Read more prosecutions stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/37562/prosecutions.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:15:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61164/drug-smuggling-subs-go-high-tech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's not a lark anymore: Miniature submarines now carry about a third of the cocaine smuggled into the US. With the numbers up, the Washington Post takes a look at how these so-called semi-submersibles have gotten more and more high-tech over the last 2 years. Authorities say sub builders are...http://www.newser.com/story/61164/drug-smuggling-subs-go-high-tech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Jun 2009 14:25:04 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/57953/torture-convictions-would-be-a-long-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThose calling for Bush administration prosecutions on torture-related grounds may have their way—but whether those in question can actually be convicted is a whole other kettle of fish, Jeffrey Rosen writes in New York . Much of the case would likely hinge on whether authorities believed their own claims in...http://www.newser.com/story/57953/torture-convictions-would-be-a-long-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 8:34:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57323/iraq-pm-vows-to-prosecute-us-troops-after-fatal-raid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraq’s prime minister is threatening the country’s first prosecution of US troops after two Iraqis were killed yesterday morning in a US raid, the Washington Post reports. Nouri al-Maliki said the raid violated a security agreement that bans unilateral American action; the US says Iraq’s military had approved the move....http://www.newser.com/story/57323/iraq-pm-vows-to-prosecute-us-troops-after-fatal-raid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 10:18:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53482/push-to-indict-dubya-gets-caffeine-boost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Seattle coffee merchant has sent 2,200 copies of Vincent Bugliosi’s bestselling The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder to DAs whose districts have lost residents to the Iraq war, the Seattle Times reports. The damning book “was the first time in 8 years I had seen anyone...http://www.newser.com/story/53482/push-to-indict-dubya-gets-caffeine-boost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 18:11:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52648/hbo-cruelty-doc-makes-pork-industry-squeamish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA documentary on animal cruelty at an Ohio hog farm has the pork industry considering how to better represent its “commitment to animal care,” Reuters reports. The footage in Death on a Factory Farm , taken secretly, led to animal-cruelty prosecutions, though the charged workers were acquitted. HBO airs the film...http://www.newser.com/story/52648/hbo-cruelty-doc-makes-pork-industry-squeamish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Mar 2009 16:40:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47843/evidence-mess-threatens-gitmo-cases-ex-prosecutor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe handling of evidence in Guantanamo Bay cases is so chaotic it may be impossible to properly convict a single prisoner, charges a former military prosecutor. Former Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld is supporting a federal court petition to free one detainee, Mohammed Jawad, who has been held without trial for...http://www.newser.com/story/47843/evidence-mess-threatens-gitmo-cases-ex-prosecutor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 4:34:57 CST