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Kenny MacAskill

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Kenny MacAskill
Type: Person
Name: Kenny MacAskill
Title: Cabinet Secretary for Justice
Organization: Scotland
Date of Birth: 28/04/1958
Place of Birth: Edinburgh
Nationality: United Kingdom
Fact Sheet: Biography for Kenny MacAskill
First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 Documents
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Gordon Brown should demand Lockerbie bomber is returned says US Senator
Senator Charles Schumer has written to the Prime Minister calling for the return of Abdelbaset Ali al Megrahi and warning that it would be “outrageous” if he were allowed to live “a long and free life.”Megrahi, convicted of the biggest mass murder in ... [Telegraph - 18 hours ago]
First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 Documents
Tackling Scotland's drink problem demands effort from everyone
Who do these booze giants think theyre catering for when they sell two-litre bottles of cider at knock-down prices, asks Alan Cochrane. The coming days are expected to see ministers attempt to beat Scotlands growing booze crisis by setting a minimum ... [Telegraph - 20 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
MSPs back plans to close three local courts
Justice Committee supports closures in Girvan, Cumnock and East KilbrideJustice Secretary Kenny MacAskill’s plans to close three local courts have been backed by MSPs.Holyrood’s Justice Committee supported the closure of courts in Girvan, Cumnock and ... [Journal of the Law Society of Scotland - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 4 Documents
Calls for public updates on health of Lockerbie bomber
The Scottish Government is facing calls for updates on the state of the Lockerbie bomber's health to be made public.The Conservatives made the call to mark the three-month anniversary of the compassionate release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.Justice Secretary ... [Stv.tv - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Gillian Bowditch: Axing short jail terms is a criminal act
The transformation of Kenny MacAskill from fundamentalist firebrand to heavyweight politician has been one of the big surprises of the SNP government. Outwardly, the boyish MacAskill has changed little, but ideologically he has undergone a transformation ... [Times Online - 11/15/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Taking on the system
Report of a top-level seminar held by the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow on Lord Gill's Scottish Civil Courts ReviewInitial reaction was positive, if cautious. The proposals would after all mean a pretty radical shakeup of the Scottish civil ... [Journal of the Law Society of Scotland - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents
Discussion on diaspora
FORMER first minister Henry McLeish and justice secretary Kenny MacAskill will be speaking in the Scottish Parliament next week on The Scottish Diaspora Today. ... [Edinburgh Evening News - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents
Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill is hailed for insisting skater goes to A
A MAN who knocked himself unconscious while ice skating could have been left blinded in one eye, if he hadn't been persuaded to go to hospital by justice secretary Kenny MacAskill.James Scoular, 40, tripped over his own feet at the ice rink and hit his ... [Edinburgh Evening News - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Operation Algebra paedophile case was "world class" says MacAskill
The police who brought down Scotland’s largest paedophile network ran a “world class” operation, the Scottish Parliament has heard today.Carrie Lyellnews.PinkPaper.com6 November 2009The police who brought down Scotland’s largest paedophile network ... [PinkPaper.com - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 10/24/2009 - Updated 10/25/2009 - 6 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Lockerbie bombing probe continues, prosecutors tell victims' families
Libyan Abdelbaset al Megrahi was convicted for the Lockerbie bombing but freed on compassionate grounds.STORY HIGHLIGHTSBombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killed 270 people in 1988Libyan Abdelbaset al Megrahi sentenced to life in prison ... [CNN - 10/25/2009]
First Reported 10/27/2009 - Updated 10/28/2009 - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Scotland has two-thirds more assaults than England, says victims' crime survey
Scotland is a far more violent country than England, with two-thirds more assaults occurring north of the Border, a nationwide survey of crime has suggested. The poll, measuring Scots perceptions and experiences, found that about a fifth of the population ... [Telegraph - 10/28/2009]
Entities: Crime, Scotland, Assault, England
First Reported 10/26/2009 - Updated 10/26/2009 - 2 Documents
Scottish sex offender crimes increase fivefold
Soaring numbers of sex criminals in Scotland are committing more offences of a similar nature after they have been released, official figures have suggested.The total number of registered offenders who committed another sexual or violent offence increased ... [Telegraph - 10/26/2009]

