| Iran: 10 death sentences after one-day trials without witnesses | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:45:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | Human Rights Watch said the trials of suspects linked to attacks in 2005 in Khuzistan were unfair and demanded that they be revoked. One of the men condemned was in prison when the attack he was accused of took place. Iran is the country with the highest number of executions in the world after China. .... | |
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| | | Girl endures five rape trials | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:45:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | The New South Wales justice system is under scrutiny after an eight-year-old alleged rape victim was forced to endure five criminal trials that all failed to deliver a verdict. In 2004, the girl, who was six at the time, alleged her male babysitter sexually assaulted her. Since then, a series of hearings have fallen over for a number of reasons, including an error made by a judge. State Attorney-General Bob Debus says the girl will not have to give evidence in a sixth trial due to new laws that have recently been passed in Parliament. He says he is considering referring the case to the Judicial Commission. "This case has given me great concern and I am considering, depending on a report still to be received, whether I should refer the whole situation to the Judicial Commission," he said.... | |
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| | | Countdown To Men's Oly Trials Begins In NYC | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 2:45:57 AM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK - The countdown to the men's 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon begins in New York City this weekend with a New York Road Runner (NYRR) sponsored training camp. NYRR will host 10-20 athletes who have qualified for the November 3, 2007 trials at this year's marathon in order to provide them with a preview of the trials weekend activities and course. The Olympic Trials course will start outside the famed Rockefeller Center in the heart of Manhattan and finish at the historic Tavern on the Green in Central Park, New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg announced Thursday. Wittenberg was joined by USA Track & Field CEO Craig Masback and leading U.S. distance runners Khalid Khannouchi, Abdi Abdirahman, and Jorge Torres at a news conference at Tavern on the Green.... | |
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| | | Draft bill postpones jury trials in Chechnya until early 2010 - Zorkin | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:45:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | MOSCOW. Oct 26 (Interfax) - Russian Constitutional Court chairman Valery Zorkin said that the introduction of jury trials in Chechnya may be postponed until early 2010. "As far as I know, there is a draft bill that postpones the introduction of jury trials in Chechnya until early 2010," he told journalists during a break in a conference on constitutional law, responding to a question on whether the death penalty may be introduced in Russia in early 2007. Earlier, the Constitutional Court approved a moratorium on death sentences pending the introduction of jury trials in every Russian region. .... | |
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| | | Uganda: Kasule for Pro Trials in Europe | | Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 2:45:41 AM by Blog57 Team | | CRANES and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) midfielder Noah 'Babadi' Kasule is expected to leave for professional trials in Europe soon. URA club treasurer Bernard Bainaman told Daily Monitor that Kasule is expected to try his luck in the professional ranks with clubs in Ukraine and UK. Kasule's move for the paid ranks is being spearheaded by one Andrew August, a Fifa international agent. "We have been in communication with the agent, and everything is already worked upon. Even if the agent came today, we would release the player for paid ranks," Bainaman said. Meanwhile, the tax collectors have lined up five players to be recruited ahead of the African Champions League scheduled for early next year. "We are looking at picking one defender, three midfielders and two strikers.... | |
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| | | Pupils lay down the law in mock trials | | Posted Monday, October 09, 2006 6:45:34 PM by Blog57 Team | | SCHOOL pupils took the law into their own hands in a day of mock criminal jury trials at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Almost 100 pupils from eight of the city's secondary schools descended on the Chambers Street building on Saturday for the special event designed to help them learn about Scotland's legal system. .... | |
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| | | U.S. terrorism trials face court challenges | | Posted Sunday, October 01, 2006 10:45:36 AM by Blog57 Team | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New military trial rules for terrorism suspects that President George W. Bush endorsed and Congress approved will draw vigorous court challenges and could be struck down for violating rights guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, critics and legal experts said. The legal battle will likely be ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, which could be troubled the rules unconstitutionally restrict the suspects' rights, they said. .... | |
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| | | PARDON: MASTELLA, CSM MUST EVALUATE PRIORITY OF TRIALS | | Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:45:39 PM by Blog57 Team | | (AGI) - Rome, Sept. 27 - Justice minister Clemente Mastella sent a note to the Supreme Council of Magistrature (CSM) in which he asked it to evaluate the possible criteria to give the priority to those trials in which there were people who did not receive the benefits of the pardon law. The note will be examined tomorrow by a joint meeting of the sixth and seventh commission of the CSM. The minister said that it was necessary to give the priority to those trials that would end with a sentence of condemnation. This system was already envisaged in a 1998 decree. The minister said that when the parliament established the single judge the 51/1998 decree envisaged (article 227) criteria of priority for the pending trials. - 271339 SET 06 .... | |
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| | | Trials could bring death penalties | | Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 10:45:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | Deliberations have begun in two separate Butler County murder trials that could bring the death penalty. A three-judge panel is considering the case against Dean Geldrich, 40. He waived his right to a jury as he stands accused of two counts of kidnapping and a count of aggravated murder in the January slaying of his roommate, Miranda Ruth Lint, 28. .... | |
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| | | Redknapp coup: Portsmouth trials for Denilson | | Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:46:09 AM by Blog57 Team | | Portsmouth have sensationally handed trials to Brazilian wing wizard Denilson. The 29 year-old is a free agent and Pompey boss Harry Redknapp confirmed to the Mirror he is training at Fratton Park. Redknapp said: "We are taking a look at him." Related Links: Newcastle boss includes Rossi in travelling partySpurs boost as Lennon gets all-clearCole: Pizza hit Fergie straight in the mush!There are 10 comments .... | |
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