N. C. Boy, 12, Held on Stolen Car, Gun Charges

I don't know about his background or family but this boy needs a lot of help. In some way he was able to get away with a car and guns.  It could have been worse.  He could have killed someone. " A...

Experts Predict Slew of Torture Suits

Torture doesn't pay (it doesn't work, either)The Bushes have a 100,000 acre hideaway in Paraguay, which doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US."Last week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals announced that its full court would reconsider the disturbing case of Maher...

Colombia drug lord extradited to US

"  Brazil has extradited one of the most powerful leaders of Colombia's cocaine cartels to the United States, where he is wanted on racketeering and drug charges. Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia was flown before dawn on Friday from a prison in Mato Grosso do Sul state and...

Colombian President Uribe to ask US for longer trafficking sentences

While Colombia tells the world its participation in global cocaine production has been reduced in 54%, President Uribe also asked US government to extend trafficking sentences.   " Uribe to ask US for...

Karadzic extradited to The Hague

After being arrested on 21 july Serbian leader  Radovan Karadzic has been transfered to war tribunal court in the Hague. 63 years old former serbian leader was hiding for 13 years and had changed...

Colombia extradites paramilitary warlord to US

" Colombia extradited one of the country's most feared paramilitary warlords to the United States early Wednesday to face drug trafficking charges, the government said. Carlos Mario Jimenez was flown to...

UPDATE: Canadian Pedophile: "Help get me out of Thai Jail !!"

Update: This story is an Update to PEPs original story last week. Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Accused Pedaphile Christopher Paul Neil made a plea to Family members back home in British Columbia...

Argentine priest gets life term for 'Dirty War' collaboration

Protestors rejoiced when Christian Von Wernich was convicted in Argentina for his collaboration with the military government during the country's 'Dirty War'.Survivors at the trial said that Von Wernich won the trust of prisoners and then gave material from their confessions...

Judge: Noriega can be extradited to France

Manuel Noriega (the real Noriega, as opposed to Noriega) is on track for extradition to France as part of a political/legal saga that's been going on for nearly twenty years."Former Panamanian dictator Manuel...

warez "leader" Extradited to USA

"Griffiths, known by the screen nickname “Bandido,” was a longtime leader of DrinkOrDie and an elder in the highest echelons of the underground Internet piracy community, also known as the warez scene. In an interview published in December 1999 by an online news source,...

War Criminal Gets Day Release; Victims Remain Dead

And you thought Paris Hilton had it easy...I think the phrase that's most irksome is the prisoner's "[ability to] satisfy the indispensable necessities of life". For many, that would include, well, being alive. I...

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