Convicted murderer Marvallous Keene on Tuesday became the 1000th person to be executed by lethal injection in the US since the death penalty was reinstated in the 1976 case of Gregg v. Georgia . In 1993, Keene was found guilty of five counts of murder based on his participation in a series of six killings [...]

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded Tuesday that the US Department of Defense (DOD) did not violate prohibitions on propaganda by having retired military officers (RMOs) offer public support to the Bush administration's war policies. The GAO found that the DOD was not in violation of Pub L No 110-417, § 1056(c) , which [...]

Lithuanian Justice Minister Remigijus Simasius said Tuesday that the country does not plan to increase the amount of restitution it will pay to Jewish Holocaust survivors in the country, according to the Associated Press. The ministry has recommended that approximately $53 million be paid to the country's 5,000 remaining Jews as restitution for property seized [...]

International corporations that purchase minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo are responsible for prolonging the conflict in the African country, according to a report issued Tuesday by human rights group Global Witness . The report was critical of several specific corporations, including Amalgamated Metal Corporation, Afrimex, and Traxys , for "turning a blind-eye" to [...]

The US House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday delayed action on legislation that would create a consumer financial protection agency, slowing progress on a key Obama administration project. The delay was granted at the behest of financial industry leaders, who on Monday sent a letter to the ranking members of the committee requesting a more [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has implemented a law requiring the country's Internet service providers to retain records of users' incoming and outgoing data for at least three months, according to a Monday report by the state-run PressTV news agency. The government said the law is designed to help catch those who illegally steal others' personal [...]

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday delayed a vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor at the request of Senate Republicans. The vote on whether to send the nomination for consideration by the full Senate is now scheduled for July 28 . Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said that he was [...]

Department of Defense—Retired Military Officers as Media Analysts, United States Government Accountability Office, July 21, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here.

The French National Assembly voted Tuesday to delay a vote on a new version of a controversial Internet piracy law, past its original July 24 date. The French Senate approved the law earlier this month after portions of its original version were rejected in June by France's Constitutional Council . The original law subjected violators [...]

Venezuela judge Alicia Torres said Monday that she has been removed from her position presiding over a case against Globovision TV owner Guillermo Zuloaga. Zuloaga has been charged with usury and conspiracy to commit a crime, and Torres said she was removed from the case after she refused to issue an order prohibiting Zuloaga from [...]