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Cyber police to train ICC officials
Internet police in South Korea, one of the world’s most wired countries, will share experience and knowhow with the International Criminal Court, officials said Monday.The Cyber Terror Response Center, the National Police Agency’s Internet crime unit, plans to teach its investigative techniques to ICC investigators, as the Hague-based organization requested Seoul’s help. “The ICC expressed the nee
Social Affairs Feb. 14, 2011
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[Editorial] New questions raised about death penalty
Imagine what was going through the mind of Taiwanese Air Force private Chiang Kuo-ching as he was being led to his execution in August 1997. What a horrifyingly surreal moment it must have been for the 21-year-old man to know he was about to die for a crime he did not commit. Stomachs knot and nerves shudder when we visualize the moment Chiang was escorted into the death chamber.The story broke ju
Viewpoints Feb. 11, 2011
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Repeat robbers may get electronic tags
The government is considering making those convicted of repeated robberies wear electronic anklets, which are currently required for sex offenders and murderers, from next year. The Justice Ministry said Thursday that it is pushing to revise the law to apply the traceable electronic device to robbers.The law is currently imposed only on criminals considered likely to repeat crimes such as sex offe
Social Affairs Jan. 20, 2011
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Haiti moves toward graft trial for Duvalier
Government may seek justice over ex-dictator's regime, widely regarded as brutalPORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) ―A judge will decide whether former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier will be tried on charges that include corruption and embezzlement for allegedly pilfering the treasury before his 1986 ouster, a lawyer for the ex-strongman said Tuesday.A judge questioned the former dictator known as “Baby Do
International Jan. 19, 2011
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51-year-old man cleared of rape after 30 years in jail
DALLAS, Texas (AFP) ― After spending more than 30 years in a Texas prison for a crime he did not commit, Cornelius Dupree Jr. became a free man when his conviction was overturned.Dupree, who was sentenced to 75 years for kidnapping, rape and robbery, had his conviction reversed in a Dallas courtroom Tuesday when State District Judge Don Adams declared him “free to go.”Dupree, 51, who had been rele
People Jan. 10, 2011
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Demanding justice for 19 years
Victims of Japan’s military sex slavery seek truth, apology and compensationThe weather was freezing at noon last Wednesday. Ears turned red and fingers went numb as the mercury dropped to nearly minus 10 degrees Celsius and strong winds blasted every nook and cranny. The streets of Seoul were almost empty ― just a handful of office workers rushed by to grab lunch.Braving the cold, scores of peopl
Social Affairs Jan. 7, 2011
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[Trudy Rubin] Russia: ‘Rule of law’ or ‘dictatorship of law’
When Dmitry Medvedev became president of Russia two years ago he pledged to combat “legal nihilism,” the disrespect for law that feeds corruption and backwardness in his country.Any hope that Medvedev might behave differently from his mentor, and Russia’s real ruler ― Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ― has been doused by the biggest show trial since the days of the Soviet Union. A week ago, the forme
Viewpoints Jan. 4, 2011
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[Andrew Cohen] Jury’s still out on justice in 2010
Perhaps the simplest thing to say about the law in 2010 is this: Never in America were so many judged by so few with such inconclusive results.As our population rose, and Americans filed 100 million or so lawsuits, the role of the courts somehow shrank in our lives. Dozens of federal judgeships remained empty throughout the year, the victim of partisan bickering on Capitol Hill. State judicial sys
Viewpoints Jan. 3, 2011
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[Naomi Wolf] Keeping rape accusers anonymous is harmful to women
NEW YORK ― As Swedish prosecutors’ sex-crime allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange play out in the international media, one convention of the coverage merits serious scrutiny. We know Assange by name. But his accusers ― the two Swedish women who have brought the complaints against him ― are consistently identified only as “Miss A” and “Miss W,” and their images are blurred.News orga
Viewpoints Jan. 3, 2011
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