Study finds Ohio probation system fragmented, too many low-risk inmates churn through prisons

Study finds Ohio probation system fragmented

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s probation system is too fragmented and the state cycles too many low-risk offenders serving short sentences through the prison system, a report to be released Monday finds.
The study also says offenders who commit minor drug and property crimes are often supervised for years, while inmates who … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Study finds Ohio probation system fragmented, too many low-risk inmates churn through prisons.

Four killed in Baghdad suicide blast

BAGHDAD – At least four people were killed and 10 injured Monday in a suicide bombing near the Baghdad office of the al-Arabiya satellite television station.

The interior ministry said the suicide bomber had driven a small explosives-laden vehicle into al-Harithiya in western Baghdad where the broadcaster is located.
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Lawyer says ‘Barefoot Bandit’ not interested in selling his story and journey wasn’t planned

‘Barefoot Bandit’ not interested in selling story

SEATTLE – The “Barefoot Bandit” has received movie and book offers but is not interested in telling his story – nor does he want anyone else to do it, his attorney said Sunday.
Colton Harris-Moore, 19, is being held in Seattle on a federal count of interstate transportation of stolen …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Lawyer says ‘Barefoot Bandit’ not interested in selling his story and journey wasn’t planned.

Prader Willi Syndrome Patient May Be Arrested

MICHIGAN (GaeaTimes.com)- A 20 year old boy from Michigan has been accused of stealing food from his neighbor’s home and now has an arrest warrant to his name. Matthew Hummel however is no ordinary boy. The youngster is a patient of the Prader Willi Syndrome, the sufferers of which crave for an enormous quantity … Read more >>.

‘ISI had free hand to aid insurgency in India, Afghanistan’

WASHINGTON – For years Pakistan’s spy service ISI was actually aiding the Afghan insurgency with a wing operating against Afghanistan and India having a free hand to do so, according to what is being touted as the “biggest leak in intelligence history”.

Called “The War Logs”, 92,201 secret US military documents spanning six years of the … Read more >>.

Closing arguments to start in 7-week corruption trial of former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich

Closing arguments to start in Blagojevich trial
CHICAGO – Twenty months after Gov. Rod Blagojevich was led out of his house in handcuffs for what prosecutors called a “political crime spree,” attorneys will make their last pitch to jurors during a trial that has been littered with names like Barack … Original source on Gaea Times at : Closing arguments to start in 7-week corruption trial of former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Members of clan suspected in Philippine massacre kill aide to witness, wound 2 other people

Aide to witness to Philippine massacre gunned down

MANILA, Philippines – Members of the clan suspected in one of the worst massacres in Philippine history are believed to be behind the weekend shooting death of an aide for a key witness to the mass killings, officials said Monday.
The attack Sunday appeared to be the latest case …. Read the original article  : here.

Suspected extremist arrested in Punjab

PATIALA – A suspected Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) extremist was arrested from Punjab’s Patiala district Monday, police said.

Pargat Singh is an associate of another KLF extremist Bakshish Singh, who was arrested in the state recently, a police official said. He said interrogation of Pargat was on.
Pargat was staying as paying guest Pushpinder Singh in … Original source on Gaea Times at : Suspected extremist arrested in Punjab.

A look at who’s on trial at Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal, 30 years after the regime’s fall

Who’s on trial at Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal

The former chief of the Khmer Rouge’s main prison and torture facility was convicted Monday of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 35 years in prison, ending the first case before a U.N.-backed tribunal since the regime’s fall 30 years ago. Four other former leaders …. Source  : A look at who’s on trial at Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal, 30 years after the regime’s fall.

Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer found guilty of war crimes, will spend 19 years behind bars

Victims: Khmer Rouge jailer’s sentence too light

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A war crimes tribunal convicted and sentenced the Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer Monday for overseeing the deaths of up to 16,000 people, in the first verdict involving a senior member of the “killing fields” regime that devastated a generation of Cambodians.
Victims and their relatives burst …. Source article  : Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer found guilty of war crimes, will spend 19 years behind bars.

Maoist camp destroyed in 20-hour Jharkhand gunfight

RANCHI – A Maoist camp was destroyed in Jharkhand after a 20-hour gunfight between the security forces and the rebels, police said Monday.

