MORNING NEWSBREAK | Lowcountry leaders gathered at Emanuel AME Church Monday to make a special push to encourage state senators to pass a long-dreamed-of hate crime law. It is among the major bills unresolved in the General Assembly, which is racing toward the end of its regular session Thursday. Also still on tap: proposals to […]
On December 3, 2019, the Pacific island state of Vanuatu made an audacious proposal: Make ecocide—the destruction of nature—an international crime. “An amendment of the Rome Statute could criminalize acts that amount to ecocide,” stated Ambassador of Vanuatu John Licht at the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) annual Assembly of States Parties in the Hague. He More
You know how, in cop shows, detectives are always getting threatened with being busted back down to foot patrol or whatever—a demotion to a world of decreased relevance, lower pay, and less chance at anyone actually seeing anything they do? Well, NBC announced tonight that Christopher Meloni’s Law & Order: Organized Crime is getting moved from the network over to its streaming service Peacock. Which is good news for everybody, probably; we don’t know why we even brought up that first part, about...
President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia’s two civil wars, characterized by widespread mass killings, torture and sexual violence.
NSW is about to bring in tough new anti-knife crime laws, which were announced just days before a western Sydney school went into lockdown when a student arrived with a knife.
On the heels of Law & Order: Organized Crime‘s official Season 5 renewal earlier today, I couldn’t help but watch this week’s episode with a burning question in my brain: What will the show be like when it comes back next season on Peacock? Free of the strictures of broadcast TV, will the good detective […]
Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein got a break last month when a New York appeals court tossed his sexual assault conviction, ruling that the prosecutors improperly used prior bad acts as evidence at his trial. But the outrage over that decision might mean New York could swiftly change how sexual assault cases are prosecuted — and he could find himself swiftly convicted on the same evidence when he is retried.According to The Daily Beast, "As prosecutors prepare to retry him, a new bill making...
Despite evidence of criminal behavior, prosecutors will not always charge a corporation, or even the owner of a corporation, with a crime.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, took to the House floor Tuesday to warn that there are Americans who want to “force” their religious beliefs upon us by law. You’re probably thinking: Finally! A Republican with the courage to talk about some states’ total abortion bans thanks to a subset of right-wing Christians who believe “life begins at conception.” Of course, that’s not what Roy was talking about. He proudly supports people forcing their religious beliefs upon others through laws that strip women of...
A victory for safe street advocates in Albany and the surge in for-hire EVs in New York City headline this week's On The Way roundup of transit news.
The crime figures from Police.uk – the national website for policing in England – are released with a two-month delay, and we can now reveal the five worst streets in the city for vehicle crime in March 2024. The figures are comprised on reports made in South Yorkshire Police’s four Sheffield policing districts: Sheffield North East; Sheffield Central and North West; Sheffield South East and Sheffield South West to compile the list. The police.uk data states that the crimes have been reported...
Charles Elson accused EV company of strong-arming law firm where he consulted over his legal brief opposing Musk’s payA leading professor of corporate governance has accused Tesla of threatening to fire one of its law firms over his objections to Elon Musk’s claim to a massive $56bn compensation package.Retired professor Charles Elson of the University of Delaware alleged in a legal filing on Monday that Holland & Knight, a law firm that he has worked for over close to three decades, told him...