The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Friday began transferring inmates to private detention centers in other states to alleviate overcrowding under the terms California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's October 4 emergency proclamation . The first transfer flight of 80 inmates was delayed while a lawsuit was heard in the US District Court for the [...]

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Brian Davis : "This was the best settlement that we could get in such a politically charged atmosphere. The state legislators wanted their law defended and demanded that the Attorney General defend the ID requirements for state of Ohio voters. What we got was uniform rules for the entire state. We got the absentee ballots [...]

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British-based bank Barclays PLC announced Friday that it has reached an agreement with Enron to settle litigation in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York relating to Enron’s bankruptcy estate. Barclays has agreed to pay Enron $144 million in the settlement, which discharges all claims by Enron against Barclays in respect [...]

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Canadian Justice Minister Vic Toews said Friday that the Canadian government will not appeal an October 19 Ontario Superior Court decision that threw out secrecy-related provisions of the Security of Information Act as unconstitutional. The Canadian Department of Justice announced that the government will instead consider future legislative options to address the constitutional issues raised [...]

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The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Friday convicted former Bosnian Serb military commander Marko Samardzija of crimes against humanity for ordering the massacre of at least 144 Muslisms from the Kljuc region in 1992 during the 1992-1995 ethnic war between Serbs, Bosnian Muslims, and Croats. The court sentenced Samardija to [...]

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has warned federal prosecutors about leaking information on ongoing investigations of legislators to the media in advance of the upcoming mid-term elections. In recent months, several news outlets have identified federal officials as sources for reports about probes into allegedly improper actions by prominent lawmakers, including former Florida representative [...]

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The new government of Thailand has dropped charges against 92 Muslim participants in a 2004 anti-government protest. The news comes a day after interim Prime Minister Chulanont Surayud apologized to Muslim leaders in the southern Pattani province for the former government's crackdown on an Islamic insurgency. Surayud, who came to power after a bloodless coup [...]

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