The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a death row inmate cannot reject a reprieve by the governor. Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber in 2011 issued a temporary reprieve for death row inmate Gary Haugen, just before his scheduled execution, and called for an end to the state’s death penalty . Haugen, who had been convicted [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Thursday that families of 17 sailors killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole may file a second suit to collect $282 million in damages. The court reversed the ruling by the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia that the previous [...]
The Nacka District Court on Thursday convicted Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, founder of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) , of hacking and fraud and sentenced him to two years in prison. Svartholm Warg was found guilty of hacking into a company that handles sensitive information for Sweden’s police force, the country’s tax authority, and [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday postponed the war crimes trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta . The new trial date was set with consideration toward the defense’s need for additional time to prepare its case, as well as scheduling and logistical considerations. Kenyatta and his deputy president William Ruto are charged with crimes [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Jessica Levinson of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, examines the implications of the US Supreme Court’s recent decision in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona…
The Giza Criminal Court on Thursday ordered the release of former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Nazif . Nazif was convicted of corruption in July 2011 and sentenced to one year in jail. In September Nazif was sentenced to three years in jail on charges of corruption for allegedly embezzilng $10.5 million during his time in [...]
The British newspaper The Guardian released two documents Thursday revealing that the US National Security Agency (NSA) was granted the power to make use of information unintentionally gathered from domestic US communications without a warrant. According to The Guardian, the two documents were submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) in 2009 by Attorney [...]
French and Spanish data protection groups released statements Thursday threatening Google with fines if the company does not change its privacy policies on collecting user data. The Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertes (CNIL) an independent oversight authority set up by the French government has accused Google of breaching the French Data Protection Act [...]
North Dakota Judge Wickham Corwin ruled Tuesday that lawsuits challenging two state abortion laws can be combined into one case. The first statute in question is a 2011 law that limits the drugs that can be used in abortions. The second is a recent statute that requires abortion providers to be affiliated with a hospital [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 Thursday in Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. that the government cannot withhold funding from HIV/AIDS organizations that do not actively denounce prostitution. Under the US Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 , Congress appropriated billions of dollars to fund efforts [...]
