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• The Jimmy Mubenga case exposed a system in denial over racism | Frances Webber

  19-12-2014 20:33
  
  The judge could have shown the jury racist texts unearthed by prosecutors. I believe he should haveJustice demands that the reality of racism be brought into the courtroom, not excluded. In the early 1980s, as a young barrister, I participated in the defence of 12 young Asian men facing trial at Leeds crown court for conspiracy to cause explosions and to endanger life, and for possession of a crate full of petrol bombs. They admitted making the petrol bombs – in order to defend their community
  
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• America executed 35 people this year. What hope is there of reform?

  19-12-2014 19:35
  
  It’s been a year of horror and upheaval for capital punishment in the US. Richard Dieter of the Death Penalty Information Center took reader questions today about what progress has been made — and what has yet to be doneThis was a year of reckoning for the death penalty in America. In Oklahoma, Clayton Lockett’s botched execution took 43 minutes; a witness likened the procedure to “a horror movie”. In Ohio, Dennis McGuire gasped for air during many of the 26 minutes it took him to die
  
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• Man convicted in 'stand your ground' case will get a second trial in Texas

  19-12-2014 18:39
  
  An appeals court has ruled that Raul Rodriguez didn’t get a fair trial in 2012 when he claimed self defense after killing of a man during an argument in 2010A Texas appeals court has ruled that a man convicted of murder after jurors rejected his “stand your ground” self-defense claim didn’t get a fair trial and deserves a new one.Raul Rodriguez, 49, has been serving a 40-year prison term for the May 2010 slaying of a 36-year-old man during an argument over loud music in a rural Harris Co
  
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• A brain-dead Irish woman’s body is being used as an incubator. Be angry | Emer O’Toole

  19-12-2014 17:52
  
  Ireland’s politicians tell us not to be emotional about the abortion debate but these are women’s lives and it’s right to be upsetIn Ireland, a woman who is clinically dead but 17 weeks pregnant is being kept alive against her family’s will. At this painful time, her relatives must go to court to stop the Irish state treating their loved one’s body as a cadaveric incubator.Do those facts emotionally affect you? Then please calm down. What we need here is balance. Indeed, the Irish medi
  
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• Jury finds wealthy former Michigan businessman guilty of murdering wife

  19-12-2014 16:56
  
  Prosecutors: he sought freedom to enjoy fetish sex with women he met onlineConvicted of five charges including first-degree murder, which carries life termMichigan businessman accused of murdering wife led double life
  Robert Bashara frowned and shook his head once. Then again. Then a third time.
  By the time the jury spokesperson read the final and fifth guilty verdict Thursday, the former Detroit area businessman turned convicted murderer dropped his head into his left hand and covered his eye
  
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• Solicitor ordered to pay £750k over transfer

  19-12-2014 15:58
  
  Stuart Creggy found in breach of his duty over payment to Maltese lawyer.
  
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• Solicitor ordered to pay £750k over funds transfer

  19-12-2014 15:58
  
  Stuart Creggy found in breach of his duty over payment to Maltese lawyer.
  
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• Keir Starmer: ‘2015 will be a defining election ... I can’t walk away from it’

  19-12-2014 15:57
  
  Britain’s former top prosecutor, who is contesting Frank Dobson’s old seat, believes Labour is the best party to tackle the growing inequality in the countryThe problem with being the nation’s top prosecutor, says Keir Starmer, was that people were just too nice to him. “People were so deferential,” he reflects, as though it were a bad thing. But if he wins the safe Holborn and St Pancras seat for Labour next May, he may look back on those days with nostalgia. With trust in politicians
  
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• Neighbourhood watch: how domestic CCTV is sweeping the UK

  19-12-2014 15:42
  
  Many UK homes are now bristling with CCTV cameras, sometimes causing bitter disputes between neighbours. The government’s surveillance camera commissioner is looking at changing the law. So what are we watching out for anyway?When Nick and Linda Hancock moved into a semi-detached house in a prosperous part of Cardiff in May 2011, they noticed something that was, at the time, unusual: the next door neighbours had CCTV cameras installed. They didn’t think too much of it, though. “We didn’t
  
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• National firm offers share incentive to stay

  19-12-2014 15:05
  
  Alternative business structure Simpson Millar is the latest to consider employee ownership.
  
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• Al-Sweady lawyer denouncement 'breaches UN code' - Law Gazette

  19-12-2014 14:20
  
  Daily Mail
  Al-Sweady lawyer denouncement 'breaches UN code'
  Law Gazette
  He was speaking after the inquiry found that the allegations of abuses of detainees by British troops in Iraq had been found to be 'wholly without foundation and entirely the product of deliberate lies, reckless speculation and ingrained hostility ...
  Fallon spat out Shiner the lawyer's name with loathing: Yesterday in ...Daily Mail
  
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• Al-Sweady lawyer denouncement ‘breaches UN code’

  19-12-2014 14:07
  
  European bar chief raises concerns about defence secretary’s statement.
  
