The prosecution in the trial of Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo concluded its case on Tuesday after presenting 22 weeks of testimony. The trial, occurring at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, began in January , nearly three years after ICC prosecutors applied for an arrest warrant . Lubanga stands accused of [...]
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that would prohibit children from being exposed to information on a number of topics, including homosexuality. The parliament overrode the veto of former president Valdas Adamkus, who had rejected an earlier vote by the parliament to pass the bill. Under Lithuanian law, current president Dalia Grybauskaite cannot [...]
Hochstrasser, et al. v. Bundesanwaltschaft, Swiss Federal Criminal Court, July 14, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on issues involving the Congo.
The Spanish National Court on Tuesday dismissed charges against three US soldiers who were accused of being involved in the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso . The soldiers allegedly opened fire on a Baghdad hotel frequented by Western journalists in 2003 without provocation, killing two cameramen. The court recommended that the case be closed [...]
Edwin Yamauchi : "Without question Babylon, the capital city of Hammurabi (18th cent. B.C.) and of Nebuchadnezzar (6th cent. B.C.), which appears prominently in both the Old Testament and in classical sources, was one of the greatest cities of antiquity. Excavated by Robert Koldewey (1899-1913), it has yielded outstanding monuments such as the Ishtar Gate [...]
The US House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday examined the effects of mandatory minimum sentences in advance of consideration of three proposed bills intended to provide more discretion to judges during sentencing. Representatives of the Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), the US Judicial Conference and Americans for Tax Reform urged the Subcommittee on Crime Terrorism, and [...]
US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday defended her judicial record and emphasized her reliance on precedent when deciding cases in response to confirmation questioning by the US Senate . Sotomayor defended a now overturned decision in Ricci v. DeStefano that she joined while serving on the US Court of Appeals for the Second [...]
A federal judge on Monday granted class-action status to approximately 400,000 immigrants from Central America who allege that a separate service fee for immigration applicants violates a federal law . Judge Thelton Henderson of the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the complaints could be brought as a class-action suit [...]
Zbaraz, et al. v. Madigan, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, July 14, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on abortion law.
USA v. Moussaoui, US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, July 14, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Zacarias Moussaoui.
