The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in Trevino v. Thaler that last term’s decision in Martinez v. Ryan on ineffective assistance of counsel claims should apply in this case. In Martinez an Arizona procedural rule required a defendant convicted at trial to raise a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel during his first state [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases. In Rosemond v. United States the court will decide whether the offense of aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 USC §§ 924(c)(1)(A) and 2 , requires proof [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Kenneth S. Gallant of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law says that careful delineation of the application of extraterritorial law is the key to its predictable application …
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at the opening of the spring session of the UN’s Human Rights Council on Monday spoke against continued war crimes and crimes against humanity occurring in Syria. Pillay expressed concern regarding reports that describe the slaying of entire Syrian families and shelling of communities, as well as [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona ruled Friday that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department engaged in unconstitutional racial profiling during the execution of immigration patrols. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) originally gave the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) authority to enforce federal immigration law under [...]
Texas lawmakers on Friday passed a bill that penalizes the possession, display and distribution of any image or video captured by an illegal drone, and increases penalties to up to $10,000 if those images or videos are subsequently posted on the internet. In addition, the bill makes it a Class C misdemeanor to use an [...]
Col. Alberto Julio Candiotti, a former Argentinian military officer who was wanted for crimes committed during the country’s 1976-1983 “Dirty War” , was arrested Thursday in Montevideo, Uruguay. Information for the whereabouts of the 68-year-old, who was residing in the city with his wife, was valued at 100,000 pesos (USD $20,000). The former officer was [...]
The Obama administration on Friday urged the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to delay the implementation of a decision that orders the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make the popular “Plan B” emergency contraceptive (levonorgestrel-Teva) available over-the-counter for women as young as 15. In the brief, the government asks that [...]
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) on Saturday found provisions of the nation’s revised parliament and election law invalid under the Egyptian constitution . In April the Shura Council, Egypt’s upper house of parliament , approved the revisions , which set forth new procedures for lower house elections to be held later this year. The law [...]
The UN Security Council on Friday commemorated the twentieth anniversary of the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . On May 25, 1993, the UN passed Resolution 827 , which established the ICTY as an “ad hoc measure” for the prosecution of “persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian [...]
