The first terrorist bomb attack occurred on the Pan American World Airways airliner traveling from Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on August 12, 1982. Continue reading
Tag: Justice
First International Terrorist Organization To Use Skyjacking
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine was the first international terrorist organization Continue reading
Cathay Pacific Airline Flight Hijacked
The first airplane hijacking occurred en route from Macao, China, to Hong Kong during a Cathay Pacific Airways flight Continue reading
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