US President George W. Bush signed an anti-terror bill Friday that implements recommendations by the 9/11 commission . The measure will transfer funds to states and cities found to be at high risk for terrorist attacks and also includes a provision to screen all air and sea cargo coming into the US within five years. [...]
A military jury in Camp Pendleton, California, Friday sentenced US Marine Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutchins, III to 15 years in prison for his role in the April 2006 kidnapping and murder of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania . Hutchins was convicted Thursday of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, making a false official statement, [...]
Pojamarn Shinwatra, wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinwatra , filed a lawsuit Friday at the Bangkok Civil Court against the Assets Examination Committee (AEC) , alleging that the AEC's seizure of $86 million of her assets was arbitrary and unfair. The AEC has seized approximately $2.1 billion in family assets belonging to Thaksin [...]
US President George W. Bush asked urged Congress Friday to pass legislation "modernizing" the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) , calling on members of Congress to postpone their scheduled August recess until the legislation is submitted to the White House for Bush's signature. Bush also threatened to veto any legislation Director of National Intelligence Mike [...]
A military jury sentenced US Marine Cpl. Marshall L. Magincalda to 448 days confinement and demoted Magincalda to private Friday for his role in the April 2006 kidnapping and murder of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania . Magincalda, who was convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to murder, larceny and housebreaking, and acquitted of more [...]
United States of America v. Rayburn House Office Building, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, August 3, 2007 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama said Thursday that Rwanda has signed extradition treaties with countries in Africa, Europe, and North America following its abolition of the death penalty in July. The law ending the death penalty, which took effect July 25, was largely motivated by Rwanda's desire to receive extradited suspects accused of crimes in [...]
The UK parliament's Joint Committee on the Draft Climate Change Bill urged parliament to amend the draft climate change bill to include the monitoring and analysis of all greenhouse emissions instead of only carbon dioxide in a report released Friday. The committee also recommended that the draft bill be amended to include the monitoring, reporting, [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled Friday that the FBI's conduct during an 18-hour raid on the congressional offices of Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) was unconstitutional, finding that the "compelled disclosure of privileged material to the Executive during execution of the search warrant" violated the Speech or Debate Clause because the [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit lifted a stay Thursday on the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Belbacha to Algeria. The court instead put Belbacha's appeal on an expedited schedule. Belbacha is appealing a district judge's decision to deny his motion to stay his transfer to Algeria. Belbacha filed the motion [...]