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• The state of the death penalty in the US: an expert takes your questions

  19-12-2014 13:24
  
  It’s been a year of horror and upheaval for capital punishment in the US. Join Richard Dieter of the Death Penalty Information Center to learn about what progress has been made — and what has yet to be doneThis was a year of reckoning for the death penalty in America. In Oklahoma, Clayton Lockett’s botched execution took 43 minutes; a witness likened the procedure to “a horror movie”. In Ohio, Dennis McGuire gasped for air during many of the 26 minutes it took him to die from an experi
  
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• Kenya security law: President Uhuru Kenyatta signs bill - BBC News

  19-12-2014 12:45
  
  BBC News
  Kenya security law: President Uhuru Kenyatta signs bill
  BBC News
  Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law a controversial security bill which saw MPs trade blows in parliament. It was passed on Thursday during a chaotic parliamentary session, with opposition MPs warning that Kenya was becoming a "police ...
  Kenya's Kenyatta signs security law despite protestsDaily Mail
  Kenya security law approved despite disruptions in parliamentReuters UK
  Kenya Adopts Div
  
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• Detained China rights lawyer facing 'inhuman torment', wife says - Interactive Investor

  19-12-2014 11:45
  
  Detained China rights lawyer facing 'inhuman torment', wife says
  Interactive Investor
  BEIJING (Reuters) - A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer arrested this year has had to endure hours of interrogation and his health has suffered, his wife wrote in a letter released on Friday, calling for his immediate release. Pu Zhiqiang, one of ...
  
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• Leading PI lawyers concerned by whiplash plans

  19-12-2014 11:39
  
  Firm leaders warn of consequences of government's MedCo system for medical experts.
  
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• 10 diktats from Brussels that are ruining life in Britain | David Shariatmadari

  19-12-2014 11:02
  
  From lowering energy bills to stopping toxic chemicals poisoning the environment, here are just some of the ways we’re tyrannised by the EU
  Barely a day passes, it seems, without bureaucrats in Brussels adding to the red tape that bind us. The voices of corporations and populist politicians are routinely ignored by the pen-pushers of the European commission.
  In the wake of new evidence about the knock-on effect of energy-saving directives, it’s time someone drew attention to the myriad wa
  
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• Detained China rights lawyer facing 'inhuman torment', wife says - Yahoo Finance UK

  19-12-2014 10:46
  
  Yahoo Finance UK
  Detained China rights lawyer facing 'inhuman torment', wife says
  Yahoo Finance UK
  In an open letter to President Xi Jinping, released by one of Pu's lawyers, Shang Baojun, his wife, Meng Qun, said Pu was suffering from a series of medical conditions, including diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and prostate problems.
  China: Detained human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang suffers 'inhuman mental and ...International Business Times UK
  
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• Detained China rights lawyer facing 'inhuman torment', wife says - Yahoo News UK

  19-12-2014 10:37
  
  Yahoo News UK
  Detained China rights lawyer facing 'inhuman torment', wife says
  Yahoo News UK
  BEIJING (Reuters) - A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer arrested this year has had to endure hours of interrogation and his health has suffered, his wife wrote in a letter released on Friday, calling for his immediate release. Pu Zhiqiang, one of ...
  
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• Magistrate taken off case after using Google to search for details of trial

  19-12-2014 06:51
  
  Perth magistrate Barbara Lane tenders resignation after a complaint and is found to have breached procedural fairnessA Perth magistrate has been taken off a case because she Googled information about it during a trial.
  Magistrate Barbara Lane was hearing the matter in Joondalup magistrates court in August last year, which involved the operators of a Carabooda market garden accused of housing itinerant or seasonal labourers in sheds and outbuildings on their property without council approval.
  
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• Serial could never happen in Australia. Our courts wouldn't allow it | Paul Farrell

  19-12-2014 04:59
  
  The globally popular Serial podcast asks serious questions about the way justice in done in the US. A similar project would never get off the ground in AustraliaSerial is over. The most popular podcast of all time has provoked much debate, consumed many column inches and lost thousands of people too many hours to Reddit. It is likely to spur a whole new kind of audio journalism presented in narrative story arcs.But in Australia, Serial could probably never have happened. That’s for one very si
  
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• Man Haron Monis lawyers and judges receive death threats and other abuse

  19-12-2014 02:25
  
  ‘Members of the judiciary have been targeted in a personal manner as if they were somehow to blame for the terrible events in Martin Place,’ NSW Bar Association president saysNew South Wales lawyers and judges who were part of court hearings involving Man Haron Monis have faced death threats and other abuse.
  In a statement on Friday the president of the NSW Bar Association, Jane Needham SC, said she was concerned members of the judiciary were being targeted owing to their part in proceedin
  
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• UK visa rules for some non-EU citizens illegal – European Court - Irish Times

  19-12-2014 02:11
  
  Irish Times
  UK visa rules for some non-EU citizens illegal – European Court
  Irish Times
  “The home secretary flouted EU laws by forcing illegal visa requirements on ordinary families coming to Britain. Her arguments about control of UK borders and fraud were found wanting by the court. It's a great day for the rule of law, and the rights ...
  European court gives UK visa directionBBC News
  British Borders Bound to EU LawSputnik UK
  European court ruling threat to Britain's bordersTelegr
  
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• UK prisons officers sent to work up to 60 miles away ‘to plug staffing gaps’

  19-12-2014 00:26
  
  Penal reform campaigners say ‘failing system’ has required dozens to engage in detached duty in run-up to ChristmasMore than 230 prison officers have been asked to work in other prisons in the run-up to Christmas as governors across England and Wales face a major staffing crisis, penal reform campaigners have claimed.Official documents that outline measures to tackle staff shortages in prisons during November and December have been seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform. Continue reading
  
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• UK prison officers sent to work up to 60 miles away ‘to plug staffing gaps’

  19-12-2014 00:26
  
  Penal reform campaigners say ‘failing system’ has required dozens to engage in detached duty in runup to ChristmasMore than 230 prison officers have been asked to work in other prisons in the runup to Christmas as governors across England and Wales face a major staffing crisis, penal reform campaigners have claimed.Official documents that outline measures to tackle staff shortages in prisons during November and December have been seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform. Continue reading..
  
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