The gun battle started Sunday in the jungle areas bordering Khuti, Seraikela and Kharsawa districts and continued overnight. It ended early Monday, a police officer said.
“It was a 20-hour gunfight. Some … Read more : Maoist camp destroyed in 20-hour Jharkhand gunfight.

White House, CIA lawyers in dark before terrorist videos destroyed; evidence of obstruction?

Key omission in memo to destroy CIA terror tapes

WASHINGTON – When the CIA sent word in 2005 to destroy scores of videos showing waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, there was an unusual omission in the carefully worded memo: the names of two agency lawyers.
Once a CIA lawyer has weighed in on even a routine …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : White House, CIA lawyers in dark before terrorist videos destroyed; evidence of obstruction?.

Cambodian war crimes tribunal opens to hand down 1st verdict for Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer

Cambodia war crimes trial opens to issue verdict

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal opened Monday to hand down a verdict in the first trial of a senior member of the Khmer Rouge regime that turned Cambodia into a vast killing field three decades ago.
Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, arrived Monday … Original source on Gaea Times at : Cambodian war crimes tribunal opens to hand down 1st verdict for Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer.

Cambodian war crimes tribunal to hand down 1st verdict in trial of Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer

Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal hands down verdict

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal hands down a verdict Monday in the first trial of a senior member of the Khmer Rouge regime that turned Cambodia into a vast killing field three decades ago.
The defendant, Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, ran the notorious …. Original source  : Cambodian war crimes tribunal to hand down 1st verdict in trial of Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer.

Security forces kill six Maoists in West Bengal

KOLKATA – Six Maoists were killed and a security personnel was seriously injured in a clash in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district early Monday, police said.

The clash began at 3 a.m. in a forest in Goaltore area and was still on, a police officer said, adding that bodies of all the six Maoists have been … Read : Security forces kill six Maoists in West Bengal.

Al Qaeda kills French hostage

Moscow, July 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North African wing of Al Qaeda said it killed a French hostage in revenge for failed rescue raid by French and Mauritanian troops, Al Jazeera reported.

A leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said Michel Germaneau was killed Saturday in a revenge for six militants killed Thursday in the …. Read the original article  : here.

Al Qaeda militants kill six Yemeni soldiers

SANA’A – Suspected Al Qaeda militants attacked a military checkpoint in south-eastern Yemen Sunday, killing six soldiers.

A security source told DPA that the assailants opened fire at soldiers manning the checkpoint in the block S2 area of al-Oqlah in Shabwa province.
Block S2 is an oil exploration field operated by the Austrian company, OMV.
It …. Original article  : Al Qaeda militants kill six Yemeni soldiers.

Mexican prosecutors say prison guards lent inmates guns, let them out to carry out massacre

Mexico: Prison guards let killers out, lent guns

MEXICO CITY – Mexican prosecutors say guards at a prison let inmates out and lent them guns to massacre 17 people at a party, then allowed them to return to their cells.
Sunday’s announcement from the federal attorney general’s office represents a shocking revelation about the July 18 shooting …. Original article  : Mexican prosecutors say prison guards lent inmates guns, let them out to carry out massacre.

Rebuking church, Chilean president rejects sweeping pardons that would free rights offenders

Chile rejects pardons proposed by Catholic Church

SANTIAGO, Chile – Chile’s conservative president rejected a proposal by the Roman Catholic Church for sweeping pardons of elderly and sick prisoners that would have freed military officers convicted of human rights violations during the Pinochet dictatorship.
President Sebastian Pinera announced Sunday that he will only consider case-by-case pardons on …. Source article  : Rebuking church, Chilean president rejects sweeping pardons that would free rights offenders.

US prosecutors drop case against fugitive Filipino doctor accused of bilking military program

US drops fraud case against wanted Filipino doctor

MADISON, Wis. – Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a doctor from the Philippines who went into hiding after being accused of scamming a military health program out of more than $1 million in the 1990s.
The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Western District of Wisconsin moved to drop … Read this article on Gaea Times at : US prosecutors drop case against fugitive Filipino doctor accused of bilking military program.