Two Russian gay rights activists were arrested in St. Petersburg on Thursday for violating a new law banning promotion of homosexuality to minors that became effective last month . The two activists were arrested for picketing against the law. The St. Petersburg police on Saturday also detained two gay rights activists for protesting the law [...]
Judge Gregory Frost of the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Wednesday denied a motion for an injunction to delay the execution of Mark Wiles. Frost, who had previously stayed the executions of two inmates when he agreed with the argument that Ohio’s execution procedures were haphazard, found that the new [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia has approved a $25 billion settlement agreement to address mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuses. The settlement was between US Attorney General Eric Holder, along with Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and 49 state attorneys general and the nation’s [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Niccolò Pons, Assistant Legal Officer of the Pre-Trial Chambers of the International Criminal Court, says that the guilty verdict against Thomas Lubanga, the first verdict issued by the ICC, is a victory for both the former commander’s victims and for the court itself…
JURIST Guest Columnist Tim Lynch, Director of the Project on Criminal Justice at the Cato Institute, says that George Zimmerman’s actions are not covered by Florida’s Stand Your Ground law and that Zimmerman could have been arrested and charged because of his actions the night of Trayvon Martin’s death…
The Center for American Progress (CAP) released a report on Wednesday criticizing the tide of recently-passed state voter ID laws as an attempt by conservatives and lobbyists to “return to past practices of voter suppression to preserve their political power.” The report details new restrictions on registration in six states and laws in nine states [...]
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday sentenced reputed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to 25 years imprisonment. Bout, 45, was convicted in November on four counts of conspiracy in relation to his proposed sale of anti-aircraft missiles to drug enforcement informants posing as potential buyers for the guerrilla [...]
The Supreme Court of Illinois ruled Thursday that a challenge to a ban on assault weapons can continue, reversing two lower court rulings dismissing the challenge. The Cook County ordinance in question prohibits the possession and sale of “assault weapons.” The ordinance bans high-capacity, rapid-fire rifles and pistols and was amended in 2006 to include [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday overturned an order dismissing a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against Google, by Viacom , for Google’s YouTube service. The lower court initially dismissed Viacom’s suit in June 2010 finding that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) protected Google because it provided a “safe [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) responded to a request by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to explain whether federal courts could overturn laws passed by Congress. The federal court made the request on Tuesday in response to comments last week from US President Barack Obama urging “unelected” courts not to [...]
