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# justice - Thursday 16 May, 2013
OJ Simpson in a last-ditch effort to get new trial
Simpson is serving nine to 33 years in prison for his 2008 conviction in the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.
# justice - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Video: Shatter says TDs playing ‘silly political games’ over penalty points
The Minister for Justice also spoke about why he is backing a law which could see mobile phone networks shut down during the G8 summit.
# justice - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Saudi Arabia beheads man convicted of killing his relative
Awad Rawili stabbed to death Jazaa Rawili, a relative, during an argument. He was executed in the northern city of Araar.
# justice - Friday 10 May, 2013
# justice - Saturday 27 April, 2013
“People do not feel secure in their own homes” – FF takes aim at Shatter
“Gardaà put their lives on the line to protect our communities and deserve more”.
# justice - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Ireland’s World War II veterans move one step closer to amnesty
Thousands of Irish servicemen were dismissed or prosecuted for fighting with the Allies during World War II.
# justice - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Poll: Do you think judicial independence is being undermined?
The Government has been accused of demolishing the judiciary “brick by brick”.
# justice - Monday 15 April, 2013
Shatter row: Judges’ group outlines concerns for judiciary independence
The Association of Judges of Ireland says there are a number of current matters that have implications for judicial independence.
Alan Shatter criticises High Court judge comments on pay
A High Court judge had said the government was attacking the independence of the judiciary – but Shatter has hit back.
# justice - Saturday 6 April, 2013
Campaign to help sex abuse survivors launched
The movement has called for change and more transparency in Ireland’s justice system.
# justice - Friday 29 March, 2013
Ireland extradited 149 people on European Arrest Warrants last year
A new report by the Department of Justice says Ireland received a total of 313 European Arrest Warrants in 2012 for crimes including murder, rape and drug trafficking.
# justice - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
Nine murders committed by people released on bail
Figures released by the Department of Justice show 16,812 crimes were committed by those on bail in 2012.
# justice - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
Many brothels run by foreign organised crime gangs, committee hears
A Garda Superintendent told the hearings on prostitution that there has been a “notable change” in the industry in recent years.
Justice Department got no specific legal advice on Magdalene report response
The government has come under fire for failing to provide a full apology on behalf of the State for its role in the Magdalene Laundries.
# justice - Friday 1 February, 2013
Here’s how 7,500 people went to jail for not paying fines in 2012
An average of 20 people a day were jailed for non-payment of fines last year – despite moves to reduce the figures.
# justice - Monday 28 January, 2013
War of words: Gardaà hit back at Shatter over comments
The head of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors says the group was insulted by comments made by the Minister for Justice.
# justice - Thursday 24 January, 2013
Report into prisoner death finds multiple mistakes were made
Shane Rogers took his own life in a cell at Cloverhill courthouse, despite being on suicide watch.
# justice - Sunday 6 January, 2013
More same-sex partnerships from abroad to be recognised in Ireland
Same-sex partnerships registered in Delaware, Hawaii, Washington and Denmark will all be recognised in Ireland, the Minister for Justice has confirmed.
# justice - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Alan Shatter condemns ‘obscene and insensitive’ anti-abortion posters
The posters which specifically target the Minister for Justice were erected overnight in Alan Shatter’s constituency of Dublin South.
Report on Pat Finucane murder to be published today
The family of the murdered Belfast lawyer want a full public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death in 1989.
# justice - Saturday 8 December, 2012
Write for Rights: The story of Chiou Ho-Shun
Taiwanese man wrongfully on death row is one of 12 the human rights abuse cases that Amnesty International wants to highlight – and get help with – before 2012 is out.
# justice - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
Families of Sackville Place bombings still seeking closure
The 40th anniversary of car bombings in Dublin which killed three busmen and injured 127 people hears how relatives of the dead still waiting for justice.
# justice - Friday 30 November, 2012
Column: ‘Do the crime, do the time’ – serious crimes need serious sentencing
Monetary compensation over custodial sentences for domestic and sexual crimes is never appropriate. There should be no mixed messages in our justice system, writes Margaret Martin.
# justice - Friday 2 November, 2012
Reporting to be allowed on family law and child care court cases
New legislation will amend the in camera rule in courts, but will not allow the identification of the people involved.
# justice - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
Column: Politicians have no place in deciding who gets freed from prison
Our early release system badly needs an overhaul, writes Liam Herrick of the Irish Penal Reform Trust.
# justice - Friday 19 October, 2012
EU Court of Justice bans ‘pay to claim your prize’ promotions
Marketers will no longer be allowed to tell consumers that have “won” a prize only to ask them to incur a cost for collection.
# justice - Thursday 18 October, 2012
Judges ‘need guidelines’ for sexual assault sentencing
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre said today that giving a man found guilty of sexual assault a fine and a suspended sentence “doesn’t give out a good message”.
# justice - Monday 15 October, 2012
On the roads: Gardaà to get 170 new vehicles
Around €3 million will be spend on the new vehicles, which will include patrol cars, unmarked cars and vans.
# justice - Sunday 14 October, 2012
Around 15,000 visitors a day checking new property price register
There has been a lot of interest in the new property price register website since it launched two weeks ago.
# justice - Friday 28 September, 2012
‘Litany of errors’ costing the State millions – PAC chair
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has reacted angrily to the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General which was published yesterday.
# justice - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
Perpetrators of ‘barbaric’ gangland killings lack ‘humanity or decency’ – Shatter
The Justice Minister has said the “evil perpetrators have absolute no respect for human life” following the death of two men in Laois and Dublin. Both were shot in front of their children.
# justice - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
Justice Department insists no decision made on Catherine Nevin release
The Department of Justice has taken the unusual step of commenting on the case of convicted murderer Catherine Nevin insisting that there has been no decision on her proposed temporary release.
Double killer Malcolm MacArthur released after 30 years
MacArthur was jailed in 1982 after he killed a nurse in the Phoenix Park and shot dead a farmer.
# justice - Wednesday 12 September, 2012
In photos: What happened at Hillsborough on 15 April 1989
Relatives of the 96 people who died at Hillsborough today got to see previously unseen documents about what happened at the stadium.
# justice - Saturday 25 August, 2012
Column: What a death row inmate had to teach Irish teens
When former Clare hurler and Soar youth foundation co-founder Tony Griffin brought four Irish teens to a leadership camp in Nova Scotia, he heard a life story that he can’t forget – and nor should we.
# justice - Monday 20 August, 2012
Call for tougher penalties for ‘black market’ criminals
Meanwhile, the Irish Cancer Society and Irish Heart Foundation have raised concerns about the origins of the data used in the report.
Swedish serial killer case to be reviewed
Sture Bergwall was convicted of eight murders before later retracting his confession – and being acquitted in three cases.
# justice - Wednesday 18 July, 2012
Call for new scheme to legalise undocumented migrants in Ireland
4,000 people have signed a petition for the introduction of an Earned Regularisation Scheme, which would allow undocumented migrants a new way to legalise their immigration status.
# justice - Thursday 12 July, 2012
Lawyer for the acquitted compares Michaela trial to Guildford Four
“When we rush to find justice, we always fail.”
# justice - Monday 2 July, 2012
Two assaults per day: attacks on Gardaà on the rise
The Garda Representative Association has called for the introduction of mandatory sentencing for such crimes.
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Bed available at Oberstown for young boy following judge’s comments
The Minister for Children was asked to appear at the Children’s Court this morning by Justice Anne Ryan.
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