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Shaken Baby and unsafe convictions (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
No, surely not, expert witnesses exagerating .......? Who'd have thought eh! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8347410.stm CSI factor 'hurting crime cases' Fictional crime series like CSI are making real trials more difficult, a leading judge has warned. Lord Justice Leveson said witnesses were reluctant to come forward because of the mistaken belief that forensic and expert evidence was paramount. The...
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Off The Post (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Uh, where’s Highbury gone? Ronnie Biggs’ health has improved so much since his release from prison that he is planning a trip to watch Arsenal. The Gunners fan hasn’t seen his team play live since being convicted of his part in the Great Train Robbery in the 1960s. The 80-year-old was given compassionate release from jail in [...]
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Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
This isn’t quite as sensational a story as Alex Ferguson demanding Manchester United fans stop calling Arsene Wenger a pedophile, but that one’s a day old, so this update on the condition of Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, as culled from the TImes’ “Crime Central”, will have to do. Ronnie’s son, Michael, took his dear old [...]
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Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has recovered from being 'close to death' and now feels well enough to watch his beloved Arsenal, according to reports.
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Evening Standard - News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
EXCLUSIVE: Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs won his freedom after doctors said he was so ill he had only weeks to live
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Originally a classical violinist--before settling in England in 1997 he was first violin with the Nacional Symphony Orquestra in his native Cuba--Omar Puente has since focused on modern Cuban music and jazz, exploring the mutalities of the two traditions, and increasingly favoring an electric instrument. From There To Here is, remarkably given Puente's distinguished guest artist scorecard, his first...
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Dungeekin. . . (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Blair Presidency; "my chance to screw up not just a country, but a whole continent". I heard something absolutely hilarious on the Today Program this morning. You're gonna love this. Obviously we had the usual the assumptions from all parties now that the Lisbon Treaty is full-steam-ahead for ratification. Then, amusingly enough, there were the speculations about the likelihood of nomination...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
[JURIST] The Swiss Federal Counsel on Wednesday announced proposals to restrict the country's assisted suicide laws. The new guidelines will seek to prevent assisted suicide becoming a profit-driven business and to ensure that it is only available to the terminally ill. One of the proposals imposes criminal liability on those who assist unless certain stipulations are met. Those seeking assisted suicides...
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Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
THE parents of Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones today said they hoped they could finally move on after the gang member who armed his killer had his prison sentence increased.
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icLiverpool (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
THE parents of murdered Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones said yesterday they hoped they could finally move on after the gang member who armed his killer had his prison sentence increased.
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Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
The country's top judge sent out a stark message on gun crime today as he added five years to the sentence of the gang member who armed the killer of an innocent schoolboy.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
James Yates a gang member from Liverpool who provided the gun for schoolboy Rhys Jones's killer has been sentenced to an additional five years' detention at the Court of Appeal.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Court of appeal increases 'unduly lenient' seven-year sentence on James Yates to 12 years for providing killer with gun A gang member who armed the killer of the Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones saw his "unduly lenient" seven-year sentence increased to 12 years by the court of appeal today. James Yates, 21, who provided Sean Mercer with the Smith and Wesson handgun used to murder Rhys, was...
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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
NY prosecutors are having a tough week . Following an investigation led by Elliot Spitzer, a 2005 indictment and an 11-month trial with 1,500 exhibits, three former March, Inc. executives were exonerated on charges including big-rigging, price-fixing. WSJ: Joseph Peiser, a former top executive who was head of excess casualty, as well as two subordinates, Greg Doherty and Kathleen Drake, were indicted...
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