Top ten criminal case developments of 2013 (the value judgment I guess) As far as worldwide crime fighting goes, 2013 has been an epic year. Zeroing in on the ten most important criminal developments of the year is anything but easy. We compromised on the present list of ten cases based on a series of criteria, including global reach and concrete legal impact. Certain cases that have relentlessly maintained their media-firestorm status, such as the 9/11 Khalid Sheikh Mohamed case or the Trayvon Martin murder case failed to make the cut, while lower-profile cases such as Nobel laureate Pablo Nerudas exhumation and a major Canadian sex-ring victory did. What we are left with is a colorful, albeit non-exhaustive array of the years top ten criminal cases. Read more> http://rapsinews.com/judicial_analyst/20131231/270290845.html