The jury presiding over the perjury trial of former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby returned a guilty verdict Tuesday after 10 days of deliberation in the case that began January 23. Libby faced perjury and obstruction of justice charges in connection with the investigation into the leak of the identity of former CIA operative [...]
Thomas M. DiBiagio , former US Attorney for the District of Maryland, has said that he was pressured to resign in early 2005 after investigating whether associates of former Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. , a Republican, illegally promoted legalized slot machines with improper funds, according to an interview in Tuesday's New York Times. [...]
The five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board is expected to approve the Bush administration's controversial electronic eavesdropping and financial tracking programs when it presents its first report to Congress next week. Three members of the board told AP that warrantless electronic eavesdropping by the National Security Agency and the financial tracking program implemented by [...]
In celebration of JURIST's 10th anniversary, JURIST and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law are hosting a one-day conference in Pittsburgh on Thursday, March 29. Law as a Seamless Web|site will feature four panels and 14 distinguished speakers exploring a range of issues at the intersections of law, war, rights, social justice, technology, legal [...]
Taiwanese President Chen Shui-Bian has renewed calls for a new constitution for the country, prompting mixed reaction from the United States and mainland China. Speaking Sunday at a banquet hosted by the pro-independence Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) , Chen characterized Taiwan's sovereignty as " outside the People's Republic of China" (PRC) and said [...]
Lance v. Coffman, US Supreme Court, March 5, 2006 . Read the court's per curiam opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The trial of former Kosovo prime minister and Kosovo Liberation Army commander Ramush Haradinaj and two Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) fighters, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj , began Monday before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . In her opening remarks, chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte called Haradinaj a warlord and a [...]
A New Jersey superior court judge Monday upheld a Friday jury verdict for Merck & Co , finding that the company had given adequate warning to physicians of the risks associated with its painkiller Vioxx . Judge Carol Higbee rejected a motion by plaintiffs attorney Mark Lanier disputing a finding that the drug company had [...]
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton refused to answer a jury question Monday in the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial on the level of proof that would have to be met to find the former vice presidential aide guilty. The jury wanted to know whether in order to satisfy the requirement of proof beyond a [...]
Less than half of terrorism suspects arrested in the United Kingdom after September 11, 2001 under the Terrorism Act 2000 were ever charged with any crime, according to figures released Monday by the UK Home Office . Over 1,126 people were arrested between the Sept. 11 attacks and the end of 2006, but only 221 [...]
