Lawyers representing a German owner of a diesel-powered Volkswagen (VW) vehicle equipped with a software that could cheat emissions tests filed the first lawsuit seeking compensation for damages on Tuesday. According to the Braunschweig district court , the German firm MyRight filed on behalf of only a single VW consumer effected by the scandal. Although [...]
The Florida Supreme Court issued a one-paragraph order Wednesday informing judges and prosecutors that the state’s death penalty procedure is unconstitutional, marking the second such order in three months. Attorney General Pam Bondi argued that, although the court ruled the statute unconstitutional in October , prosecutors should be able to apply the death penalty to [...]
An Israeli soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian in the West Bank city of Hebron in March was been found guilty of manslaughter Wednesday. The three-judge military panel in Tel Aviv ruled against Sgt Elor Azaria. Chief judge Col Maya Heller gave a lengthy verdict reading in which the court ruled that accounts of the [...]
Texas filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Food and Drug Administration to force it to decide whether an impounded shipment of a drug used for executions should be delivered to the Texas prison system, which has carried out more lethal injections than any other state. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for [...]
The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) reported Monday that 19,266 civilian casualties occurred in 2016 , with 6,878 killed and 12,388 wounded. The UN has repeatedly condemned terrorist bombings and said that terrorist attacks in the latter months of 2016 were committed in an effort by the Islamic State (IS) to distract the world [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist John Terwilleger, of Gunster, discusses the development and regulation of “driverless” vehicles and how federal and state governments are addressing this emerging technology… Self-driving, or “autonomous” vehicles have advanced dramatically in recent years, to the point that they are now tested on public roads every day in the United States. Some consumer [...]
President Barrack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court expired on Tuesday following the formal adjournment of the 114th Congress . The refusal to grant Garland a proper hearing has been regarded as an injustice against the Obama administration. Republicans, however, have praised Congress’ inaction, stating that the Supreme Court’s available [...]
Hong Kong’s former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of misconduct and accepting advantages following corrupt dealings during his term. Before leaving office in 2012, Tsang reportedly negotiated with a major shareholder of Digital Broadcasting Corporation (DBC) to approve license applications. In exchange, Tsang was granted free remodeling of his [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a Minnesota program that keeps sex offenders confined to secure facilities after they complete their prison sentences is constitutional and necessary to protect citizens from dangerous predators. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, more than 700 offenders, argue that the program is essentially a [...]
Some senior Israeli politicians are calling for Israeli soldiers and police to kill Palestinians who they suspect of harming Israelis, even if the suspects are not currently dangerous, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday. The organization documented numerous statements since October 2015 which encouraged soldiers to use deadly force. “The Israeli government should issue clear [...]