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Announcing his decision on August 20, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said of the criteria for compassionate early release: "there are no fixed time limits but life expectancy of less than three months may be considered an appropriate period."
Scotland faces pressure over Lockerbie bomber files [Metro.co.uk - 11/18/2009]

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Gordon Brown should demand Lockerbie bomber is ... [Telegraph - 18 hours ago]
Tackling Scotland's drink problem demands effor... [Telegraph - 20 hours ago]
US senator wants Lockerbie bomber returned to jail [Eircom.net - 22 hours ago]
MSPs back plans to close three local courts [Journal of the Law Society of Scotland - 11/19/2009]
Calls for public updates on health of Lockerbie... [Stv.tv - 11/18/2009]
Release Lockerbie bomber medical reports, say T... [Telegraph - 11/18/2009]
Scotland faces pressure over Lockerbie bomber f... [Metro.co.uk - 11/18/2009]
Tories demand Megrahi medical files [Ananova - 11/18/2009]
Today MSPs back plans to close three local cour... [Journal of the Law Society of Scotland - 11/18/2009]
Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill is hailed fo... [Edinburgh Evening News - 11/17/2009]
Discussion on diaspora [Edinburgh Evening News - 11/17/2009]
Taking on the system [Journal of the Law Society of Scotland - 11/16/2009]
Same rules for all? [Journal of the Law Society of Scotland - 11/16/2009]
Gillian Bowditch: Axing short jail terms is a c... [Times Online - 11/15/2009]
Joan McAlpine: SNP must learn how to fight dirty [Times Online - 11/15/2009]
Subway cops praised at Scottish awards [Glasgow Evening Times - 11/13/2009]
Criminal Justice Bill faces a rough ride throug... [Stv.tv - 11/13/2009]
Today Justice Committee votes down short senten... [Journal of the Law Society of Scotland - 11/12/2009]
10 Nov 09 MSPs concerned over women in jail Sco... [Journal of the Law Society of Scotland - 11/12/2009]
MSPs reject short jail terms ban [BBC - 11/12/2009]
Wildlife crime triples in nine years across Sco... [Stv.tv - 11/11/2009]
Sentencing of women with mental health problems... [Stv.tv - 11/10/2009]
Outrage and Double Standards: The Lockerbie and... [Cutting Edge News - 11/10/2009]
Kenny MacAskill pitches in against racism [Edinburgh Evening News - 11/07/2009]
Disclosure checks to be extended [Times Education Supplement - 11/07/2009]
Success for airgun surrender [Grampian Police - 11/06/2009]
Operation Algebra paedophile case was "wor... [PinkPaper.com - 11/06/2009]
Glasgow pubs get emergency three-month licensin... [Publican - 11/06/2009]
Holyrood is adamant Westminster will pay [The Courier - 11/06/2009]
Police paedophile operation was 'world class' s... [Stv.tv - 11/05/2009]
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Evidence The US Bought The Megrahi Conviction [Emptywheel - 10/04/2009]
The case against convicted Lockerbie/Pan Am 103 bombing suspect Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi was always thin, at best. Despite all the commotion over his trial ...
The Scottish Piazza Echoes to the Liberation Beat [Harry's Place - 09/26/2009]
Tom Gallagher’s book, The Illusion of Freedom: Scotland Under Nationalism was published in both paperback and hardback by Hurst and Co in London last Thursday. Following ...
Mad Dog, No Glory [Harry's Place - 09/08/2009]
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Electricity demand sputters; bills may fall For decades as Americans bought more electronics, more appliances, air conditioners and other gizmos, energy demand ...
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Minister defends al-Megrahi release [Reuters Video: Top News - 08/24/2009]
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