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...COMMUTED. The death sentence of TENZIN DELEK RINPOCHE, 54, prominent Tibetan monk jailed by Chinese authorities; to life in prison, by the Higher People's Court of Sichuan province; in Chengdu, China. In 2002, Delek was convicted of participating in terrorist bombings and secessionist activities in a closed-door trial widely criticized by international human-rights groups, who made numerous appeals on his behalf...
...selling cigarettes on the street corner wasn't some poor soul, but a sentry for the Camorra." The current violence, he thinks, is a call to strengthen Italy's justice system. Drug dealers "should know they risk serving real time," he says. But Pisani worries that not even prison can stop the killing. "These people don't forget their dead," he says. "A war like this only ends when one side is completely annihilated...
...have dubbed "Britain's Guantánamo." The U.K.'s highest court of appeal in December declared that the measures unlawfully discriminate against non-British citizens; the laws don't apply to U.K. nationals. In response, Clarke wants to expand the law to encompass Britons, too. But instead of prison, suspects will be subject to house arrest and other "control orders" like electronic tagging and curfews in cases where prosecution or deportation is impossible. "First we go down the prosecution route," Clarke said, "but in the event that we can't do that, I'm not prepared to ... allow these...
...small town near the border with China. The filmmakers, who call themselves the Youth Freedom League, have cells in other North Korean cities, including Pyongyang, says Do, and they want the world to pay attention: "They have put their lives at stake to tell the outside world about the prison-like conditions inside North Korea...
...bloated the city?s payroll and ran up a massive debt. He became perhaps America?s most lampooned politician when he uttered the phrase ?bitch set me up? as officers arrested him for cocaine use during an FBI sting in 1990. Barry served six months in prison and recaptured his throne as mayor from...