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- Major Supreme Court cases relating to post-9/11 detainees: *Rasul v. Bush (2004) declared that a long-standing federal law gives Guantanamo detainees access to courts to challenge their imprisonment. (Congress then changed the law but left open the question of a constitutional right to U.S. courts --...
- Research articles 2008-06-13
- The Untouchables and the law.
- Byline: Jamie Curle In assembling its arsenal to fight financial crime, the FSA's enforcement division hopes to emulate its US counterpart, the Securities and Exchange Commission, by using plea bargaining to crack criminal gangs guilty of systemic market abuse. The FSA...
- Research articles 2008-04-24
- Mose Jefferson Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Bribery, Obstruction of Justice and Money Laundering
- To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Kathy English of the U.S. Department of Justice, +1- 504- 680-3068, +1-504-589-4978 fax; or U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1-202-514-2007, TDD, +1-202-514-1888 NEW ORLEANS, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mose Jefferson, age 65, a resident of New Orleans, was charged by a...
- Research articles 2008-04-02
- South Dakota Hotel Owners Sentenced for Involuntary Servitude Offenses
- To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2007 WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert John Farrell and his wife, Angelita Magat Farrell, owners of a Comfort Inn & Suites hotel in Oacoma, S.D., were sentenced on Friday, Feb. 22, in federal court in...
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- Immokalee, Florida, Family Charged With Forcing Immigrants Into Farm Labor
- To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2007, TDD +1- 202-514-1888 WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Robert E. ONeill today announced the indictment of six Immokalee, Fla., family...
- Research articles 2008-01-17
- Baltimore County Circuit Court sentences caregivers for neglect
- Two former caregivers for developmentally disabled individuals were sentenced to prison for neglecting their charges in separate incidents, the Maryland attorney general's office announced. April Stevens, 27, of Edgewood, was sentenced in Baltimore County Circuit Court to two years imprisonment with all but six days suspended, and two years probation,...
- Research articles 2008-01-09
- US 'disturbed' by imprisonment of journalist in Azerbaijan
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States said Friday it was "deeply disturbed" by Azerbaijan's imprisonment of a journalist working for US-funded radio stations in the region, calling it a sign of deteriorating media freedom in the country. "We are deeply disturbed by the conviction and imprisonment of Ilgar Nasibov,...
- Research articles 2007-12-08
- Three Former Milwaukee Police Officers Sentenced on Civil Rights- Related Charges
- To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2007, TDD +1-202- 514-1888 WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Milwaukee, Wis., police officers Jon Bartlett, Andrew Spengler, and Daniel Masarik were sentenced today in federal court on civil rights charges arising out of the October 2004 assault of Frank Jude and Lovell...
- Research articles 2007-11-29
- Boy George charged with false imprisonment: police
- LONDON AFP — The 1980s pop-star-turned-DJ Boy George has been charged with false imprisonment after he allegedly chained a male escort to a wall in his apartment, London police said on Tuesday. Scotland Yard said the 47-year-old musician -- famous for 1980s hits such as "Do You Really Want...
- Research articles 2007-11-13
- Hyundai Motor boss escapes jail over huge slush fund
- SEOUL AFP — The head of the world's sixth largest automaker on Thursday escaped a jail sentence for creating a multi-million dollar slush fund, after an appeal court ruled that his imprisonment would badly damage South Korea's economy. The Seoul High Court quashed a three-year prison sentence on Hyundai...
- Research articles 2007-09-06
- Indian court delays film star's bail plea
- NEW DELHI AFP — A bail plea by Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt who is serving six years for an arms conviction will be heard in the Supreme Court on August 20, the Press Trust of India said on Friday. An anti-terror court last month sentenced the burly actor to...
- Research articles 2007-08-10
- 'Operation Tarnished Eagle' Thwarts Plot to Overthrow the Government of Laos
- To: FOREIGN EDITORSContact: Nina Delgadillo, Pager: +1-888-416-4533, Tom Mangan, cell: +1-602-859-6317, both of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Rosemary Shaul of the Office of United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott, +1-916-554-2802 SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott, Acting Director of the...
- Research articles 2007-06-04
- Against the Narrowing of Perspectives: How Do We See Learning, Prisons and Prisoners?
- Abstract In order to offer some context for themes set for this conference, alternative answers to the three-part question are explored. Ways of seeing learning, prisons and prisoners are each looked at in turn, and in each case an argument against a narrowing of perspective is made. We can view...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- Kings forward Artest faces four charges
- SACRAMENTO, United States AFP — Sacramento Kings star forward Ron Artest faces four charges, including battery and corporal injury to a spouse, in connection with allegations of domestic abuse. Artest will also be arraigned on misdemeanor charges of false imprisonment and dissuading a witness from reporting a crime, the...
- Research articles 2007-03-21
- Jordan parliament approves jail for journalists
- AMMAN AFP — Jordan's Press Association JPA slammed parliament on Thursday for approving a clause in a draft law which allows the imprisonment of journalists. "We reject this decision. We are opposed to the imprisonment of journalists for expressing their opinions by writing, verbally or by any other means,...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Bills in the New York state Senate
- S.7208 BALBONI Provides for the imposition of an additional determinate sentence of imprisonment for the commission of a felony for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with a street gang; a determinate sentence of between 2 and five years shall be served in addition to any...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Maryland Legal Briefs: February 15, 2006
- Security guards suedA Baltimore man claims he was beaten at a party by several people he suspects were off-duty police officers moonlighting as security guards. De'Andre R. Jones filed a $5 million lawsuit in Baltimore County Circuit Court against the party venue, Gala Center, and the unnamed guards. According to...
- Research articles 2006-02-15
- US group awards Myanmar pro-democracy hero, murdered Indonesian rights activist
- NEW YORK AFP — A Myanmar pro-democracy advocate who endured 15 years of imprisonment under the military junta and a murdered human rights campaigner in Indonesia were Monday named 2005 "Civil Courage Prize" winners. The award is presented annually by the New York-based Northcote Parkinson Fund, a private foundation...
- Research articles 2005-10-03
- US senator introduces bill to shield reporters
- WASHINGTON AFP — US Senator Richard Lugar said he has introduced legislation in Congress to protect journalists if they refuse to reveal their sources. This bill, similar to one introduced several days ago in the House of Representatives, would set national standards for federal government subpoenas issued to reporters....
- Research articles 2005-02-10
- Abu Ghraib abuse trial to hear Iraqi detainees
- FORT HOOD, United States AFP — Testimony by three former Iraqi detainees was to be heard at the court martial of the suspected ringleader in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. The presentation of their videotaped deposition follows a day of arguments and testimony by fellow soldiers that included...
- Research articles 2005-01-11
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