Read more criminal prosecution stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/35189/criminal-prosecution.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:58:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70465/oh-poor-polanski-child-rapist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKate Harding would like to remind everyone crowing about the injustice of arresting a 76-year-old man who’s put in 31 years of exile that Roman Polanski is a fugitive and, coincidentally, a child rapist. The director “gave a 13-year-old girl a Quaalude and champagne,” according to her testimony and his...http://www.newser.com/story/70465/oh-poor-polanski-child-rapist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 13:31:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68445/pfizer-pays-record-23b-fine-for-false-marketing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPfizer will shell out $2.3 billion—a record for a health care fraud settlement—over deceptive marketing of its drugs, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pfizer and one of its subsidiaries marketed four drugs based on off-label uses specifically prohibited by the FDA. The settlement with the Justice Department...http://www.newser.com/story/68445/pfizer-pays-record-23b-fine-for-false-marketing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 13:11:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65999/burress-indicted-faces-15-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress was indicted on gun charges today in New York, where he accidentally shot himself in the leg with an unlicensed handgun in November, the Post reports. Burress is charged with two felony counts of criminal possession and one count of reckless endangerment, a...http://www.newser.com/story/65999/burress-indicted-faces-15-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 13:48:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63300/us-wont-charge-ruth-madoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRuth Madoff won’t be prosecuted in her husband’s giant Ponzi scheme, insiders tell the New York Post, because the feds didn't find enough evidence against her after a 6-month probe. She had “no criminal exposure,” one source says. But if something new turns up, authorities could still pursue her. Meanwhile,...http://www.newser.com/story/63300/us-wont-charge-ruth-madoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 10:45:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62903/court-defendants-can-question-crime-lab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 5-4 Supreme Court ruling yesterday gives defendants the chance to face authors of crime lab reports in their cases. Prosecutors who want to use lab testing undertaken for a given case will be required to bring its authors to court, where the defense can confront them. The ruling shows...http://www.newser.com/story/62903/court-defendants-can-question-crime-lab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 9:08:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60297/fbi-to-expand-role-battling-terrorism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FBI will take a bigger role in the fight against terrorism, the Los Angeles Times reports, moving into investigation and criminal prosecution of accused terrorists. The shift marks a change from the secretive CIA operations favored by the Bush administration, and ties in with President Obama’s assertion that most...http://www.newser.com/story/60297/fbi-to-expand-role-battling-terrorism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 9:21:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59371/craigslist-to-sc-ag-apologize-and-back-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCraigslist is due an apology from South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, the site’s CEO writes on his company blog, after threatening “unwarranted and unconstitutional charges against us that are clearly barred by federal law.” What’s more, Jim Buckmaster charges, Craigslist isn’t the only outlet running the “adult services” ads...http://www.newser.com/story/59371/craigslist-to-sc-ag-apologize-and-back-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 12:49:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58180/obama-must-oppose-spains-bush-lawyer-probe-bolton.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama’s "John Ehrlichman approach" to Spain’s investigation of Bush officials may be “smart politics,” but it’s dangerous for the country, writes John Bolton in the Washington Post . If the administration doesn’t speak out against the probe, it allows an “unaccountable foreign court” judge US policy actions, but “our Constitution...http://www.newser.com/story/58180/obama-must-oppose-spains-bush-lawyer-probe-bolton.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 8:19:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56705/judge-holds-madoff-assets-for-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal judge stopped Bernard Madoff's assets from moving into bankruptcy today, saying the government may claim them through criminal forfeiture because of Madoff's Ponzi scheme, Bloomberg reports. US District Judge Denny Chin blocked more than $100 million from being moved, a setback to investors who had won the right...http://www.newser.com/story/56705/judge-holds-madoff-assets-for-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 18:19:45 CDT