Jul 17
Two men were arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found burning on a street in Oakland’s normally tranquil Rockridge neighborhood, police said.
The men, whose names were not immediately released, were spotted by an Oakland police gang task force walking on the 4800 block of MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland at about 3:15 p.m., said police Sgt. Holly Joshi.
The men took off running, but one man was found 15 minutes later on the campus of John Swett Elementary School on nearby Steele Street, Joshi said. The second man was found in an empty fenced-in lot on MacArthur at about 5:15 p.m., police said.
Both men are being interviewed by homicide investigators in connection with the death of Monica Rodas-Alfaro, 21, of Union City.
Her body was found ablaze by residents of Ivanhoe Road, between Chabot Road and Miles Avenue north of Highway 24, at about 4:30 a.m.
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Jul 17
Owen is being held in the Oklahoma County jail on murder and arson complaints. He was arrested Wednesday.
Owen is accused of intentionally setting a fire Wednesday morning outside an older couple’s house. Boyd Haynes, 87, and his wife, Doris Haynes, 86, died from smoke inhalation.
Owen lived nearby with his grandfather.
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Jul 17
July 17 is World Day for International Criminal Justice, marking the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute in 1998, which laid the foundations of the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC). To mark the event, here’s a quick look at the work that the Open Society Justice Initiative is doing to monitor the proceedings of both the ICC and the special tribunals set up for Sierra Leone and Cambodia.
A Judgment in the Charles Taylor Trial
Charles Taylor has been on trial at Special Court for Sierra Leone at The Hague since January 2008, and a judgment in the case is expected later this summer. The Justice Initiative has been tracking the trial since the beginning through the Charles Taylor Trial website, providing daily and weekly updates and analysis. T
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Jul 17
TALLAHASSEE Seminole County Elections Supervisor Michael Ertel says an election law cracking down on third-party voter registration groups may have the effect of making it harder for people to register at high schools.
So on Thursday, hes getting around the potential problem by swearing in every high school principal in the county as deputy election supervisors.
The problem is this: Ertel says between 15 and 20 percent of high school students who register to vote dont have either their drivers license or Social Security numbers on them when they go in to fill out the registration form. Election offices in the past have allowed students to take the forms with them and return them at school when theyre filled out.
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Jul 16
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged the Bahraini government to end systematic attacks on injured patients and stop arresting medical professionals linked to recent anti-government protests. In a 54-page report entitled “Targets of Retribution: Attacks against Medics, Injured Protesters, and Health Facilities,” HRW presents evidence that Bahraini authorities have attacked health care providers, denied medical access to protesters injured by security forces, seized hospitals and health centers, and detained, mistreated, tortured and prosecuted medical professionals and patients. Read all post…