Law & Society

A New York real estate executive who tried to escape the crime he committed was caught trying to flee to South America. The execuitve was ordered held without bail after the incident. He was charged of vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving after a 53-year-old real estate broker died in the fatal car crash.

A Chinese national may face a 15-year-jail term after he admitted guilty to illegally exporting nuclear devices to Iran. The illegal exporter has been smuggling materials from the US to Iran which is used for making nuclear weapons-grade uranium.

James Freeman is the second man to be placed in the death row through lethal injection for killing a Texas game warden in 2007. The accused fatally wounded Hurst in a shootout as officers tried to take him into custody.