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...transformation period, but our relationship is very sound and healthy." So far, reaction to Pyongyang's announcement of a planned nuclear test has been unified, with even China, the closest country North Korea has to an ally, warning Pyongyang that a test would bring "serious consequences." Ban is so intent on resolving the North Korean dispute that he says he might visit Pyongyang himself as Secretary-General--something Annan never did. "I've gained a deeper experience and understanding into this complex issue," he says. "Having known all the history and background and having known people in both the South...
Defendant Timothy J. Kelleher was ultimately found guilty of assault and battery but not with “intent to intimidate”—Mass. state law’s way of describing a crime motivated by hate. And the case against a second man, who reportedly told the victim that, “We’ll follow you all the way back to your apartment, you fucking Jewish faggot,” was dropped, at the urging of the prosecutor...
...court’s failure to find Kelleher guilty of “intent to intimidate” has shed light on a phenomenon that several attorneys and criminal law professors say is a reality in the legal system today: Perhaps easy to prosecute in the court of public opinion, hate crimes are just much too difficult to prosecute in a court...
...hate-crime conviction is a high standard to meet, even in places like Massachusetts where the “intent to intimidate” is written into law and convicted suspects are slapped with an extra two and a half years in prison for assaults and batteries...
...Georgians certainly appeared intent on provoking the neighborhood hegemon last week when they made an ostentatious show of arresting the four Russian officers, threatening them with 20-year prison sentences and cordoning off Russian military headquarters in Tbilisi to demand the surrender of another Russian officer. Two groups of Russian servicemen were disarmed and beaten...