Haditha Massacre ‘Sentence’ Riles Iraqis, Seen as ‘Insult’ Staff Sergeant Faces Pay Cut Over Butchering of Civilians by Jason Ditz, January 24, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In the mother of all plea bargains, Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, who was charged with leading the US Marines’ [...]
Cases such as those of 18-year-old Chelsea Ives, an Olympics ambassador whose mother (above) left court in tears after her daughter was remanded in custody, have dominated media coverage. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Only a small proportion of people appearing in court charged with offences committed during the riots are listed as being in work [...]
hile watching a movie in New York on Al Capone the ending disclosed that Big Al finally got caught for evasion and got 7 years. A voice from the back of the theatre cried out.,”You get that for smoking a joint in New York city.” Well how about 3 years for a killing spree that [...]
Clarke to ‘look again’ at sentence discount after rape comments row Justice secretary says ‘all rape a serious crime’ after sparking furore when he gave impression there were ‘serious rapes and other categories of rape’ Share260 Comments (231) Alan Travis, home affairs editor guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18 May 2011 16.29 BST Article history Kenneth Clarke has [...]
Ex-Army General Faces 10 Years in Bribe Plea By NICK MCCANN ShareThis (CN) – A retired Army major admitted to laundering money when serving in Kuwait during the Iraq war, as part of a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme over bottled-water contracts. Charles Bowie Jr. pleaded guilty in San Antonio’s District Court to receiving $400,000 in exchange [...]
Serbian pop singer Ceca, widow of warlord Arkan, avoids jail term Lawyers mystified as Svetlana Ražnatovic – who pleaded guilty to embezzling €2.3m in football transfer funds – fined €1.5m Share9 Ian Traynor, Europe editor guardian.co.uk, Monday 9 May 2011 19.47 BST Article history The fine leaves Svetlana Ražnatovic with a tidy profit of €800,000. Photograph: [...]
