Justice Secretary

Justice jeopardy

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

JUSTICE secretary Kenny MacAskill, no doubt obeying diktats for the European Union, wishes to abolish the 800-year-old safeguard of the double jeopardy rule, whereby no accuse

Local justice lost?

Scottish Libertarians (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

Some time back I saw a report that Justice Secretary Kenny McCaskill was proposing or considering closing courts. In the report Labour Justice Spokesman Richard Baker was interviewed and showed concerns that this would remove local justice. This report was back in July of this year. The courts noted were Dornoch, Dingwall, Banff, Peterhead, Stonehaven, Forfar, Arbroath,...

Britain's Justice Minister Says Libel Laws Will Be Reformed; They Are Having Chilling Effect On Free Speech

Media Law Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

Britain's Justice secretary, Jack Straw, has announced a plan to attack "libel tourism," which he says is "chilling" democracy in the country, according to this Guardian article. Mr. Straw says that current status of libel law in Great Britain "threatens...

Report to slate MacAskill over early release of Megrahi

The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago

[This is the headline over a speculative report in today's edition of The Scotsman . It reads in part:] Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill will face stinging criticism in a parliamentary report over the way he handled the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Members of Holyrood's justice committee have made it clear that they do not believe the minister followed Scottish Prison Service...

Report to slate MacAskill over early release of Megrahi

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday

JUSTICE secretary Kenny MacAskill will face stinging criticism in a parliamentary report over the way he handled the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

• Report to slate MacAskill over early release of Megrahi - Scotsman.com
• Lockerbie bomber release inquiry could be closed - The Lockerbie Case

Report to slate MacAskill over early release of Megrahi

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

JUSTICE secretary Kenny MacAskill will face stinging criticism in a parliamentary report over the way he handled the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

Lockerbie bomber release inquiry could be closed

The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | yesterday

[This is the headline over a report on the BBC News website. It reads in part:] A Scottish Parliament committee could [today] decide to close its inquiry into the release of the Lockerbie bomber. The justice committee has been investigating the decision to release Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, on compassionate grounds. It is due to decide whether the move by Justice...

The SIA, the ACS and the Scottish Government

Close Protection Forum and Surveill (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

So the SIA has *_convinced_* the Scottish Justice secretary to only award Scottish Nationalist Party Government contracts to those companies who hold...

Philippine police clash with Ampatuan clan supporters

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

... trying to persuade about 2,400 gunmen to surrender peacefully to avoid bloodshed, the interior secretary, Ronaldo Puno, told reporters in the capital, Manila. About 20 to 30 armed followers of the Ampatuan clan, suspected of the massacre in November of 57 people, opened fire on police commandos yesterday while they were patrolling Datu Unsay township, near the site of the massacre, said...

Philippine official: Rebellion charges to be laid

CNN (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

Charges of rebellion will be leveled against many of those arrested during martial law in the southern Philippines -- declared in the aftermath of last month's massacre of 57 civilians, the nation's justice secretary said.

Philippines warns of rebellion charges

CNN (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

Many arrested under martial law in the southern Philippines following last month's massacre will face rebellion charges, the nation's justice secretary says.

No to martial law

Ellen Tordesillas (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

There’s a collective cry opposing the imposition of martial law in Maguindanao for lack of factual and legal basis. All statements opposing it cite the provisions of the Constitution that limits the basis of the declaration of martial law to rebellion and invasion. Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera cites “brewing rebellion”. Even the Commision on Human Rights is [...]...

Philippines to charge clan leaders with rebellion

France24 (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

The Philippines said Sunday that leaders of a clan detained after martial law was imposed in their southern stronghold would be charged with rebellion, as more buried weapons were found. The rebellion charges are separate to murder cases being prepared against them over last month's election-linked massacre of 57 people in their home province of Maguindanao, Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera...

Philippines imposes martial law in massacre region

France24 (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

... charges would be on top of murder cases being prepared against them over the November 23 massacre, Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera said.

New guidance on publicising criminal covictions

Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

The ‘Engaging Communities in Criminal Justice’ Green Paper published in April of this year committed the government to producing “comprehensive guidance making clear to all relevant agencies and services their powers and responsibilities … to support criminal justice services in communicating case outcomes to the public.” Today the Justice Secretary...