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...tone was even harsher from Merkel's aides and leaders of the other political parties, many of whom called for stiff jail sentences for those convicted of tax evasion. "It would be unbearable if, in the end, deals were made instead of putting people on trial," said Kurt Beck, chairman of the Social Democrats, junior partner in the federal government coalition...
...interview, he swiveled his chair with the restless energy of a 20-something and laughed away his wife’s suggestion that he get a Blackberry.But his youthful demeanor belies his accomplished resume: an editor of the Harvard Law Review, an associate counsel on the Oliver North/Iran-Contra trial, and a former Assistant U.S. Attorney—all by age 32.At that point, in 1993, Toobin left the practice of law to cover legal affairs for The New Yorker, and a year later, he shot to notoriety when he revealed the O.J. Simpson defense team’s plan...
...backed Caretaker Government brought peace to the streets and promised to clean up Bangladesh's rampant corruption, fix its institutions and hold clean elections. One year on and there is no doubt the government has begun the work it set itself: two former prime ministers are in jail awaiting trial, hundreds of other senior officials have been arrested, and the slow if important work of overhauling some of Bangladesh's broken state bodies is underway...
...plans to extradite the two Tunisians, however, met with strong criticism in Danish media and among legal and political experts. "It is very unfortunate that there will be no trial in a Danish court. This means that all evidence against them is kept secret by PET. That is against the most fundamental principles of a community governed by law," Moller told TIME. He argued that extradition in itself is a punishment and must be imposed by a court...
...decision to try and have the two suspects extradited without a trial was also criticized by the Organisation of Islamic Faith in Denmark. In a statement, the community said it feared protests by Muslims in Denmark if the two men were sent back to Tunisia. "We have been able to exert a certain form of control [during the last crisis]. We are afraid we will lose this control if this form of oppressive acts does not stop," the release said...