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...trial against Borukhova and Mallayev was fraught with procedural difficulties that included hasty rescheduling to accommodate the judge’s vacation, Dershowitz’s brother Nathan, who is also helping with the case, told The New York Times. As a result, the prosecution received more time to prepare their closing argument than the defense...
...contrary to the Times report yesterday, Dershowitz said the appeal would not focus on qualms over trial procedure, but would seek to prove the innocence of Borukhova...
...country's four highest officeholders. The court's decision means the Prime Minister must now face outstanding criminal charges in three corruption cases that are already under way. Most notably, Berlusconi is accused of paying British-born lawyer David Mills to lie on his behalf during an earlier corruption trial. Mills, the husband of Britain's Olympics Minister, Tessa Jowell, has already been convicted in the case. Both Mills, who is appealing the verdict, and Berlusconi, deny the charges. (Read "London 2012: An Olympics Progress Report...
...sexuality. His defenders note that the current hubbub over the book was notably absent when it came out four years ago. "I don't see why we dredge up such a pathetic polemic after such a long time," Sarkozy adviser Henri Guaino told French television. "Is he on trial? Has he committed a crime...
There is another embarrassing fact about the ICTR. The tribunal is overburdened in part because referring cases back to Rwanda is politically fraught. Courts in France, Germany and Britain have refused to allow genocide suspects to be extradited to Rwanda for fear that they will not face a fair trial. "We have a lot of concerns about whether the Rwandan judiciary is independent," a Rwanda human-rights researcher, who did not wish to be named because that is their organization's policy, tells TIME. "Judges are being told how to decide cases; they don't always have the freedom...