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Report highlights declining but problematic use of death penalty across US
The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) Friday released its annual year-end report on the death penalty in the US, highlighting continually declining rates of execution despite what the DPIC called "incendiary political advertising that drove the (More) |
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Oregon governor commutes 17 state death sentences
Oregon Governor Kate Brown Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 17 individuals to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In the commutation of sentence, Governor Brown argued "that the death penalty is dysfunctional and immoral in al (More) |
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Iran carries out first execution of Mahsa Amini protester
Iran authorities Thursday executed 23-year-old Mohsen Shekari for protesting the death of Mahsa Amini, according to state-affiliated source Tasnim News Agency. Shekari is the first protester to be executed since Iranians nationwide began protesting A (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 5 May 2018
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday unsealed an indictment against former Volkswagen (VW) CEO and chairman of the management board Martin Winterkorn on charges of fraud and con (More) |
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Supreme Court to rule in Google privacy settlement case
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in three cases Monday, including a dispute over a settlement in a Google privacy case and a Missouri death penalty case. In Frank v. Gaos [docket; cert. petition, PDF], the question before the court is, "i (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 28 April 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A new report by IGARAPÉ Institute outlines the continuing rise in crime in Latin America and demands urgent solutions. According to the report released Thursday, crime rates will continue (More) |
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India ordinance allows for death penalty for child rapists
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind signed an ordinance Saturday that modifies the Indian Penal Code to allow for the death penalty to be imposed on anyone who rapes a child under 12 years of age. Allowing the death penalty to be imposed is not the (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 21 April 2018
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a lawsuit Friday against Donald Trump, Russia, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, and several Trump aids including Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul (More) |
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Ohio Supreme Court upholds state's death penalty law
The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled on Wednesday that the state's death penalty statute does not violate the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of "the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury" Maurice Mason, a former death row inmate, unsucc (More) |
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Amnesty: significant decrease in death penalty sentences in Sub-Saharan African nations
Amnesty International (AI) released its 2017 global review of death penalty on Thursday noting a significant decrease in the imposition of death penalty sentences in Sub-Saharan African nations. AI noted key developments such as Guinea becoming th (More) |
Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery
On September 3, 1838, abolitionist and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore by posing as a free sailor and boarding a train bound for Philadelphia. Read Douglass' 1881 tract My Escape from Slavery.
