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Normal trials follow a prescribed, orderly path. But no one knows what to expect in this one on the last great crimes of the 20th century--a test case for international justice, the first trial of a head of state. The prosecution must convict Milosevic not just in the eyes of three sitting judges but in the court of world opinion. Yet never has the Hague tried a defendant so uncooperative. Milosevic seems determined to make the proceedings a spectacle of courtroom subversion, refusing to recognize the tribunal, refusing to enter a plea, refusing to select defense lawyers, refusing even...
...European Union and to abide by the European Court of Human Rights," says Jonathan Sugden of Human Rights Watch. That view appears to be shared, unofficially, by E.U. diplomats. While seeing Tas' acquittal as a positive step, Sugden is not sure whether judges will now routinely refuse to convict in freedom-of-expression cases. For Turkey, that would be a big step on the long road to Europe...
Normal trials follow a prescribed, orderly path. But no one knows what to expect in this one - a test case for international justice, the first trial of a head of state. The prosecution must convict Milosevic not just in the eyes of three sitting judges but also in the court of world opinion. Yet never has the Hague tried a defendant so uncooperative. Milosevic seems determined to make the proceedings a spectacle of courtroom subversion, refusing to recognize the tribunal, refusing to enter a plea, refusing to select defense lawyers, refusing even to wear headphones to hear the proceedings...
...Then the country's best news radio station, Ekho Moskvy, staved off a hostile takeover by Gazprom, largely thanks to popular support. But unruly journalists are not the only ones who run afoul of the law. On Christmas Day, after several unsuccessful attempts, the state was finally able to convict Navy captain and military journalist Grigory Pasko on treason charges. Pasko had leaked information to the press about nuclear-waste dumping in the Russian far east. Putin denied any involvement in the case: it was, he said, a "purely juridical affair" and invited Pasko to request a pardon. This...
...four have consistently maintained their innocence in the case, which has languished ever since the government tried but failed to convict one S.L.A. figure in the robbery 25 years ago. It was revived with the 1999 arrest of Olson. According to the Sacramento district attorney, the FBI has used new forensic techniques to link the lead pellets in Opsahl's abdomen to shotgun shells recovered from an S.L.A. safe house. Olson's guilty plea in the bombing plot reportedly confirmed what Hearst told the FBI decades ago--that the loot from the robbery helped finance subsequent S.L.A. crimes...