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Former Yugoslav Army Chief on Trial for Srebrenica Genocide

A former Yugoslav army chief goes on trial Wednesday for his role in atrocities during Srebrenica genocide and siege of Sarajevo. Prosecutors have charged Perisic with 13 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out by his subordinates including murder, extermination, persecution and attacking civilians. His indictment charges him with failing to investigate or punish Yugoslav army officers linked to the 1995 murder of 8,000 Bosniak men, elderly, and children in the U.N. safe haven of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia, the Sarajevo siege and the May 1995 shelling of the Croatian capital, Zagreb.

Bosnia Prosecutors Seek Accountability for Srebrenica Genocide

Prosecutors said the gravest atrocities were the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslims, the mass murders of non-Serbs in detention camps and ethnic cleansing of members of other ethnic groups conducted by all three groups. But the families of victims and detention camp survivors said they feared not all perpetrators would face justice.

Radovan Karadzic Proud of Srebrenica Genocide

Karadzic, 63, was making only his second public appearance since his arrest late last month ended 13 years on the run. The hearing is a crucial step along the path to Karadzic's trial for masterminding the worst atrocities perpetrated by Serb forces in the 1992-95 Bosnian war. Earlier, Karadzic's legal adviser Svetozar Vujacic had forecast: "There is also a possibility that Karadzic will plead not guilty to all 11 counts as well as say that he is proud of what he did."

America's Judicial System 'Antagonistic' - OhmyNews International

According to blaring tabloid headlines, five Black and Latino teenage boys had been accused of gang raping Meili and then beating her head and body to a bloody pulp with a rock. Allegedly, the teenagers had engaged in marauding behavior called "wilding" during the hours before the attack her. Police revealed videotaped confessions that captured the young men offering details of the crime during an interrogation session at a police station in the park.

New Orleans Public Housing Defenders Face Terror Charges

As activists continue to fight for people's rights to keep their homes in New Orleans, repression by local authorities is brutal. A trial is about to open in New Orleans of housing activists Jamie "Bork" Laughner and Joy Kohler, who face charges of criminal trespass and possession of a "fake explosive device" following civil disobedience arrests at public housing projects slated for demolition. Laughner was also charged under a Louisiana anti-terrorism law passed as the state's answer to the federal PATRIOT Act.

Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use

The U.S. should stop arresting responsible marijuana users, Rep. Barney Frank said Wednesday, announcing a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams, almost a quarter-pound, of the substance. Current laws targeting marijuana users place undue burdens on law enforcement resources, punish ill Americans whose doctors have prescribed the substance and unfairly affect African-Americans, said Frank, flanked by legislators and representatives from advocacy groups.

Zeroing in on BAE

The US Department of Justice is putting the heat on BAE Systems for alleged corruption and bribery

Crooks go free

The US Justice Department is easing up on prosecuting corporate crooks

Rigged Trials at Guantanamo

The litany of complaints about the legal treatment of prisoners at Guant namo Bay is long, disturbing and by now familiar. Nonetheless, a new wave of shock and criticism greeted the Pentagon's announcement on February 11 that it was charging six Guant namo detainees, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, with war crimes - and seeking the death penalty for all of them.

Drunks at drive-thru find breathalyzer on menu

Police in Surrey, B.C., have begun to stake out fast food drive-thru windows in hopes of catching impaired drivers with the late-night munchies. Project WULF an acronym for Would U Like Fries was launched after police heard numerous comments from restaurant staff about the number of impaired drivers that frequent fast food drive-thrus.

Gag orders in a Facebook age

For 24 hours, newspapers, TV and radio stations were legally forbidden to release Stefanie Rengel's name, but on the Internet tributes to the slain teen and the names of her accused killers sprang up almost immediately, including on the social networking site Facebook.

Vultures (presidential and otherwise) descend on Pakistan’s chaos

Never one to pass up an opportunity to make himself look good using others deaths as the backdrop, Rudy Giuliani was quick to post a statement that the Terrorists must be stopped from continuing their War On Us (caps are his, not mine). And he wasn t the last...

West Virginia Torture Case a Legal Circus

What started out as one of the most horrendous racial rape/torture cases in recent memory, has now devolved into a legal circus, as the prosecutor in charge of the Megan Williams case, and the West Virginia State Attorney General, are engaged in a very public power struggle not only over the issue of whether hate crime charges should be leveled, but which office will actually try the case if it ever goes to trial.

Songs of Love and Murder, Silenced by Killings

Mexico s country music stars are being killed at an alarming rate 13 in the past year and a half, three already in December in a trend that has gone hand in hand with the surge in violence between drug gangs here.

MyFox Chicago | Chicago Cop Says He Was Beat by Other Cops Because He's Black

Are African American Chicago police officers facing racial profiling by white officers? That s the complaint filed by a Black, fellow officer who says he was pulled over for no reason Monday night. The off-duty cop says he was roughed up and harassed even after showing his badge.