Incoming chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda says the world must stop being “blackmailed” by alleged war criminals.

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War crime accused ‘use blackmail’

Two rapists, locked up for 40 months for raping an 11-year-old girl in Luton, have their sentences more than doubled by the Court of Appeal.

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Rapists have jail terms doubled

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor tells the BBC he believes the net is closing around Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda.

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Congo warlord’s ‘days numbered’

IF ANYTHING, Tracy Thorne-Begland , a top state prosecutor in Richmond with a decade of courtroom experience, is overqualified for a judgeship on the General District Court. Mr. Thorne-Begland, who has prosecuted dozens of homicides and other major felonies, runs one of the biggest commonwealth’s attorney’s offices in Virginia. The caseload of the court to which he was nominated consists mainly of traffic violations, minor crimes and run-of-the-mill civil disputes over contracts and late rent payments. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: Bigotry blocks a gay Virginian from the bench

The trial of Anders Behring Breivik was interrupted briefly Friday when the brother of one of his 77 victims hurled a shoe at the confessed mass killer and yelled, “Go to hell,” before being escorted from the court room, police and witnesses said.

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Shoe-Thrower Interrupts Breivik Trial

Maryland ’s top law enforcement officials are pushing back against a recent Court of Appeals decision that prohibits DNA collection from suspects charged — but not yet convicted — of violent crimes, saying the ruling will allow dangerous criminals to go undetected by authorities. Read full article > >

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Md. high court bans DNA swabs of charged suspects; police, prosecutors seek appeal

Watching the Charlotte Bobcats stumble around the court this year may make the casual fan wonder who is running this beleagured organization.

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Contempt of court proceedings against the former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain are due to begin on Tuesday at the High Court in Belfast.

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Peter Hain contempt case begins

The Supreme Court spends a vast amount of time on one question. To paraphrase Freud: What does Congress want ? The ambiguities, contradictions and unaddressed consequences in federal statutes keep the court in business. And in interpreting Congress’s work, justices employ all manner of tools, including other statutes, the court’s own precedents and sometimes a good dictionary. Read full article > >

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Supreme Court lawyers cautious when offering one specific piece of evidence

Government plans to cull badgers in England are to to be reviewed in the High Court following a legal challenge by the Badger Trust.

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Badger cull plans to be reviewed

An Australian High Court ruling deals a blow to major film and television studios in a landmark case over illegal video downloads.

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Studios lose landmark piracy suit

A consultation that led to the proposed closure of a paediatric heart unit at a west London hospital was lawful, the Court of Appeal rules.

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Hospital loses cardiac unit case

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrives in Libya to discuss the case of Col Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam, indicted for crimes against humanity.

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ICC prosecutor arrives in Libya

A convicted murderer whose sentencing at the High Court in Edinburgh is the first in Britain to be filmed for broadcast on the same day, is jailed for life.

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Gilroy jailed for Pilley murder

“Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress. And I’d just remind conservative commentators that for years what we’ve heard is, the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint — that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law. Well, this is a good example. And I’m pretty confident that this Court will recognize that and not take that step.” Read full article > >

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Obama’s selective memory of Supreme Court history