....poor thing...i hope he recovers fast....the different form of cruelty that humans adopt to leave me speechless and heart broken...what state of...

You can't deport me, I'm a lesbian

" A drug dealer is appealing against her deportation on the grounds it will violate her human rights as a lesbian. The Jamaican argues she will be persecuted for her homosexuality if she is returned to her home...

Minnesota Supreme Court Convening at Buffalo High School

" Posted: Monday, May 04, 2009 The Minnesota Supreme Court will convene at Buffalo High School, 877 Bison Blvd., Buffalo, MN, at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 6, 2009.  Oral arguments will be followed by a...

LTTE is ready for cease fire. Sri Lanka says no.

LTTE said that they are ready to sign cease fire agreement with Srilanka. But Sri Lankan Government rejected the offer and said that there is no agreement with LTTE unless they put down their weapons. Since they...

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...

Sri Lanka - Hoax about dead and injured in Mullaitivu

" An “urgent appeal” doing the rounds in the media and diplomatic circles, UN and relief agencies, and as a widely distributed e-mail message referring to a “Human Catastrophe and...

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