Tag: Crime
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Sexual violence in India shocks the world
The appalling case of two teenage girls who were brutally raped and then hanged has prompted outrage across India and the world. Can anything be done to prevent such dreadful crimes?
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Police feel the full force of government fury
After a string of shocking scandals, the Home Secretary Theresa May has furiously condemned the police at their Federation’s annual conference this week. Were her angry words justified?
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Botched execution sparks death penalty debate
A convicted US murderer has suffered a painful death through prison incompetence. Many Americans still approve of capital punishment, but should the laws be changed given this mistake?
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Rio rocked by riots in run-up to World Cup
The world’s greatest football event is fewer than 50 days away, yet in the past week Brazil has experienced serious social unrest. Will the World Cup bring any benefits to ordinary people?
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British justice stalls as barristers walk out
Britain’s top lawyers downed pens and took up placards yesterday for the first time in their history. Is the protest a threat to one of the world’s most revered legal systems?
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UK gripped by Nigella’s courtroom confessions
Nigella Lawson, the so-called ‘domestic goddess’, has admitted to taking cocaine and accused her husband of ‘intimate terrorism’. Why is the media so fascinated by this drama?
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Global dismay greets grilling of editor by MPs
Questioned by a committee of MPs, the British journalist who disclosed mass surveillance by US and UK spies came under fire. Are international observers right to protest about his treatment?
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New right to unmask hidden domestic abusers
Assaults and murders within relationships could be reduced by a new rule: potential victims will be able to see police records on abusive partners. But does this cross the confidentiality line?
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Methodist minister arrested after drugs scandal
Paul Flowers, a prominent member of the Methodist Church and former chairman of the Co-operative Bank, has been filmed apparently buying hard drugs. Now, his secret life is unravelling.
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Scandal of 1970s terrorist murders uncovered
Shock revelations that a secret British army unit was eliminating terrorists in Northern Ireland in the 1970s have revived debate about whether the Troubles can be consigned to history.
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Kennedy: 50 years on the conspiracies continue
The assassination of President Kennedy in 1963 launched a flood of conspiracy theories, many of them crazy. Just why are they so enduring and what does it say about us?
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Beloved detective bids ‘au revoir’ to TV
After playing Hercule Poirot for 25 years in 70 Agatha Christie stories, David Suchet is finally leaving the fastidious Belgian behind. Is Poirot the greatest fictional detective?
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Police chief: yobbish teens are ‘just growing up’
A senior police officer has spoken out against excessive suspicion and hostility towards teenagers. Are we labelling a normal stage of rebelliousness as antisocial behaviour?
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Police face ‘crisis of trust’ after scandals
Public faith in the police is tumbling while politicians line up to attack the service after accusations of dishonesty and arrogance. Whatever happened to the bobby on the beat?
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Mystery girl found in Greece prompts 10,000 calls
The world media is gripped by the story of a four-year-old girl of unknown origin found living in a Roma community. Child abduction is extremely rare. Does it merit so much coverage?