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...named Zafran Bibi went to the police last year, pregnant and claiming a fellow villager had raped her while she was cutting grass, she didn't expect that she'd be the one to get punished. But last month, a judge in Pakistan's ultra-conservative Northwest Frontier province convicted her of adultery. "I hereby convict and sentence the accused Zafran Bibi to stoning to death," wrote Judge Anwar Ali Khan, "and that she be stoned to death at a public place...
...rule of law. The court’s role is to step in when national institutions fail to bring to justice those responsible for war crimes or crimes against humanity within their borders. Perhaps Bush is more worried about America’s prerogative to try and convict terrorists on its own terms rather than in an international setting guided by a basic commitment to fairness and human rights...
...local SWAT team, started to approach the truck when bystanders shouted that the driver had a gun. Carmona, who was off duty but carrying a pistol, called for backup and moved in, asking the driver to put down his weapon. The man was a mentally ill ex-convict who had murdered his father that day. He looked at Carmona, started to put down the gun, then suddenly fired at the doctor, grazing his head. Carmona fired seven shots, hitting him three times and killing...
...Independent Counsel's report concluded that there was insufficient evidence to convict former President Clinton or former First Lady Hillary Clinton of any crimes related to the failed Whitewater real estate development. A headline in the London Independent labeled it "The most expensive exoneration in history." Obviously different observers have different takes on the significance of the Whitewater scandal. But it is sad to note that after months of media buildup, the final report on the matter has gotten less attention than Paula Jones' recent celebrity boxing match...
...taped phone messages over the past two weeks of O'Connell urging him not to come forward with his own tale of abuse - he and his Minnesota attorney, Jeff Anderson, feel they have grounds to sue O'Connell and the diocese under federal racketeering (RICO) laws usually used to convict mafiosos. "Crime is crime," says Doe, "whether it's for God or for Tony Soprano." Though no one brought a formal suit against O'Connell until 1996 (which was subsequently and secretly settled), Anderson claims he and Doe have evidence that the Jefferson City diocese had been receiving complaints about...