Former President Donald Trump. Joe Maiorana/AP Photo Donald Trump once threatened to use his role as president to prosecute his political foes. A White House attorney had to explain to the then president that he had no such power. The episode was chronicled in "The Divider," a new book obtained by Insider ahead of its […]
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Families of soldiers killed in Iraq abandon fight to prosecute Tony Blair for ‘unlawful war’
The families of soldiers killed in the Iraq war will end their fight to have Tony Blair and other officials tried for war crimes after finding the former prime minister and his allies are protected by the English legal system. The Iraq War Families Campaign Group (IWFC) has been leading the fight to have the […]
Prosecute Saudi Arabia for Yemen war crimes, rights group urges Britain
Britain should prosecute Saudi-led coalition states for committing ‘war crimes’ in Yemen, human rights campaigners have said. With 130 children dying there every day, the conflict has been described as the “world’s worst humanitarian disaster.” More than 10,000 have been killed and three million displaced in Yemen since 2015, and UK-based campaign group Human Rights […]
Child-porn images so widespread, police can’t prosecute everyone – chief constable
A “horrifying” number of people in Britain are viewing child sexual abuse images online, a police chief has warned amid suggestions that pedophiles who view indecent images should not be charged unless they pose a physical threat to children. Society needs to discuss the issue, which is about “much more than law enforcement,” Dave Thompson, […]
US Justice Department declines to prosecute Baltimore officers in Freddie Gray case
Baltimore Police Department/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice will not bring charges against Baltimore police officers over the fatal injury of a black man in custody in an incident that stoked tensions between African Americans and law enforcement, federal officials said Tuesday. A Justice Department criminal civil rights investigation into […]
Ottawa pushed to prosecute Purdue Pharma over ‘deceptive’ marketing of OxyContin
A decade ago, OxyContin’s drugmaker Purdue Pharma settled civil and criminal suits in the U.S. for more than $ 600 million US. After a recently proposed $ 20 million settlement in Canada, doctors and lawyers here are calling for criminal prosecution. CBC | Health News