Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
Detention of a suspect — The detention of suspects is the process of keeping a person who has been arrested in a police cell, remand prison or other detention centre before trial or sentencing. One criticism of pretrial detention is that eventual acquittal can be a… … Wikipedia
Detention of Maria Lourdes Afiuni — Judge María Lourdes Afiuni Mora is a Venezuelan who was 46 years old as of April 2010[1] and had served as a judge for eight years; she was head of the 31st Control Court of Caracas. In 2009 she was arrested on charges of corruption after… … Wikipedia
Trial of Saddam Hussein — Saddam Hussein sits before an Iraqi judge at a courthouse in Baghdad, 1 July 2004. The Trial of Saddam Hussein was the trial of the deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Interim Government for crimes against humanity during his… … Wikipedia
2009–2011 detention of American hikers by Iran — On July 31, 2009, three Americans, Sarah Shourd (32), Shane Bauer (28) and Joshua Fattal (28), were detained by Iranian border guards for alleged espionage and crossing into Iranian territory while hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan. Sarah Shourd was… … Wikipedia
Alberto Fujimori's arrest and trial — Alberto Fujimori was arrested and is currently on trial for a number of crimes related to corruption and human rights abuses that occurred during his government.BackgroundAfter Fujimori fled Peru for Japan, the government of Peru requested his… … Wikipedia
Detention (imprisonment) — Detention is the process when a state, government or citizen lawfully holds a person by removing their freedom of liberty at that time. This can be due to (pending) criminal charges being raised against the individual as part of a prosecution or… … Wikipedia
Federal Detention Center, Philadelphia — The Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is an Bureau of Prisons administrative facility, housing male and female pretrial inmates for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, all of Delaware, and southern New Jersey. [ [http … Wikipedia
Guantanamo Bay detention camp — The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a controversial [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3754238.stm Guantanamo controversy rumbles on] ] United States detention center operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002 in Guantanamo Bay … Wikipedia
preventive detention — pre·ven·tive detention /pri ven tiv / n: detention of a defendant awaiting trial for the purpose of preventing further misconduct or protecting an individual or the public Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. preventive … Law dictionary
David Hicks — For the American chaplain, see David Hicks (chaplain). For the British interior designer, see David Nightingale Hicks. David Hicks David Hicks outside his family home in Salisbury Park, South Australia Born 7 August 1975 (1975 08 07)… … Wikipedia
