U.S. : Crime
Appeals court panel denies stay for Wash. inmate (AP)AP - A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a Washington state death row inmate's request for an emergency stay of his execution.
Suriname leader: Drug conviction 'almost a joke' (AP)AP - Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse shrugged off questions about his past during his first overseas trip as elected president, saying Monday that he will not interfere in his ongoing murder trial and dismissing a 1999 drug conviction as "almost a joke."
Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case (AP)
AP - A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the actor decided he no longer wanted to face the pain of a new trial stemming from the death of his teenage son on the island chain.
AFP - A Bahamas judge dismissed charges Monday against two alleged extortionists, halting a planned retrial in a case involving the death of Hollywood star John Travolta's son, court sources said.
AFP - A Japanese court Monday sentenced two Greenpeace activists to suspended one-year jail terms for stealing a box of whale meat that the group said was proof of embezzlement in state-run "research whaling".
AFP - A Mexican suspect in the March drive-by shooting of a US consulate worker in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez appeared at a closed-door hearing in a Texas court, the San Antonio News said Saturday.
AP - A man who told Mexican authorities he ordered the March killing of a U.S. Consulate worker in Mexico has been extradited to the U.S. and appeared in a federal court in Texas, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
Crime adds to misery for Pakistan's flood victims (Reuters)Reuters - Crime and the sale of donated aid supplies are undermining the aid effort for Pakistan's flood victims.
Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested (AP)AP - The head of a labor recruiting company accused of exploiting 400 workers from Thailand and forcing them to work on U.S. farms pleaded not guilty Friday, part of what the FBI calls the largest human-trafficking case charged in U.S. history
Jury deadlocks in US marriage fraud case (AP)AP - A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday after jurors told him deliberations had grown hostile in the marriage fraud case of Mexican-born actress Fernanda Romero and her husband.
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