Posts Tagged ‘ lawyer ’

Read him his rights 

December 31, 2011
Read him his rights 

  New circular sets out in detail rights of arrestees to demand legal assistance, and for defense lawyers to ask for change of principal investigator A trial in Ho Chi Minh City. A new circular sets out detailed procedures to ensure an arrestee’s rights when criminal cases are being investigated. The Da Lat People’s Court [...]

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Lethal injection a relief for executioners in Vietnam 

December 21, 2011
Lethal injection a relief for executioners in Vietnam 

   The last stake at the Chieng Mung Execution Grounds in the northern province of Son La At least one senior Party official and several police officials feel Vietnam should eventually do away with the death penalty, but for now, would-be executioners are relieved that a new law has chosen what they call a more [...]

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Lawyer accused of taking bribes in central Vietnam 

November 23, 2011

  A bar association in the central province of Khanh Hoa has asked local police to investigate accusations that a lawyer has accepted bribes to help a man escape a jail term for theft, a local judge said Monday. Nguyen Anh, judge of Nha Trang Town People’s Court, told the press that Khanh Hoa’s Bar [...]

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New Cain sex accuser goes public in New York 

November 8, 2011
New Cain sex accuser goes public in New York 

   Sharon Bialek arrives for a news conference where she accused Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of sexual harassment on November 7, 2011 in New York City. Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, already hit with sexual harassment allegations by three unidentified women, was accused for the first time in public by a woman who said [...]

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Lawyer to be appointed for teenage murder suspect 

September 8, 2011
Lawyer to be appointed for teenage murder suspect 

Le Van Luyen (C), 18, is arrested on August 31 in the northern province of Lang Son for murdering three people at a Bac Giang gold shop on August 24. A lawyer will be appointed to defend an 18-year-old youth who has confessed to the gruesome murder of a couple and their daughter in the [...]

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Norway suspect's lawyer says gunman may be insane 

July 27, 2011
Norway suspect's lawyer says gunman may be insane 

The lawyer for the gunman behind last week's attacks in Norway lays out his feelings about the case and his client, painting a picture of a cold and paranoid "warrior" who appears to be insane. The lawyer for the Norwegian gunman who claimed responsibility for killing 76 people in twin attacks last week said everything [...]

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IMF chief set for release on bail in sex case 

May 20, 2011
IMF chief set for release on bail in sex case 

Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn (C) arrives for his bail hearing at State Supreme Court, in New York. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was set for release on bail Friday, allowing the once powerful IMF chief to be reunited with his family for the first time since his arrest on sex assault charges. A New York court ordered [...]

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Party honcho murder trial suspended 

March 18, 2011
Party honcho murder trial suspended 

Nguyen Trong Nhan at the trial in Ho Chi Minh City on March 15 A Ho Chi Minh City court Tuesday (March 15) suspended the trial of two men accused of killing a senior Party district official last September after their lawyer refused to defend one of them, citing “conflicts in testimony.” Nguyen Trong Nhan, [...]

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Court annuls statutory rape case verdicts

February 8, 2010
Court annuls statutory rape case verdicts

Sam Duc Xuong (1st, L), former principal of Viet Vinh High School in Ha Giang Province An appeal court in northern Vietnam has annulled the earlier verdict against a school principal found guilty of having sex with underage students and ordered a fresh investigation into the case. At the end of a four-day trial last [...]

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Rape trial left out state officials, other suspects: lawyer

January 29, 2010
Rape trial left out state officials, other suspects: lawyer

Sam Duc Xuong at the police station of Vi Xuyen town, Ha Giang Province Some state officials and businessmen were excluded from a high profile case where a school principal was charged with having sex with underage students in northern Vietnam last year, a lawyer said. The Vietnamnet newswire quoted lawyer Tran Dinh Trien as [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...