Word: prosecutor
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...free, but they also retain power in the towns and cities where they wreaked such devastation, in a position to begin all over again. "The only way Bosnians will ever feel safe," says Ivan Lupas, a human-rights investigator, "is if those responsible for the killings are punished." Deputy prosecutor Blewitt says at the Hague, "People explain this war as revenge for atrocities done in the past that were never punished. We have got to stop that cycle." The countrymen of the perpetrators also need the balm of justice. "The only way we Serbs can escape collective guilt," says Human...
According to Richard Goldstone, the chief prosecutor, the biggest problem for the tribunal right now is that it has no means to arrest the suspects it has indicted. ifor won't help, and Serbia refuses to hand over any of the indicted men who are on its territory, as it is legally required to do. The U.N. Security Council could try to force Serbia to comply by imposing economic sanctions, but it has not done so. "On what basis is it going to proceed into the next century," Goldstone asks, "if it sits back and allows U.N. members to ignore...
...neighbors say the six-year-old had been making threats against little Ignacio. According to them, said prosecutor Harold Jewett, he "previously expressed the belief that the family there had been harassing him, looked at him the wrong way and he had to kill the baby...
...veto. Who else might be in the running? A safe option would be a veteran diplomat, such as Kofi Annan of Ghana, head of U.N. peacekeeping operations, or Sadako Ogata of Japan, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Another choice: South Africa's Richard Goldstone, who is stepping down as prosecutor of the U.N. war-crimes tribunal. But the U.N. may for the first time risk selecting someone with the stature of a head of state or government, such as Czech President Vaclav Havel, Irish President Mary Robinson or Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland...
ELIZABETH GLEICK thought she had had enough of the O.J. Simpson case after writing two cover stories and half a dozen shorter pieces about the most chewed-over trial in recent history. So she was pleasantly surprised when she read the new books by prosecutor Christopher Darden and defense attorney Robert Shapiro. "Both were amazingly interesting," says the TIME senior writer, who reviews the latest crop of O.J. titles in this week's issue. "Their behind-the-scenes stories were full of tales of blood and private anguish." Gleick, who describes herself as a devoted Court TV watcher, interviewed Shapiro...