Browsing: prosecutions

The number of suspects charged for strangulation and suffocation in England and Wales has increased almost sixfold in the three years since the offence was first…

As the police and courts continue to struggle with the legacy of austerity, many people are seeking alternative routes to justice – but it could be…

In President Donald Trump’s first term, his Justice Department actively pursued those accused of fraud and corruption. P.G. Sittenfeld, a rising Democratic star on Cincinnati’s City…

In the summer of 2018, the private investigator Simon Davison got a call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend had stolen £10,000 from her. Carol…

War crimes targeting health workers, patients and facilities should be prioritised for international criminal prosecution, senior nursing and medical leaders have urged.The number of health workers…

According to the law, Robert Morris was a criminal. The second Black lawyer in the history of the United States, Morris was among a group of…

Protesters arrested for supporting Palestine Action should not be prosecuted until a legal challenge to a ban on the group has been heard, organisations including Greenpeace…

Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, the two City traders whose convictions for manipulating a key benchmark interest rate were quashed on Wednesday by the supreme court,…

In England and Wales, anyone can take a suspected criminal to court. Private criminal prosecutions, which can be initiated by individuals, companies or charities, can give…