Search Results for: 2016-04-05

Please note that “slum-dweller” as used in this piece is not intended to be offensive and is intended only to refer to individuals living in housing lacking proper sanitation, drinking water, and transportation facilities. Introduction: Due to rapid urbanization and lack of a proper housing scheme in India, slums have become a dumping ground for [...]

Universal suffrage has long been accepted as the standard for enfranchisement in democracies, however full and equal participation is rarely the reality. One group in particular that is frequently excluded across jurisdictions is prisoners. Indian law provides for this exclusion in Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. This exclusion has faced [...]

The coronavirus pandemic has created a cascade of horrible effects. As of April 10, there have been half a million cases and 18,000 deaths in the United States (1.5 million cases and over 100,000 deaths worldwide). The pandemic has also created widespread economic hardship, with 17 million Americans newly unemployed within the past three weeks. And [...]

Alejandro Toledo, a former president of Peru, was arrested in California on Tuesday on an extradition order for his alleged role in the Odebretch corruption scandal. Toledo is facing corruption charges in Peru for accepting bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebretch while he was in office from 2001-2006. The Odebretch scandal spans 12 countries and [...]

The Tennessee Court of Appeals held Tuesday that the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) do not have standing to prevent the removal of Confederate statutes at parks the City of Memphis had sold to Memphis Greenspace. In December 2017 the city of Memphis sold parkland to Memphis Greenspace, after which Memphis Greenspace removed statutes of [...]

On April 16, 2019, Governor Jarod Polis signed into law SB19-181, a bill that reforms oil and gas regulation in Colorado in several important ways.  It’s a remarkable achievement for House Speaker KC Becker and other supporters who bent but did not break in the face of strong opposition from the oil and gas industry.  [...]

US Attorney General William Barr declined to testify before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday morning. Barr has been at odds with the Democratic leadership of the committee since the beginning of the week over the format of the hearing. House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler (D-NY) wanted each committee member to have five minutes to question [...]

Former Brazil President Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday after Federal Police executed several warrants arising from an investigation, deemed “Operations Radioactivity,” in the management of a nuclear plant in Rio. Brazilian prosecutors allege that Temer acted as the leader in a criminal organization, accepting approximately 1.8 billion in bribes and ongoing kickbacks, and committing [...]

Former Insys Therapeutics Inc., CEO Michael Babich pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges related to conspiracy and mail fraud stemming from the sale of a fentanyl nasal spray, Subsys. Babich and the other defendants, former Insys executives and managers, were charged in 2016 with conspiracy to commit racketeering, mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to violate the [...]

The Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, on Thursday released the court’s annual Report on Preliminary Examination Activities. This report, which spans December 1, 2017, through November 30, 2018, summarizes work done by the Office of the Prosecutor to determine whether situations meet legal criteria established by the Rome Statute and warrant further investigation. [...]