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"King of New York" and "The Bad Lieutenant" remain two of the best films of the '90s: searing indictments of a decade gone wrong.
Just like the negative critics in the film itself, the critics here take everything Crumb produces at face value and lash out blindly with declamations of misanthropy, misogyny, racism and whatever other damning indictments they can lay their hands on.
If the $6 billion London Whale losses had occurred in 2008 instead of 2012, then, yes, the government would not have piled on with fines and criminal indictments.
But sexual assault was included only accidentally – and secondarily – in the Rwanda Tribunal’s indictments.
Indictments have been issued against former and current cabinet ministers, members of parliament, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, police and customs officers, and other public officials, as well as directors of private companies.
When those indictments were issued, no one could have predicted how events would unfold; in retrospect, it is evident that the indictments’ delegitimizing effects had important consequences.
Similarly, criminal indictments – a measure previously taken against Chinese hackers – probably won’t bring anyone to trial.
In the United States, Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, has handed down dozens of indictments, secured multiple convictions, and demonstrated the need for empowered prosecutors in cases involving social media.
Criminal indictments for war crimes ought to be issued against specific officials who do not comply.
America could not defeat Osama bin Laden's terrorists through arrests, indictments, and trials.
But no indictments are pending in South Africa, leading many people to wonder what precipitated the government’s decision.
Indeed, there is now sufficient evidence to justify a full international inquiry into the actions of both sides, potentially leading to indictments before the International Criminal Court.
Another year passed before his office issued indictments against high-ranking figures responsible for major crimes.
Indeed, given rising tension with Israel and possible indictments of its operatives by the international tribunal investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic al-Hariri, Hezbollah appears to be hemmed in on all sides.
Although no official announcement has been made, there are reports that Daniel Bellemare, the prosecutor for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, might conclude his investigation and issue indictments in the fall.
He argued that the indictments would probably be based on cell-phone records, and that Israeli agents had penetrated the Lebanese cell-phone network.
Only three have resulted in indictments.
It passed a law making it easy for politicians to ignore conflicts of interest, authored tendentious legislation on media ownership (Berlusconi controls much of Italy's media), and effectively got the Prime Minister off the hook on a series of criminal indictments.
Others have asserted that the ICC unfairly targets Africa, citing the fact that, so far, most indictments and investigations have been of Africans.
Evidence produced in these exhumations is being organized into indictments, prepared by the non-governmental Center for Human Rights and Legal Action (CALDH).
The prosecutions entail indictments that are thousands of pages long and include annexes that take up several bookshelves.
Though it would take time for an ad hoc Arab tribunal to be formed and to reach the point at which it could issue indictments, Syrian military commanders would immediately be put on notice that they could face prosecution for their actions against protesters.
One way to accelerate this trend is to threaten war-crimes indictments by a certain date, say, August 15, for any senior official who remains a part of the government and is associated with its campaign against the Syrian people.
The ECB and Its CriticsPARIS – In Northern Europe, especially Germany, the European Central Bank’s decision to embark on quantitative easing (QE) has triggered an avalanche of indictments.
Allegations of corruption swarmed around FIFA for decades, culminating in indictments of current and former officials last week.
Yet FIFA President Sepp Blatter was re-elected four times, including after the indictments were filed.
When the indictments against the 14 FIFA officials were filed, the cast of characters included not only miscreants from the sports world, but also some familiar players: secret Swiss bank accounts, Cayman Islands tax havens, shell corporations – all of the financial appurtenances that are literally designed to shield the rich from scrutiny and the law.
Part of the answer is of course law enforcement (such as the FIFA indictments) and protection for whistleblowers.
The ICTY must wrap up new indictments this year, and disband by 2008.
Can the ICTY’s investigations and indictments really be turned over to national courts?