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...making arrests, there are other challenges. Previously, U.S. troops could detain Iraqi nationals at will, and for unspecified lengths of time without due process if they were suspected to have participated in insurgent activity. Now the troops must first obtain an Iraqi warrant - something that often requires the presentation of a witness to a judge. Even once a suspect is detained, U.S. forces are legally obligated to hand him to Iraqi forces within 24 hours...
Madoff, Bernard •badness of - on so many levels - for the Jews •hustling people out of $50 billion by is somehow deemed by courts to be a minor enough offense to warrant part-time house arrest - in a luxury apartment, with the freedom to come and go as desired between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. - rather than actual, you know, 24-hour-a-day JAIL...
...Mesilla. Authorities found nearby what appeared to be an improvised hospital for the wounded, including an impromptu helicopter pad with evidence of use. Six people have been arrested in connection with the incident, four of them Mexican and at least one a Guatemalan, with an outstanding arrest warrant for drug-related crimes...
...International Criminal Court proceedings related to the current situation in Darfur. Many observers have recounted stories of rape being used systematically as a weapon in Sudan for the purpose of ethnic cleansing, and the International Criminal Court is expected to decide in early 2009 whether to issue an arrest warrant, requested in July, for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. (See pictures of Darfur...
...abduction by a local militia commander - a person who would once have been called a "warlord" - have had their rape claim backed up by a nearby hospital, but the district police chief maintains that the child fell on a stick. The police chief's refusal to issue an arrest warrant, he says, has nothing to do with the fact that he is friends with the militia commander. Seeking justice from government officials, says Samimi, "is like going to the wolves for help, when the wolves have stolen your sheep." That is what it is like in Afghanistan, where lawless warlords...