Word: courtroom
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...thought that this would end up as a happy thing," she says. But eight days after she gave birth, police arrested Lawal, 30, for adultery, a capital crime under the Islamic law, or shari'a, in effect in her home state of Katsina in northern Nigeria. A courtroom crowd cried, "Allahu akbar (God is great)!" as a shari'a court last week rejected an appeal of her sentence. As soon as she weans nine-month-old Wasila, Lawal is scheduled to be buried in the ground up to her chest and stoned to death...
Time served in an Israeli prison is no liability for an aspirant Palestinian leader. That may be why Marwan Barghouti was positively loquacious during his first appearance in a Tel Aviv courtroom on Tuesday on charges of terrorism and murder...
...Civilization As We Know It." Au contraire, Jillian! The overweening drive for instant fame, near instant sex and a little money on the side is civilization as we know it--and it's thriving. Dating series have become to the 21st century what sleazy talk and courtroom shows were to the late '90s: a ubiquitous TV staple that offers a sneak peek at the national id--and the occasional blurred-out bare chest. Following Blind Date, the granddaddy--or sleazy uncle--of the genre, syndicated TV is filled with the likes of Change of Heart, Elimidate, The 5th Wheel, Rendez...
...lawyers and judges from outside Yugoslavia; it’s not particularly publicized. These international tribunals single out a few culprits from the leadership; soldiers who actually have the blood of victims on their hands and are responsible for raping and torturing ethnic minorities may never sit in a courtroom...
Meanwhile, the ICTY’s hearings continue; within the next few years it is required to wrap up its mission. But don’t expect the hearings to become a TV courtroom drama any time soon: this is an unusual and confusing brand of justice—but for the sake of peace, it must be made to work...