The first airplane hijacking occurred en route from Macao, China, to Hong Kong during a Cathay Pacific Airways flight Continue reading
Tag: Justice
Probation system for criminals
This was the first such system in the world. Boston, MA, USA, in 1878, legally established a probation system for criminals as a judicial policy. Continue reading
First Country to Abolish the Death Penalty
New Zealand, an English-speaking country in 1936 was the first to abolish the death penalty. Continue reading
First Nation to abolish capital punishment
Austria, in a statute of 1787, became the first Nation to abolish capital punishment. Continue reading
John Howard
Howard was born in North London, either in Hackney or Enfield.[1] His father, also John, was a wealthy upholsterer at Smithfield Market in the city. Continue reading
Prison reformer of note
English philanthropist John Howard, when he becoming high sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1773, he toured the local jail. Continue reading
Organized Police Force … around for over 2000 years
Believe it or not, but Organized Police Forces have been around for over 2000 years, circa 6 CE. Continue reading
First Fingerprint Bureau…
Fingerprint Branch of Scotland Yard was founded by Edward Henry in 1901, he developed an identification process based on the thumbprint. Continue reading
Leader of a Sovereign Nation Indicted for War Crimes
Slobodan Milošević, the president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a serving leader of a sovereign nation was indicted for war crimes by an international tribunal. Continue reading
British jury consider evidence overseas
In the 1999 war crimes case of Anthony Sawoniuk, accused of participating in the murders of 3,800 Jews near Domachevo, Belarus, during the Holocaust, British jury visited the town to examine the evidence firsthand.
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