Justice system News

Palm Beach - A street gang tied to the prisons in southern California has been rattled in Florida after it's members are sentenced to hard time.

Santiago - The Chilean priest Fernando Karadima was acquitted today of allegations against him for sexual abuse; the determination is based on the statute of limitations for the time elapsed between the commission of the acts and the investigation.

The British author who was convicted last year by a Singapore court for criticizing the country's judiciary was freed after losing his appeal and serving six weeks in jail.

A new petition asks Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly to uphold 13-year-old Jordan Brown's constitutional rights.

Tory Bowen claims she was raped, charges were brought against her alleged rapist and the trial began. When Bowen was asked to describe what happened to her in front of the jury in Oregon she was not allowed to use the words rape or sexual assault.

A Philadelphia female judge dropped all sex and assault charges for a defendant and three others for forcing a prostitute at gunpoint to have sex with them. Instead she charged them for “theft of services”.