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Five years ago, people around the world were sickened by photographs that surfaced showing U.S. troops abusing Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Act I resulted in an avalanche of congressional hearings, 15 Pentagon probes and courts-martial. More than 400 U.S. troops - but no senior officials - went to jail or were otherwise punished. Congress passed the Detainee Treatment Act to try to prevent future atrocities...
...liar.” (Thankfully for Thomas, a judge later threw out the trial verdict, invalidating the proceedings.) Things went something better for Cusick and Stroup, the marijuana crusaders, who were convicted by a jury in less than 30 minutes, but sentenced only to a single day in prison, which they had already served on the date of their arrest...
...formation of a "discipline-flourishing democracy." But most outside observers worry that the polls will be marred by stuffed ballot boxes and coerced votes for the military. Electoral rules are skewed, too, reserving top posts for members of the army and denying public office to anyone with a prison record or who was married to a foreigner. (Many NLD members have been thrown into jail, and Suu Kyi was married to a British academic who died of cancer.) (Read "In Burma, Even a Sham Election Is a Cause for Hope...
...Violators of the new addition to the criminal code would face a fine of up to around $9,200 or up to three years in prison. If the perpetrator is a government official and uses his status to break the law, the fine is increased to more than $15,300, a five-year term in prison and the deprivation of the right to occupy certain government positions, said Ryazansky...
...Contacted her father on Feb. 10 from an Iranian prison, where she said she was detained after buying a bottle of wine, an offense that normally warrants a fine or a few days in jail. For nearly a month, her parents opted not to publicize the news before going to the media on Mar. 1. The next day, Iran's judiciary announced that she was being held for working without proper press credentials...