Now, it just so happens that last week Turner Classic Movies presented Christopher Lee in the first of his three portrayals as the villainous crime lord (1965).

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Russia's role as Olympic host got another black eye after a top Russian crime lord was gunned down last week in Moscow in what police described as a war between two powerful mobs over lucrative construction projects, allegedly including ones for the 2014 Sochi games.

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For the opposition, shadow justice minister Lord Bach said knife crime had been a "scourge" on communities throughout Britain, but he accused the government of playing a "game" of "legislative public relations".

BBC: Peer warns against knife-crime sentencing for under-18s

Police and crime commissioner Vera Baird has defended her tweet about the Liberal Democrat peer Lord Rennard and Cardinal Keith O'Brien.

BBC: Vera Baird stands by Rennard and O'Brien tweet

First Thomas Bingham, the Lord Chief Justice, found that the general enjoyed absolute immunity for any crime.

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Lord Carloway said life imprisonment was the only penalty could be imposed for the crime of murder.

BBC: Glasgow & West Scotland

However, former director of public prosecutions, Lord Macdonald, said he had reservations about changing the legal definition of a hate crime.

BBC: Hate crime: Police record attacks on punks, emos and goths

Early in the week, watch the amendments put down for the Crime and Courts Bill....this has long been touted as a possible vehicle for introducing Lord Leveson's proposals for press regulation, but the deadline for putting amendments down to achieve that will fall next week.

BBC: Week ahead

Justice minister Lord McNally pointed to the coalition agreement's pledge to give "greater legal protection to prevent crime and apprehend criminals".

BBC: Peers call for clarification of self-defence laws